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  1. Ordinatio or Opus Oxoniense -> work by duns Scotus. Commentary on peter Lombard's Sentences.

Short Stories and essays

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  1. Studies In Logic - Charles Sanders Pierce hammered out the ethical and practical forms of pragmatism as a definition of meaning in sensu strictu in this 1883 collection of essays that also extended the title subject to mathematics via pragmatism. [1]
  2. Droll Stories, Les Cent Contes drolatiques, Les Contes drolatiques, Les contes drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac, Contes drolatiques < collected tales by Honoré de Balzac
  3. The Fixation of Belief by Charles Sanders Peirce
  4. How to Catch a Lion in the Sahara Desert < Objective written by H. Pétard
  5. Pragmatism: A New Name For Some Old Ways of Thinking < William James treatise
  6. the Man Who Lived Underground < Richard Wright short story
  7. the Furnished Room or Furnished Room < O. Henry work
  8. How to Make Our Ideas Clear by Charles Sanders Peirce
  9. Flying Home and Other Short Stories < Ralph Ellison collection
  10. The Address to the People of Great Britain < work by John Jay
  11. Letter to Washington by Thomas Paine
  12. The Social Destiny of Man, The Theory of the Four Movements, The social destiny of man: or, Theory of the four movements, Theorie des Quatre Mouvements et des Destinees Generales < Charles Fourier work
  13. The Baseball encyclopedia Macmillan Publishing, also versions by ESPN and others
  14. The Biglow Papers < work by James Russell Lowell - redirects to author
  15. Blazing Icicles < notable Benjamin Whorf article
  16. An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision < work by George Berkeley
  17. An Essay on the Intellectual Powers of Man < work by Thomas Reid
  18. the Lightning-Rod Man -> story by Herman Melville
  19. Masculine Protest, der Männliche Protest, Männliche Protest, Männlicher Protest, Verdrangung und Mannlicher Protest Verdrangung < 1911 article/concept by Alfred Adler
  20. Lecture Upon the Shadow < 1635 work by John Donne
  21. Letter to Washington -> publishing by Thomas Paine
  22. Laocoon: On the Limits of Painting and Poetry < work by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  23. Laokoon oder Über die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie < work by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  24. Eatonville Anthology -> work by Zora Neale Hurston
  25. Dialogues Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican -> 1630 work by Gallileo
  26. the Theory of Sound -> 2 volume work by Lord Rayleigh, the cornerstone of modern acoustics
  27. the One-Eyed Porter The One-Eyed Porter The Blind Porter The One-eyed Street Porter Le Crocheteur borgne < 1774 story by Voltaire, written 1715
  28. Pragmatism: a New Name For Old Ways of Thinking < William James treatise
  29. An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision < George Berkeley treatise
  30. Doctor Brodie's Report < Jorge Luis Borges short collection
  31. Defense et Illustration de la Langue Francaise, Defense And Illustration of the French Language, Joachim du Bellay -> "La Pleiade asserted themselves with the publication of this treatise by du Bellay that argued for a poetic interpretation of the mother tongue infused by the influence of Greek and Roman writers."
  32. Totemism and Exogamy < anthropology treatise by Sir James George Frazer
  33. the Lightning-Rod Man < Herman Melville work
  34. the Discouragers of Hesitancy < Frank R. Stockton story
  35. Leutnant Gustl, Lieutenant Gustl, Lt. Gustl, None but the Brave (1900) < Arthur Schnitzler short story
  36. the Two Drovers < Sir Walter Scott short story
  37. Our America, Nuestra America < disambig, José Martí essay - goes to movie not essay
  38. On the Concept of Truth in Formal Languages < Alfred Tarski treatise
  39. Country Full of Swedes -> "Possibly Erskine Caldwell’s best known story, the narrator Stan describes the devastation on Jim Frost’s farm that occurs when hard times drive workers from the sawmill towns of Maine into the countryside."
