Some time ago I watched a network news anchorman as he insisted that books have no impact on our lives. Books don't change anything.
Had this fella never heard of Das Kapital
Or Mein Kampf
Or Silent Spring
Or The Descent of Man
My head was spinning with books that have impacted our lives.
Perhaps the anchorman meant novels.
The first one that jumps to my mind is Uncle Tom's Cabin which fueled the cry for the abolition of slavery. When Lincoln met the author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, he said "S more...
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