Henry David Thoreau

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Thoreau and the Art of Life: Reflecti...

Henry David Thoreau

Featuring nearly 100 luminous watercolor illustrations, Thoreau and the Art of Life collects eloquent passages from the writingsof the seminal author and philosopher. Drawn mainly fromhis journals, the short excerpts provide fascinati...

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Published: Mar 2010

A Plea for Captain John Brown; Read t...

Henry David Thoreau

A Plea for Captain John Brown; Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this wo...

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Published: Sep 2023

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack R...

Henry David Thoreau

Henry D. Thoreau's classic A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is published now as a paperback edition and includes an introduction by noted writer John McPhee. This work -- unusual for its symbolism and structure, its criticis...

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Published: Jun 2023

An Excursion To Canada

Henry David Thoreau

"An Excursion to Canada" or "A Yankee in Canada," which is here, as in the Riverside Edition, is made the first of the series Excursions, was formerly published in a volume with "Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers...

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Published: Aug 2014

Canoeing In The Wilderness: Edited By...

Henry David Thoreau

Canoeing In The Wilderness: Edited By Clifton Johnson This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improv...

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Published: Jun 2021

Cape Cod (Cape Cod Classics)

Henry David Thoreau

"A man may stand there and put all America behind him." Wishing to get a better view of the ocean, Thoreau made three walking trips across the Cape beaches between October of 1849 July of 1855. Sometimes he walked alone, ot...

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Published: May 2020

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays is a collection of some of Henry David Thoreau\'s most important essays. Contained in this volume are the following essays: Civil Disobedience, Natural History of Massachusetts, A Walk to Wachus...

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Published: Oct 2020

On Civil Disobedience & Life Without ...

Henry David Thoreau

While Walden can be applied to almost anyone's life, On Civil Disobedience is like a venerated architectural landmark: it is preserved and admired, and sometimes visited, but for most of us there are not many occasions when it can act...

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Published: Jul 2015

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience/A P...

Henry David Thoreau

This Henry David Thoreau volume is a compilation of two great Thoreau works, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" and "A Plea for Captain John Brown." The former title argues that individuals should not permit gover...

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Published: Oct 2019

Resistance to Civil Government: On th...

Henry David Thoreau

Even a cursory reading of Henry David Thoreau's immortal essay about civil disobedience reveals echoes in contemporary discussions of individual rights and the limits of government in a free society. Its themes resonate into the 21st ...

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Published: Dec 2020

Seasons of Thoreau: Reflections on Li...

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was fascinated by the endless cycle of the seasons, by the endless pursuit of self-improvement, and by parallels between the two. For Thoreau, the phenomena of the seasons were symbolical of human life: just as pl...

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Published: Jul 2017

The Higher Law

Henry David Thoreau

These thirteen selections from the polemical writings of Henry D. Thoreau represent every stage in his twenty-two years of active writing. This edition, introduced by writer and historian Howard Zinn, is a microcosm of Thoreau's liter...

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Published: May 2004

The Maine Woods

Henry David Thoreau

Henry D. Thoreau traveled to the backwoods of Maine in 1846, 1853, and 1857. Originally published in 1864, and published now with a new introduction by Paul Theroux, this volume is a powerful telling of those journeys through a rugged...

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Published: Mar 2014

The Service

Henry David Thoreau

The Service, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern...

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Published: Nov 2023

Walden (Chump Change Edition)

Henry David Thoreau

Unabridged version of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, offered here for chump change. The noted transcendentalist Thoreau wrote Waldenas a reflection upon simple living. It is part personal declaration, part social experiment, and part...

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Published: Apr 2017

Walden (Condensed Classics): The Land...

Henry David Thoreau

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."Here is Henry David Thoreau's classic work of persona...

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Published: Feb 2019

Walden (Illustrated and Annotated)

Henry David Thoreau

In Henry David Thoreau's timeless classic, "Walden," embark on a profound journey into the depths of nature and the human spirit. This introspective masterpiece chronicles Thoreau's two-year experiment of simple living in a ...

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Published: Jun 2023

Walden (Illustrated Edition)

Henry David Thoreau

With 18 Full Color Photos! Walden is one of the best-known non-fiction books ever written by an American. It details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson. ...

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Published: Feb 2015

Walden (with Introductions by Bradfor...

Henry David Thoreau

American author, naturalist, and abolitionist, Henry David Thoreau was a principal figure of the 19th century movement of Transcendentalism. Central to the philosophy is a belief that people, who are inherently good, are corrupted by ...

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Published: Nov 2015

Walden and Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movements   Critical of 19th-century America’s booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a sma...

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Published: Jul 2004

Walden and Civil Disobedience (Signat...

Henry David Thoreau

In 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into a cabin in the woods at Walden Pond to record a philosophical experiment in living: to simplify his life, to support himself entirely by his own labor, and to draw spiritual sustenance from ...

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Published: Mar 2023

Walden and Civil Disobedience (Well R...

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau's 1854 Walden is an indisputable masterpiece of American literature. The book is an intensely influential philosophical work exploring Thoreau's decision to expand his understanding of society through personal intr...

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Published: Feb 2016

Walden and on the Duty of Civil Disob...

Henry David Thoreau

Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience are two wildly different books Henry David Thoreau wrote around the same time. Walden chronicles Thoreau's decision to isolate himself in a cabin in Walden Pond, Massachusetts. Meanwhile,On...

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Published: Nov 2014

Walden or Life in the Woods

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau's Walden part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self reliance. It covers his experiences over the course of two years living in a cabin h...

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Published: Jan 2011

Walden or Life in the Woods (Wisehous...

Henry David Thoreau

WALDEN or, Life in the Woods, by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual di...

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Published: Jan 2016

Walden: Life in the Woods

Henry David Thoreau

Walden (first published in 1854 as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part p...

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Published: Jun 2023

Walking

Henry David Thoreau

A meandering ode to the simple act and accomplished art of taking a walk. Profound and humorous, companionable and curmudgeonly. Walking, by America's first nature writer, is your personal and portable guide to the activity that, like...

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Published: Jun 2016

Wild Apples: The History of the Apple...

Henry David Thoreau

This Henry David Thoreau classic is called Wild Apples. It is a venerable Henry David Thoreau work, subtitled "The History of the Apple Tree," and it stands as a classic among natural history essays. This Thoreau essay conta...

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Published: Jun 2023

Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

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Published: Oct 2016

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

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Published: Mar 2023
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