  40. Uber Die Weiber, On Women, of Women -> 1851 essay by Arthur Schopenhauer
  41. Structure of Social Action -> Collection of papers on conversational analysis. See here
  42. Palata No 6 -> Short story by Anton Chekhov
  43. Spain in My Heart -> collection published by Pablo Neruda in 1937
  44. Foundations of Instrumentation -> treatise by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov published post-humously in 1913
  45. Interpretation of Cultures -> 1977 compilation of essays by Clifford Geertz
  46. Death Constant Beyond Love -> short story by Gabriel García Márquez
  47. the Petrified Man -> Short story featured in Eudora Welty's collection "A Curtain of Green"
  48. A Fragment on Government -> 1776 publication by Jeremy Bentham - redirects to Bentham
  49. Anarchical Fallacies -> 1816 publication by Jeremy Bentham
  50. A Mother of Five -- short story by Bret Harte
  51. Modern Rural Sports -> by O. Henry
  52. On the Concept of Number, Uber Den Begriff Der Zahl -> 1887 work by Edmund Husserl
  53. On the Methods and Studies of Our Time -> philosophical work by Giambattista Vico
  54. Maximes, maxims -> work by François de La Rochefoucauld
  55. Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision -> essay by George Berkeley. Currently in wikisource
  56. Thao Hung Thao Cheuang Epic -> national epic of Laos

Books and Novels

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  1. Powers of Mind -> book by George Goodman
  2. Four Meetings -> book by Henry James
  3. The Zen Doctrine of No-Thought, The Zen Doctrine of No-Mind -> work by D. T. Suzuki
  4. My Own Life -> posthumously published autobiography of David Hume
  5. Men of the Last Frontier -> first book published by Archie Belaney under the name "Grey Owl"
  6. The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great, The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great -> book by Henry Fielding
  7. Lyrics of Lowly Life by Paul Laurence Dunbar
  8. The End of the Tether -> 1902 novel by Joseph Conrad
  9. In the Mecca -> book by Gwendolyn Brooks
  10. Age of Roosevelt -> three volume biography of Franklin Roosevelt by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Volumes include
  1. To Renew America -> 1996 book written by Newt Gingrich
  2. the Colonel and Little Missie -> 2005 work by Larry McMurtry
  3. Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American -> book written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. The Woman from Andros -> Either a novel by Thornton Wilder or a Roman comedy named Andria
  5. Mon Coeur Mis à Nu -> 1897 work by Charles Baudelaire
  6. the Dolliver Romance -> book by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  7. A Portrait of Bascom Hawke -> work by Thomas Wolfe
  8. Elementary Structures of Kinship -> book by Claude Levi Strauss
  9. In the Clap Shack -> book by William Styron
  10. Praeterita -> autobiography of John Ruskin
  11. the Structure of American Industry -> book by James Brock
  12. How I Grew -> Novel by Mary McCarthy
  13. Elemental Structures of Kinship -> Book by Claude Lévi-Strauss
  14. the Gull's Hornbook -> Book by Thomas Dekker
  15. Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision -> book by George Berkeley
  16. In Darkest England and the Way Out -> 1890 work by William Booth
  17. Espana en el Corazon -> book by Pablo Neruda
  18. Lawd Today -> 1963 work by Richard Wright
  19. Moral Equivalent of War -> 1906 work by William James. See here
  20. DragonCrown War -> series of books by Michael A. Stackpole
  21. Fortress Draconis -> book by Michael A. Stackpole
  22. Thoughts on Death and Immortality, Gedanken Uber Tod Und Unsterblichkeit, Gedanken uber Tod und Unsterblichkeit < Ludwig Feuerbach
  23. the World and the Individual < Josiah Royce book
  24. Fragment on Government < Jeremy Bentham work
  25. Chrestomathia, Chrestomathia Aethiopica < Jeremy Bentham work
  26. a Fool's Errand -> work by Albion Tourgee - redirects to different author
  27. the Fruit of the Tree < Edith Wharton novel
  28. Old Creole Days < George Washington Cable book (redirects to author)
  29. Families of Fortune < Alexis Gregory book
  30. a Short History of Financial Euphoria < John Kenneth Galbraith book
  31. Klosterheim, Klosterheim; Or, The Masque Klosterheim, Or, The Masque < Thomas De Quincey book
  32. the Ancient Child < N. Scott Momaday novel
  33. the Good Society: the Humane Agenda < John Kenneth Galbraith book
  34. Thrones Dominions -> novel by Lord Peter Wimsey, finished by Jill Paton Walsh in 1998
  35. George and Arthur -> novel by Julian Barnes
