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Tom Bryant  writes: |
I',m surprised Machiavelli's Discourses scored so lowly. Anybody who hasn't read that really should. Its in many ways superior to The Prince. You really get a sense that old Nick didn't care for despotism in that read. |
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| VOTING RESULTS | |||
| Answer | Votes | % | Chart |
Chronology of the World by Isaac Asimov | 2 | 0% |  |
|---|---|---|---|
Common Sense by Thomas Paine | 37 | 5% | |
Commonwealth of Oceana by Harrington | 1 | 0% | |
Complete Story of Civilization by Durant | 10 | 1% | |
Complete Works of Shakespeare | 58 | 8% | |
Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle | 46 | 6% | |
Constitution of the United States by various | 61 | 8% | |
Corporal Si Klegg and His | 2 | 0% | |
Crystal Cave by Stewart | 2 | 0% | |
Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook by various | 5 | 1% | |
Decisive Battles of the Western World & their Influence Upon History by Fuller | 22 | 3% | |
Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson | 55 | 8% | |
Desert Generals by Corelli Barnet | 1 | 0% | |
Diary of a Cavalry Officer by Tomkinson | 1 | 0% | |
Discourses on the First Ten Volumes of Titus Livy by Machiavelli | 5 | 1% | |
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 19 | 3% | |
Dracula by Bram Stoker | 39 | 5% | |
Duel of Eagles by Jeffrey Long | 2 | 0% | |
Dune by Frank Herbert | 45 | 6% | |
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card | 20 | 3% | |
Excession by Ian M Banks | 3 | 0% | |
Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus | 1 | 0% | |
Face of Battle by Keegan | 52 | 7% | |
Federalist Papers by various | 26 | 4% | |
Fingerprints of the Gods by Hancock | 3 | 0% | |
Fire and Stone by Christopher Duffy | 4 | 1% | |
First American Army by Chadwick | 2 | 0% | |
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway | 30 | 4% | |
Forever War by Joe Haldeman | 33 | 5% | |
Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer | 19 | 3% | |
Fountainhead by Rand | 7 | 1% | |
Fractal Geometry of Nature by Mandelbrot | 2 | 0% | |
Freakonomics by Levitt, Dubner | 11 | 2% | |
Frederick the Great by Duffy | 15 | 2% | |
Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania by various | 0 | 0% | |
Fu Manchu's Bride by Sax Rohmer | 1 | 0% | |
Gallic War by Caesar | 39 | 5% | |
Gates of Fire by Pressfield | 9 | 1% | |
Gilgamesh by unknown | 13 | 2% | |
Gnostic texts by various | 6 | 1% | |
no opinion | 19 | 3% | |
| POLL IS CLOSED |
| POLL DESCRIPTION | |
If you reflect back on all the books you've ever read, which should people read? Not neccessarily the most "fun to read" – I'd maybe put the Feynman lectures on physics on the list, but it's hardly a side splitter! Poll set up by |
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