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This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

The Federalist Papers are a series of articles written in 1787-1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to gain popular support for the proposed U.S. Constitution. These documents are studied in public relations classes, as well as political science classes, as a model of a successful political campaign...

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

This title is from the Hayes Barton Press "Originals" series, a collection of classic fiction and nonfiction works from world literature published in the VitalBook format. Look for new titles soon, as we expand to include more works from both Western and Eastern cultures. Available exclusively from the VitalSource Store...

Alexis de Tocqueville traveled to the United States to study the prison system in 1831 and came away with insightful thoughts and observations about the young country's social and political institutions. In volume one of this two-volume work, a standard text in political science curricula, de Tocqueville analyzes the good and ill effects of democracy on the creation of laws, the exercise of government, and affairs of state. In the second part of volume one, he considers how the tyranny of the majority renders the law unstable, intellectual life stagnant, and its power potentially arbitrary and dangerous...

The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and issued by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, is one of the seminal documents of U. S. history. It set forth the numerous grievances the colonists had against the British, including the adoption of new taxes and denial of trial by jury, and united the thirteen colonies as one independent nation against England. ..

Reportedly the novel Charles Dickens described as his "favorite child", David Copperfield draws on Dickens's life to provide a vivid story mixed with comedy and sorrow. Young David Copperfield, born into poverty, overcomes a cruel stepfather and frequent tragedies to enjoy success as an author. ..

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Thomas Paine agitated in England for better wages only to be dismissed. He then sailed to American on the advice of his friend Benjamin Franklin and found the spirit of revolution inspiring. He published Common Sense in 1776 to support independence from England and to formulate his ideas about representative government. ..

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Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of poetry features all the magical creatures, objects, and adventures that captivate young children's imaginations: pirates, explorers, the ocean and the stars, fairies and horses, and imaginary friends. ..

The Shaggy Man, who was introduced in The Road to Oz, meets Betsey Bobbin, a girl that was washed away in a storm, on his way to rescue his brother from the Nome King. She, as well as a few other familiar characters, accompanies him on his quest. ..

The ninth book of the series, The Scarecrow of Oz is Baum's favorite. Cap'n Bill and Trot are thrown overboard and eventually end up in Oz. They meet the Scarecrow, and with is help, overthrow King Krewl of Jinxland...

On her way to Butterfield, Dorothy meets more interesting companions and once again finds herself on another adventure. In the end of this, the fifth book, she makes it to Oz just in time for Ozma's birthday party...

The first Oz book without Dorothy in it, The Patchwork Girl of Oz tells the story of Ojo, a mountain boy whose uncle and the wife of his uncle's friend are petrified. He goes on a journey through Oz to find the ingredients for the antidote...