Top 10 Books that Changed the World


	Top 10 Books that Changed the World

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5-26-2008 1:54 PM

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10 most influential books, bible, qu'ran, summa theologica, the rights of man

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6-19-2008 11:09 PM

nrapopor

I'd say for number 8 Silent Spring -- Rachel Louise Carson (1962). This book still continues to kill about 1M people a year, so I believe it deserves a mention.

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