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  • Notes on New England Birds
    Francis H. 1866-1953 Allen / Francis H1866-1953 Allen / HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    26,46 €

  • A Thoreau Calendar;
    Annie Russell Marble / HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    18,90 €

  • Walden
    Henry David Thoreau
    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) nació en Concord, Massachusetts, y estudió en Harvard. Seguidor y amigo de Emerson se definió a sí mismo como un místico, un trascendentalista y un filósofo de la naturaleza. «Walden» está considerada como una obra literaria maestra y como uno de los libros seminales de su siglo. Antiesclavista militante, toda su obra se centra en la búsqueda de ...
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    20,80 €

  • Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
    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 the organized institutions of society and that consequently the best community is one that is built upon on independence and self-reliance. This c...
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    13,42 €

  • Desobediencia civil
    Henry David Thoreau
    Desobediencia civil es un ensayo que se dictó como conferencia en 1848 con el nombre Los derechos y obligaciones del individuo con el Gobierno. Este bosquejaba el pensamiento de Thoreau respecto a la relación que debería tener el individuo con el Estado. Este vínculo no era, por supuesto, ni la sumisión ni la obediciencia a ciegas. Era, más bien, una propuesta de autonomía dond...
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    18,20 €

  • Walden
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    In 1845, Henry David Thoreau went into the woods to experience a simplistic lifestyle dictated by his transcendentalist beliefs.  The life he lived, including how and why he chose to seclude himself from society, is detailed in Walden.  Thoreau demonstrates the utility of living both simply and deliberately while appreciating the serenity of nature.  He chose to live fully in n...
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    13,58 €

  • Walden
    Henry David Thoreau
    First published in 1854, Walden recounts American philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau’s experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The book is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyag...
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    16,29 €

  • Walden
    Henry David Thoreau
    First published in 1854, Walden recounts American philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau’s experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The book is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyag...
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    33,14 €

  • Civil Disobedience
    Henry David Thoreau
    In his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) credited Thoreau’s essay with being 'the chief cause of the abolition of slavery in America.' This new edit...
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    8,38 €

  • Civil Disobedience
    Henry David Thoreau
    In his 1849 essay Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing the government to make them the agents of injustice. Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) credited Thoreau’s essay with being 'the chief cause of the abolition of slavery in America.' This new hard...
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    25,21 €

  • Walking
    Henry David Thoreau
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    6,61 €

  • Walden and Civil Disobedience
    Henry David Thoreau
    Walden is a book written by Henry David Thoreau, a reflection upon simple living in nature. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and...
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    16,14 €

  • Walking
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    'Walking' is an essay by Henry David Thoreau based on a lecture originally delivered at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. Within it, Thoreau carefully explores the important relationship between nature and mankind. Thoreau considered it to be one of his best works, and repeatedly rewrote it during the 1850s. This volume will appeal to fans of Transcendental literature, and ...
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    19,42 €

  • A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    First published in 1849, 'A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers' is an account the author’s boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire in 1839. Thoreau was accompanied by his brother, John, who died of tetanus in 1842 and to whom the book is a tribute. It is noted for its detailed descriptions of nature, and it is interwoven with profound digressions o...
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    27,40 €

  • Wild Apples
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    'Wild Apples' is a fascinating and wonderfully-written essay concerning the history and variations of wild apple species by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. One of Thoreau’s major essays, 'Wild Apples' perfectly conveys his profound love and appreciation of nature and it’s many wonders. Highly recommended for lovers of nature writing and fans of Thoreau’s seminal work. ...
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    17,09 €

  • Familiar Letters - The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    This is a collection of letters written by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) was an American poet, philosopher, essayist, abolitionist, naturalist, development critic, and historian. He was also a leading figure in Transcendentalism, and is best known for his book 'Walden', a treatise on simple living in a natural environment. Other nota...
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    27,45 €

  • Cape Cod
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    First published in 1908, 'Cape Cod' is a collection of articles by Henry David Thoreau based on numerous trips to the Cape in the early 1880s. A fantastic work that walks the reader through the beauty of Cape Cod and the natural wonders that surround it, this volume is not to be missed by lovers of nature writing. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) was an American poet, philosop...
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    24,40 €

  • On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    First published in 1849, 'On the Duty of Civil Disobedience' is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. Within it, he presents the argument that people should not allow governments to supplant their consciences, and that everyone has an important duty to avoid being pawns for injustice. A fascinating and timeless essay, 'On the Duty of Civil Disobedience' is...
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    16,95 €

  • A Plea for Captain John Brown - Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) was an American poet, philosopher, essayist, abolitionist, naturalist, development critic, and historian. He was also a leading figure in Transcendentalism, and is best known for his book 'Walden', a treatise on simple living in a natural environment. Other notable works by this author include: 'The Landlord' (1843), 'Reform and the Reformers' ...
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    15,81 €

  • The Maine Woods - The Writings of Henry David Thoreau
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    'The Maine Woods' is the third volume in 'The Writings of Henry David Thoreau' series. It is a fantastic collection of essays written by Henry David Thoreau during numerous visits to the Maine woods. A charming combination of prose, poetry, and scientific fact, 'The Maine Woods' will appeal to all nature lovers and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Henry David...
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    26,51 €

  • Excursions, and Poems
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    This is volume V of 'The Writings of Henry David Thoreau'. Entitled 'Excursions, and Poems', it is primarily a collection of poetry and travelling accounts, although also included are a number of his translations. This book will appeal to all lovers of poetry and nature writing, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Thoreau’s wonderful work. Henry David Thoreau (...
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    27,46 €

  • Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    2016 Reprint of 1854 Edition.  This is perhaps Thoreau’s most famous transcendentalist work. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings.  The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.  First published in 1854, Walden details Thoreau's experiences over th...
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    9,64 €

  • Walking
    Henry David Thoreau
    What Is It About Wild Nature That Brings Out Our Best? Walking, or sometimes referred to as ''The Wild'', is a lecture by Henry David Thoreau first delivered at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. Written between 1851 and 1860. Thoreau read the piece a total of ten times, more than any other of his lectures. ''Walking'' was first published as an essay in the Atlantic Month...
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    11,85 €

  • On the duty of civil disobedience
    Henry David Thoreau
    In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). ...
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    17,00 €

  • The Illustrated A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    This book offers a selection of superb photographs by the famous turn-of-the-century photographer Herbert Gleason. Retracing one of Thoreau’s early journeys, Gleason produced moving and dramatic pictures of life along the rivers of New England.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously ...
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    279,91 €

  • The Illustrated WALDEN with Photographs from the Gleason Collection
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    This illustrated edition of Walden features 66 photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, one of the great American landscape photographers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Gleason, who had a special love for what he called 'the simple beauty of New England,' became interested in Thoreau’s work when commissioned in 1906 by the Houghton Mifflin Company to illustrate their ...
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    251,07 €

  • A Yankee in Canada
    Henry David Thoreau
    A YANKEE IN CANADA is Henry Thoreau’s description of his excursion into the French-Canadian province of Quebec in the fall of 1850. Although he later remarked that what he 'got by going to Canada was a cold,' this book is fascinating account of the great American writer’s culture shock experienced during his only international experience. ...
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    21,02 €

  • Walden and Civil Disobedience
    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 introspection from a small cabin at the edge of Concord Massachusetts. Rather than devolving into Luddite or antiquarian escapism, Thoreau takes this...
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    16,87 €

  • 'Economy'
    Henry David Thoreau
    Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars.Henry David ThoreauThis edition covers fifteen sections of Henry David Thoreau’s well-known Walden and includes several of his ...
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    23,94 €

  • WALDEN or Life in the Woods (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
    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 discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s experiences over the course of two years, two months,...
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    10,95 €


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