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The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Meditations by Marcus Aurelius John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan In the Hands of the Great Spirit by Jake Page Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... Understanding Philoso... by Thomas Cathcart Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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