Ten books that changed my world

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The Origin of Species
1.  The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
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  "Putting humans firmly in their place"
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Capital: An Abridged Edition (Oxford World's Classics)
2.  Capital: An Abridged Edition (Oxford World's Classics) by Karl Marx
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  "Humans in society have not been the same since"
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Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics)
3.  Brave New World (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Aldous Huxley
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  "All too like the world today"
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Beyond Freedom and Dignity
4.  Beyond Freedom and Dignity by B. F. Skinner
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  "Is there anything special about being human?"
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The Mismeasure of Man
5.  The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jayn Gould
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  "No matter how clever we are we still fiddle with the results"
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The Interpretation of Dreams (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
6.  The Interpretation of Dreams (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Sigmund Freud
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  "Freud changed the way that we see the world"
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A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin)
7.  A Clockwork Orange (Essential Penguin) by Anthony Burgess
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  "Frightening but plausible"
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The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (Arkana)
8.  The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (Arkana) by Abraham H. Maslow
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  "Maybe there is something positive about humans"
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The Selfish Gene
9.  The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
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  "Keeping up the Darwinian tradition and transforming the world"
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The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (Penguin Psychology)
10.  The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (Penguin Psychology) by R. Laing
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  "R.D. Laing - misunderstood but providing powerful insights into the human condition"
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