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27 results found.

Title ISBN Author Copyright
Walden; Or Life in the Woods 9781551998459 Henry David Thoreau
A Plea for Captain John Brown / Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine 9782819941712 Henry David Thoreau
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers 9781153590167 Henry David Thoreau
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods 9780486132532 Henry David Thoreau 1995
Walden: Oder Leben In Der Waldern 9781473547933 Henry David Thoreau 2017
Walden: Oder Leben In Der Waldern (Macmillan Collector's Library #68) 9781509831548 Henry David Thoreau 2004
Thoreau's Wildflowers 9780300221015 Henry David Thoreau 2016
Thoreau’s Animals: From Estridentismo to ¡30†“30! 9780300228069 Henry David Thoreau 2017
Walden and Civil Disobedience: Large Print (Collins Classics) 9780007502745 Henry David Thoreau 2013
Walden Henry David Thoreau
Walking Henry David Thoreau
Walden (Arcturus Classics) 9781788887441 Henry David Thoreau 2018
Canoeing in the Wilderness (Arcturus Classics) 9781398805798 Henry David Thoreau 2020
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau #31) 9780691268262 Henry David Thoreau
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau #31) 9780691268262 Henry David Thoreau 2015
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau
Wild Apples Henry David Thoreau
On Reading: From "Walden" 9781400841141 Henry David Thoreau, J. Lyndon Shanley 2004
On Reading: From "Walden" 9781400841141 Henry David Thoreau, J. Lyndon Shanley 2004
The Illustrated "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" 9781400857197 Henry David Thoreau, Carl F. Hovde 2014
The Illustrated WALDEN with Photographs from the Gleason Collection 9781400871421 Henry David Thoreau, J. Lyndon Shanley 2015
Cape Cod 9781400834129 Henry David Thoreau, Joseph J. Moldenhauer, Robert Pinsky 2004
Cape Cod (PDF) 9781400834129 Henry David Thoreau, Joseph J. Moldenhauer, Robert Pinsky 2004
The Maine Woods 9781400834136 Henry David Thoreau, Joseph J. Moldenhauer, Paul Theroux 2004
The Maine Woods 9781400834136 Henry David Thoreau, Joseph J. Moldenhauer, Paul Theroux 2004