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I agree. All of them save the Bible, are available in the world famous Penguin Classics paperback series of world literature. The most readable version of The Bible is Ernest Sutherland's famous 1936 classic The Bible: Designed And Arranged To Be Read As Living Literature. Both formats will introduce readers to the core works of Western civilization at a price they can afford. Sorry for the shameless plug here but that's how I encountered all of the above authors and its a pleasure to be able to read works that have affected our thinking and lives ever since.

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Most are available free online through Project Gutenberg:

1. The Bible
(http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext92/bible12.txt)

2. The Federalist Papers
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext91/feder16.txt

3. Democracy in America
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext97/1dina10.txt
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext97/2dina10.txt

4. The Divine Comedy
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext97/0ddcl10.txt

5. The Republic
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext94/repub13.txt

9. Confessions
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext02/tcosa10.txt