  36. The Narrative Of The Captivity And Release Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson < 1692 book by Mary Rowlandson
  37. Uber den nervosen Charakter, Über den nervösen Charakter, The Neurotic Constitution, About Nervous Temprament, The Neurotic Character < 1912 work by Alfred Adler
  38. the Social Meanings of Suicide < work by Jack Douglas (sociologist) - both could use articles
  39. A Thing of State A Novel A Thing of State: A Novel < Allen Drury
  40. Point and Line to Plane -> 1926 book by Wassily Kandinsky
  41. Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher who won't Eat Meat -> book by Howard Lyman
  42. Elvis Shrugged - This 1991 parody, with art by Dave Webber, imagines a future in which only one record company exists. Chased by the floating head of Col. Parker, artists led by (*) Madonna break with the stifling monopoly and join forces with Elvis, who faked his own death, and others in exile to innovate. The plot and dialogue are hilariously true to the original, featuring the catch-question “"Is Elvis alive?”" For 10 points -- For 10 points--name this Revolutionary Comics spoof of Ayn Rand’'s best-known novel. [2]
  43. Dave Barry's Complete Guide To Guys -> book by columnist Dave Barry
  44. Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need -> book by columnist Dave Barry
  45. What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question, What Should I Do with My Life?, What Should I Do with My Life -> book by Po Bronson
  46. Comedy: American Style; Comedy, American Style < novel by Jessie Redmon Fauset
  47. Mtv's Beavis and Butthead: This Book Sucks, This Book Sucks -> book about Beavis and Butthead by Mike Judge
  48. Torquemada en la hoguera -> (1889) novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
  49. Torquemada en la Cruz -> (1893) novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
  50. Torquemada en el purgatorio (1894) novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
  51. Torquemada y San Pedro (1895) novel by Benito Pérez Galdós
  52. Virgin Soil Upturned < work by Mikhail Sholokhov
  53. Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie < Rølvaag novel
  54. Audessus de la Melee -> Au-dessus de la Mêlée, novel by Romain Rolland
  55. Border music -> novel by James Waller
  56. Bombing To Win - currently a redirect. Should be its own article?
  57. How to Travel With a Salmon - Umberto Eco book
  58. the Nausea - “Something has happened to me, I can’t doubt it anymore. It came as an illness does, not like an ordinary certainty, not like anything evident.” The last sentence is an entry of Antoine Roquentin’s journal, the first time he describes the feeling which is also the title of this 1938 novel. For ten points, name this work by Jean-Paul Sartre which introduces in fiction form his conception of existentialism.
  59. How I Play Golf - Book by Tiger Woods
  60. Channel firing - book by Thomas Hardy
  61. People of the Lake - by Richard Leakey
  62. Her Privates We by Frederic Manning
  63. New Orleans Sketches - William Faulkner collection
  64. On Argentina - book by Jorge Luis Borges
  65. Mechanism of Mendelian heredity, The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity -> Thomas Hunt Morgan book
  66. Frames of Mind - book by Howard Gardner, currently redirect to author
  67. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter - book by Simone De Beauvoir
  68. Las Cosmicomicas - work by Italo Calvino
  69. Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, Cabbages and Kings and Aspirin As Needed -> book by George Conklin
  70. A Duel < Guy de Maupassant short story
  71. Headbirths, Headbirths: or the Germans are Dying Out, Kopfgeburten, Kopfgeburten oder Die Deutschen sterben aus < Günter Grass work
  72. Flowering Judas -> short story by Katherine Anne Porter
  73. Isle of Joy - novel by Don Winslow
  74. the Fire and the Sun < Iris Murdoch book
  75. the Cloud Chamber by Joyce Maynard
  76. Stillwatch -> Mary Higgins Clark novel
  77. the Prince of India The Prince of India; or, Why Constantinople Fell < work by Lew Wallace
  78. I Ain't Got Time to Bleed by Jesse Ventura
  79. A Fragment on Government < work Jeremy Bentham - Redirects to Bentham
  80. El Arco y la Lira < Octavio Paz work
  81. Las Peras del Olmo < Octavio Paz work
  82. Subliminal Seduction -> book by Wilson Bryan key
  83. Die Anweisungzum Seligen Leben Oder Auch Die Religionslehre or The Way Towards The Blessed Life Die Anweisung zum seligen Leben oder auch die Religionslehre < work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte (see german wikipedia)
  84. More Now Again: A Memoir Of Addiction < memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel