books about humanity - a mixed bag in no particular order

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The Complete Essays (Penguin Classics)
1.  The Complete Essays (Penguin Classics) by Michel de Montaigne
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  "A complete guide on how to live...and how to learn how to die, while keeping your sense of humour."
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The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics)
2.  The Iliad (Oxford World's Classics) by Homer
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  "what can I say? not much changed in the world of men and gods..."
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In Search of Lost Time
3.  In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
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  "desert island special"
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Wind, Sand and Stars
4.  Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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  "St Ex discovered his humanity while flying across the Andes - and shares it with us."
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The Sorrow Of War
5.  The Sorrow Of War by Bao Ninh
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  "The most moving book about the Vietnam war, and the wounds it inflicted, you will ever read. Written by a North Vietnamese conscript turned writer"
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An Intimate History Of Humanity
6.  An Intimate History Of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin
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  "the gestures and histories that made us"
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The Emigrants
7.  The Emigrants by W. G. Sebald
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  "Because when you are human, you have always something to lose, and to remember"
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Eva Luna
8.  Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
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  "read about crazy Eva, and turn grey life into blood red"
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Essays (Penguin Modern Classics)
9.  Essays (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "observation and insight. I particularly like the one about the English seaside postcards, and A Hanging."
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Invisible Cities (Vintage Classics)
10.  Invisible Cities (Vintage Classics) by Italo Calvino
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  "playful but deep exploration of the shifting shapes that humanity calls its cities.  Nothing happens, but at the end, everything around you looks different."
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Emergency Kit: Poems for Strange Times
11.  Emergency Kit: Poems for Strange Times by Matthew Sweeney
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  "read any page and open your eyes"
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