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A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned - a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first... (more)

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the... (more)

The Communist Manifesto

by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx

Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration. Formulating the principles of dialectical materialism, they believed that labor creates wealth, hence capitalism is exploitive and antithetical to freedom. This new edition... (more)

Liberal Fascism

The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

by Jonah Goldberg

“Fascists,” “Brownshirts,” “jackbooted stormtroopers”—such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst? Liberal Fascism offers a startling new perspective on the theories and practices that define fascist politics. Replacing... (more)

The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

The Road to Serfdom Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

by F. A. Hayek

This classic by one of the 20th century's leading libertarian thinkers has established itself beside the works of Orwell and others as a timeless meditation on the relationship between human freedom and government authority. Hayek argues that empowering government with increasing economic control leads not to utopia but to horrors such those seen in Nazi Germany.

The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair

For nearly a century, the original version of Upton Sinclair's classic novel has remained almost entirely unknown. When it was published in serial form in 1905, it was a full third longer than the censored, commercial edition published in book form the following year. That expurgated commercial edition edited out much of the ethnic flavor of the original, as well as some of the goriest descriptions of the... (more)

The Jungle (Modern Library Classics)

by Carroll R. Norden, Upton Sinclair

“Practically alone among the American writers of his generation,” wrote Edmund Wilson, “<Sinclair> put to the American public the fundamental questions raised by capitalism in such a way that they could not escape them.” When it was first published in 1906, The Jungle exposed the inhumane conditions of Chicago’s stockyards and the laborer’s struggle against industry and “wage slavery.” It was an immediate... (more)

Glenn Beck's Common Sense

The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine

by Glenn Beck

"If you believe it's time to put principles above parties, character above campaign promises, and Common Sense above all -- then I ask you to read this book...." In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation's problems. One... (more)

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

by Jon Lee Anderson

This New York Times “Notable Book of the Year” is the definitive biography on Che Guevara, whose epic dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America through armed revolution. Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his comfortable Argentine upbringing to the Cuban revolution, from the halls of power in Castro’s government to his failed campaign in the Congo and assassination in the... (more)

by Upton Sinclair

The Jungle , by Upton Sinclair , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics : New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars... (more)

Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

At last, Ayn Rand's masterpiece is available to her millions of loyal readers in trade paperback. With this acclaimed work and its immortal query, "Who is John Galt?", Ayn Rand found the perfect artistic form to express her vision of existence. Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers. Atlas Shrugged is the astounding... (more)

1984

by George Orwell

George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision of "Negative Utopia" is timelier than ever-and its warnings more powerful.

The Marx-Engels Reader

by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Robert C. Tucker

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Authors' biographies and essays in the trial version. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train,... (more)

Looking Backward

From 2000 to 1887

by Edward Bellamy

Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium. Addressing moral and material concerns of late nineteenth century industrial America through romantic narrative, Bellamy suggests a fictionalized society in which war, poverty, and malice do not exist.

The Road to Wigan Pier

by George Orwell, Alex Jennings

In the 1930s Orwell was sent by a socialist book club to investigate the appalling mass unemployment in the industrial north of England. He went beyond his assignment to investigate the employed as well-”to see the most typical section of the English working class.” Foreword by Victor Gollancz.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Oxford World's Classics)

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Oxford World's Classics)

by Robert Tressell, Stephen Lowe

Tressell's novel is about survival on the underside of the Edwardian Twilight, about exploitative employment when the only safety nets are charity, workhouse, and grave. Following the fortunes of a group of painters and decorators and their families, and the attempts to rouse their political will by the Socialist visionary Frank Owen, the book is both a highly entertaining story and a passionate appeal for a... (more)

Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team

Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team

by Michelle Malkin

In her shocking new book, Malkin digs deep into the records of President Obama's staff, revealing corrupt dealings, questionable pasts, and abuses of power throughout his administration.

The Forgotten Man

A New History of the Great Depression

by Amity Shlaes

In The Forgotten Man , Amity Shlaes, one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. She traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers and the moving stories of individual citizens who through their brave perseverance helped establish the steadfast character we recognize as American today.

by Karl Marx

Das Kapital

by Karl Marx, Rodrigo Andre?s Garci?a Pinochet

A more comprehensible version of Marx's most famous work for the modern student of socialist and Communist thought.

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by George Orwell

by Ursula K. Le Guin

by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx

The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

by Jonah Goldberg

by F. A. Hayek

by Upton Sinclair

by Carroll R. Norden, Upton Sinclair

The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine

by Glenn Beck

by Jon Lee Anderson

by Upton Sinclair

by Ayn Rand

by George Orwell

by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Robert C. Tucker

From 2000 to 1887

by Edward Bellamy

by George Orwell, Alex Jennings

by Robert Tressell, Stephen Lowe

by Michelle Malkin

A New History of the Great Depression

by Amity Shlaes

by Karl Marx

by Karl Marx, Rodrigo Andre?s Garci?a Pinochet