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Walden or, Life in the Woods Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 209,520 ratings — published 1854
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Walden & Civil Disobedience Walden & Civil Disobedience (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 39,788 ratings — published 1849
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Civil Disobedience Civil Disobedience (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.94 — 20,802 ratings — published 1849
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Walking Walking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 11,858 ratings — published 1861
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Henry David Thoreau: A Life Henry David Thoreau: A Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 884 ratings — published 2017
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau) A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)
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avg rating 3.68 — 722 ratings — published 1849
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Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 18,013 ratings — published 1866
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Cape Cod Cape Cod (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 1,352 ratings — published 1865
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The Maine Woods (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau) The Maine Woods (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,611 ratings — published 1864
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Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 466 ratings — published 1986
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The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 289 ratings — published 2009
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Faith in a Seed: The Dispersion of Seeds & Other Late Natural History Writings Faith in a Seed: The Dispersion of Seeds & Other Late Natural History Writings (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 147 ratings — published 1993
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The Journal, 1837-1861 The Journal, 1837-1861 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 479 ratings — published 1960
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Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod Henry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,227 ratings — published 1849
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Thoreau: A Sublime Life Thoreau: A Sublime Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.53 — 675 ratings — published 2012
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Autumnal Tints (Applewood Books) Autumnal Tints (Applewood Books)
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avg rating 3.88 — 442 ratings — published 1862
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Letters to a Spiritual Seeker Letters to a Spiritual Seeker (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 415 ratings — published 1958
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The Portable Thoreau (Portable Library) The Portable Thoreau (Portable Library)
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avg rating 4.17 — 853 ratings — published 1947
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The Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography The Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 118 ratings — published 1982
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Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,552 ratings — published 2022
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Thoreau at Walden (The Center for Cartoon Studies Graphic N) Thoreau at Walden (The Center for Cartoon Studies Graphic N)
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avg rating 3.80 — 1,181 ratings — published 2008
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Henry Builds a Cabin Henry Builds a Cabin (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 336 ratings — published 2002
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Walden and Other Writings Walden and Other Writings (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 4,929 ratings — published 1854
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A Year in Thoreau's Journal: 1851 (Penguin Classics) A Year in Thoreau's Journal: 1851 (Penguin Classics)
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avg rating 3.90 — 72 ratings — published 1993
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Selections from the Journals (Dover Thrift Editions) Selections from the Journals (Dover Thrift Editions)
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avg rating 3.79 — 107 ratings — published 1958
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Thoreau's God Thoreau's God (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 30 ratings — published
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Followed by the Lark Followed by the Lark (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 655 ratings — published
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Three Roads Back Three Roads Back (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 392 ratings — published
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El Diario 1837-1861, Vol. I El Diario 1837-1861, Vol. I (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.69 — 26 ratings — published
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Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 92 ratings — published 2009
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Thoreau and the Language of Trees Thoreau and the Language of Trees (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 120 ratings — published
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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Penguin Great Ideas) Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Penguin Great Ideas)
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avg rating 3.78 — 1,647 ratings — published 1854
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The Natural History Essays The Natural History Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 93 ratings — published 1862
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The Senses of Walden The Senses of Walden (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 129 ratings — published 1972
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Henry Climbs a Mountain Henry Climbs a Mountain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 216 ratings — published 2003
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Thoreau's Living Ethics: Walden and the Pursuit of Virtue Thoreau's Living Ethics: Walden and the Pursuit of Virtue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 25 ratings — published 2004
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Thoreau and the Art of Life: Reflections on Nature and the Mystery of Existence Thoreau and the Art of Life: Reflections on Nature and the Mystery of Existence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 61 ratings — published 2010
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Thoughts from Walden Pond Thoughts from Walden Pond (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 2,199 ratings — published 1998
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Collected Essays and Poems Collected Essays and Poems (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 362 ratings — published 1920
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The Works of Henry David Thoreau The Works of Henry David Thoreau (Leather Bound)
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avg rating 4.37 — 471 ratings — published 1942
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Thoreau's Book of Quotations Thoreau's Book of Quotations (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 79 ratings — published 2000
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Being Henry David Being Henry David (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.64 — 2,906 ratings — published 2013
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Henry Hikes to Fitchburg: A Picture Book Inspired by Thoreau's Walden about Friendship and Discovery for Children (Ages 4-7) (A Henry Book, 1) Henry Hikes to Fitchburg: A Picture Book Inspired by Thoreau's Walden about Friendship and Discovery for Children (Ages 4-7) (A Henry Book, 1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 756 ratings — published 2000
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Henry Works Henry Works (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 162 ratings — published 2004
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Canoeing in the Wilderness Canoeing in the Wilderness (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.70 — 471 ratings — published 1906
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Wild Apples Wild Apples (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.73 — 470 ratings — published 1862
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Una vida sin principios (Spanish Edition) Una vida sin principios (Spanish Edition)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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El gran invierno El gran invierno (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.31 — 29 ratings — published
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Henry David Thoreau
“Feb. 26, 1841. To be great, we do as if we would be tall merely, be longer than we are broad, stretch ourselves and stand on tiptoe. But greatness is well proportioned, unstrained, and stands on the soles of the feet.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Selected Writings

Henry David Thoreau
“If you would learn to speak all tongues and conform to the customs of all nations, if you would travel farther than all travellers, be naturalized in all climes, and cause the Sphinx to dash her head against a stone, even obey the precept of the old philosopher, and Explore thyself.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden; or, Life in the Woods

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