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گم شده ای در مه
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سید مرتضی مصطفوی (Goodreads Author)
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
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The Second Sex
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Phenomenology of Spirit
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The Republic
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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Voyage of the Beagle
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Critique of Pure Reason
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3.96 avg rating — 41,275 ratings
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Silent Spring
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The Iliad
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The Odyssey
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The Origin of Species
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The Prince
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On Aggression
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
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3.77 avg rating — 36,159 ratings
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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4.29 avg rating — 52,420 ratings
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The Holy Bible: King James Version
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4.44 avg rating — 310,971 ratings
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Don Quijote de la Mancha
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3.91 avg rating — 299,338 ratings
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The Jungle
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3.78 avg rating — 152,933 ratings
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Chaos: Making a New Science
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James Gleick (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 40,436 ratings
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The Concept of the Political
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3.95 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
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The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
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4.24 avg rating — 4,788 ratings
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Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
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Gleb Tsipursky (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 253 ratings
score: 300,
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
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4.10 avg rating — 101,391 ratings
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Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq
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Scott A. Bonn (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 287,
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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4.03 avg rating — 29,349 ratings
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The Elementary Structures of Kinship
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3.86 avg rating — 252 ratings
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Language and Mind
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3.84 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
score: 275,
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The Medium is the Massage
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3.97 avg rating — 17,387 ratings
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The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology
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4.16 avg rating — 15,480 ratings
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Walden or, Life in the Woods
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3.77 avg rating — 201,826 ratings
score: 261,
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What The Torah Teaches Us About Spirituality: Through Isaac's Own Spiritual Journey
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Laura Weakley (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 200,
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Annihilation of Caste
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4.61 avg rating — 8,395 ratings
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
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4.20 avg rating — 4,401 ratings
score: 199,
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
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4.05 avg rating — 18,988 ratings
score: 198,
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The Meme Machine
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3.86 avg rating — 4,220 ratings
score: 197,
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A Companion Workbook to What the Torah Teaches Us About Survival
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Laura Weakley (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 196,
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What the Torah Teaches us About Survival: A Spiritial Roadmap For Renewal of Self
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Laura Weakley (Goodreads Author)
4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith
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Obery M. Hendricks Jr. (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 515 ratings
score: 196,
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What The Torah Teaches Us About Spirituality/ Through Isaac's Own Spiritual Journey
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Laura Weakley (Goodreads Author)
4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 193,
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Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics: With Selections from the Critique of Pure Reason
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3.88 avg rating — 424 ratings
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific
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3.76 avg rating — 1,431 ratings
score: 190,
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture
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3.83 avg rating — 928 ratings
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Course in General Linguistics
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3.97 avg rating — 3,591 ratings
score: 185,
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The Hidden Persuaders
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3.84 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
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The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
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4.26 avg rating — 11,775 ratings
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General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
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3.85 avg rating — 5,698 ratings
score: 175,
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The Female Eunuch
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3.68 avg rating — 7,421 ratings
score: 173,
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The New Industrial State
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3.91 avg rating — 492 ratings
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The Golden Bough: A New Abridgement
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4.10 avg rating — 438 ratings
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Towards a New Architecture
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3.93 avg rating — 4,908 ratings
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Letters from a Stoic
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4.33 avg rating — 53,650 ratings
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My Name is Joe
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3.66 avg rating — 335 ratings
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Control Switch On: The Untold Story Of The Most Powerful Man In The World-Ryan Moran-Who Shaped The Planet For Peace
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Ira Teller (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Nocturne, Opus 1: Sea Foam
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Norene Moskalski (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
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Pantheisticon: A Modern English Translation
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3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Come Inside My Head: Karl Marx, Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin and more...
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3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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4.42 avg rating — 5,352 ratings
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
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The Covenant Names of God
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Richard Sones (Goodreads Author)
4.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Mendel's Dwarf
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The Essential Writings
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4.21 avg rating — 219 ratings
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MEIN KAMPF Adolf Hitler
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Capitalism and Freedom
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War in Korea
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3.56 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Being and Time
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The Road to Serfdom
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The Mismeasure of Man
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4.06 avg rating — 9,246 ratings
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An Outline of European Architecture
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Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius; Revised and Expanded Edition
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3.78 avg rating — 247 ratings
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What The Torah Teaches Us About Life / Through The Themes Of The Weekly Torah Portions (4)
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4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Democracy and Education
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Seven Types of Ambiguity
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Classics and Commercials: A Literary Chronicle of the Forties
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The Uses Of Literacy: Aspects Of Working Class Life
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3.80 avg rating — 441 ratings
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Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse
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Émile ou de l'éducation
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Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays
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Primitive Art
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A Treastise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
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New Science
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The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
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Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
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La Psychologie des Foules
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
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The Affluent Society
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Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class
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Imperialism: A Study
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What Is to Be Done?
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L'impérialisme, stade suprême du capitalisme
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Les Damnés de la terre
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De la démocratie en Amérique
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L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution
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Essais
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The Communist Manifesto
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