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A comprehensive biography of a great figure of the 20th century. Mr. Meredith paints a picture of a man with great dignity and intelligence. A man who rose above the narrow-mindedness of his surrounding society and transformed his country from apa...
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This novel – at close to 900 pages – has some very poignant passages on both Nazi and Soviet atrocities of crimes against humanity. These are stunning and soulful.
Unfortunately I felt the book was marred by lengthy sections concerning Viktor Shtru... " Read more of this review » |
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Molly, survivor of multiple foster homes, most of them not a great experience, has not had an easy life. Almost eighteen, she is aware that soon she will age out of the Child Welfare System. A mixed blessing, but without a family, and with no part...
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"It's getting nicely weird again, I thought to myself"
This really is all you need to know about this book. The nicely is that much over used but in this case perfectly appropriate cliché of it being love poem to a vanished age. Peter Hill drops ou... " Read more of this review » |
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| I am hardly a monogamous sort. I find that I am regularly attracted to different types. Sometimes I like them with big bowls. I am definitely fond of zaftig with strokable, curvy edges, sometimes I prefer something a bit more conservative, upright, f...more | |
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"Your Excellency wrote: ""In one eye and out the other" - I love it!"
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| Diamond seeks to dispel the myth that humans of different geographic and racial origins have inherently varying mental capabilities. The arguments he seeks to counter are those stating that since "civilization" came to full flower in the "western" co...more | |
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
― Logan Pearsall Smith
― Logan Pearsall Smith
“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.”
― Christopher Morley, Pipefuls
― Christopher Morley, Pipefuls
“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded.”
― Bessie Anderson Stanley, More Heart Throbs Volume Two in Prose and Verse Dear to the American People And by them contributed as a Supplement to the original $10,000 Prize Book HEART THROBS
― Bessie Anderson Stanley, More Heart Throbs Volume Two in Prose and Verse Dear to the American People And by them contributed as a Supplement to the original $10,000 Prize Book HEART THROBS
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.”
― Winston Churchill
― Winston Churchill
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