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Historia de la literatura chinaHerbert Allen GilesMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Trajes de baño y natación para mujeres en Estados UnidosClaudia Brush KidwellChallenging · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Omens and Superstitions of Southern IndiaEdgar ThurstonMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costPaperback10,95 USDHardcover18,95 USDRead and listen free
El libro de la espadaSir Richard Francis BurtonMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
The PrinceNiccolò MachiavelliChallenging · 5–10 hPrint and large print at costPaperback7,95 USDHardcover15,95 USDRead and listen free
The Communist ManifestoKarl Marx and Friedrich EngelsChallenging · Under 2 hPrint and large print at costPaperback5,95 USDHardcover13,95 USDRead the summary
Narración de la vida de Frederick Douglass, un esclavo estadounidenseFrederick DouglassMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las IndiasBartolomé de las CasasChallenging · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead the summaryFree gifts
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Discursos inaugurales de los presidentes de Estados UnidosEstados Unidos. PresidentesChallenging · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
El marqués de Sade y su épocaIwan BlochMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
El 18 de brumario de Luis BonaparteKarl MarxChallenging · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
De los delitos y las penasJames Anson FarrerChallenging · 5–10 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
El FederalistaAlexander Hamilton and othersChallenging · Over 20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Cartas sobre demonología y brujeríaWalter ScottChallenging · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Lo mejor de la prosa clásica chinaWu Chengquan and Wu DazhiChallenging · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
La situación de la clase obrera en Inglaterra en 1844Federico EngelsChallenging · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Anábasis de AlejandroArrianoMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
De la esclavitud a la libertad: autobiografíaBooker T. WashingtonChallenging · 5–10 hPrint and large print at costRead the summary
Heimskringla, o Crónica de los reyes de NoruegaSnorri SturlusonChallenging · Over 20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Discursos sobre la primera década de Tito LivioNicolás MaquiaveloChallenging · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Historia de los Caballeros Templarios, la Iglesia del Temple y el TempleC. G. AddisonMedium level · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Las glorias de IrlandaJoseph DunnChallenging · 10–20 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
Relatos indígenas estadounidensesZitkala-ŠaMedium level · 2–5 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
El origen de la familia, la propiedad privada y el EstadoFederico EngelsChallenging · 5–10 hPrint and large print at costRead and listen free
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