Applewood Books
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
$12.95 Add to cartIn 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt served as chairwoman of the United Nations committee to create this declaration of moral conscience, now used by Amnesty International as their founding document. This hardc… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1557094551
- Language: English
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Benjamin Franklin’s Book of Virtues
$12.95 Add to cartThis pocket-sized hardcover edition contains all thirteen “moral virtues” as Benjamin Franklin wrote them in his memoirs, first posthumously published in 1791. In the heart of this larger work–today … [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 1429093552
- Language: English
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Flower Fables
$15.95 Add to cartA collection of illustrated fairy stories from Louisa May Alcott–the author who brought us Little Women . Originally published in 1854, this collection of fables was inspired by Louisa’s time spent i… [more below]
- Author: Alcott, Louisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: January 15 2005
- ISBN10: 1557099545
- Language: English
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The Way to Wealth
$12.95 Add to cartThe first American book on personal finance, “The Way to Wealth” by Benjamin Franklin is still the best and wisest money book ever written. Originally published in 1758 as the preface to “Poor Richard… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 30
- Publish Date: September 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0918222885
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour
$9.95 Add to cartCopied out by hand as a young man aspiring to the status of Gentleman, George Washington’s 110 rules were based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. The first English edition of these… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Washington, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: August 01 1989
- ISBN10: 155709103X
- Language: English
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Song of the Open Road
$12.95 Read moreWalt Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road,” from his seminal work Leaves of Grass, is a celebration of freedom and the joy of journeying. In Whitman’s classic poem, the road becomes a metaphor for life’s
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Whitman, Walt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1429096381
- Language: English
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Little Black Sambo
$6.95 Read moreFirst published in London in 1899, this classic tale by Helen Bannerman tells the story of a little boy named Sambo who encounters four hunger tigers, outwits them, and turns them into butter, before
- Series: Wee Books for Wee Folk
- Author: Bannerman, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 01, 1996
- ISBN10: 1557094144
- Language: English
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Declaration of Independence
$9.95 Add to cartDrafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence summarizes America’s founding political philosophy. At once a cherished symbol of liberty and an expressi… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Jefferson, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: April 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1557094489
- Language: English
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Constitution of the United States
$9.95 Add to cartThe landmark legal document of the United States, the U.S. Constitution comprises the primary law of the Federal Government. Signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on S… [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Founding Fathers
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 1557091056
- Language: English
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
$14.95 Add to cartIn 1939 Robert L. May, a copywriter working at Chicago’s Montgomery Ward & Co., wrote a holiday story at the request of his employer. Almost two and a half million copies of the little tale about a re… [more below]
- Series: Rudolph
- Author: May, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 1990
- ISBN10: 1557091390
- Language: English
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Smokey the Bear Sutra
$9.95 Add to cartAn impassioned poem with Buddhist imagery and messages of environmentalism, social justice, and enlightenment. Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Gary Snyder composed “Smokey the Bear Sutra” one spr… [more below]
- Series: American Roots
- Author: Snyder, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1429096349
- Language: English
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Bill of Rights: With Writings That Formed Its Foundation
$9.95 Add to cartCollectively known as the United States Bill of Rights, these first ten amendments to the United States Constitution limit the powers of the federal government and protect the rights of all citizens, … [more below]
- Series: Books of American Wisdom
- Author: Madison, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: January 15 2008
- ISBN10: 155709151X
- Language: English
