Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Penguin Great Ideas)

Type

Book

Authors

Thoreau, Henry David

ISBN 10

0143037587

ISBN 13

9780143037583

Tags

Philosophers, Nature Writing & Essays, Political

Description

The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.Thoreau's account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in the New England woods remains an inspiration to the environmental movement—a call to his fellow men to abandon their striving, materialistic existences of 'quiet desperation' for a simple life within their means, finding spiritual truth through awareness of the sheer beauty of their surroundings. - from Amzon

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