The+Library

 =__The Library__=

Most books in the novel are actually referenced solely by author or quotes or sometimes even by obscurely referencing the topics, here are (some of, not sure if we got them all) the books referenced by author, in no particular order, followed by an unbelievably brief over of some of the books and/or authors mentioned.
 * The Comlete Works of William Shakespeare:** Needs no introduction. When he wasn't writing about forlorn love, he was writing about kings and queens, who were often in love.


 * The Bible:** Book upon which Judaism (Old Testament), Christianity, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Curch of Latter-day Saints, and uncountable variations thereof are based on, with additions, and omissions included depending on which source you look in.


 * Marcus Aurelius:** Last great Emporer of Rome, staved off colapse for nearly a century.

**Henry David Thoreau (Walden):** Naturalist and writer, his most famous work is about living on his own with minimal technology. **Bernard Russell:** A British Philosopher and social critic, noted logician **Plato (the Republic):** Greek Pilosopher, The Rupublic is the basis of the Roman senatorial system, and, by extention, our own. **Lord Byron:** A famous Poet who invented the melancholy hero who broods over some past mistake. **Tomas Paine:** American revolutionary, he wrote a small treatise often given credit for inciting the American Revolution. **Machiavelli (The Prince):** Itallian statesman during the rennassiance, The Prince is a tale of political skulldugery, intrigue, corrution, and the general unwholsomness of the practice. Where the terms Machiavellian and Machination comes from.
 * Charles Darwin (On the origin of Species):** English scientist and adventurer, Darwin is known for spelling out our modern theory of evolution, which he didn't come up with himself, but rather stole from many other people (including his grandfather) and was the first to publish it.

**Albert Einstein (General and Special theories of relativity):** The most famous physicist of all time, he re-forged our conceptions of time and gravity, and made the creation of the Atomic Bomb possible. **Albert Schweitzer:** a philosipher and minister. **Aristophanes:** Greek Playwright, last remaining comedy writer of his time. All the other comedies are lost to the ages. **Ghandi:** Known as Mahatma, Ghandi invented peaceful protest and freed India from british rule so that they could take all of our tech-support jobs. **The Buddha:** Guatamma, most often known as The Buddha (which merely means "Enlightened One") was a font of wisdom so profuse that millions of people follow his teachings today. **Confucius:** Founded the school of thought known as confusicianism, a Philosophy/Religion (They are the same thing over there) based on respect and restraint. **Thomas Love Peacock:** English novelist who critisized politics and culture, not a fan of the romantic movement. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">**Thomas Jefferson:** American revolutionary best known for penning the Declaration of Independence and being president. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">**Abraham Lincoln:** Mid 19th century president. Best known for the Gettysburg address and starting a war that killed the reatest number of americans on record, also a slaveowner.