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J. Dunn
is on page 233 of 288 of American on Purpose
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J. Dunn
is on page 82 of 544 of A Tale of Two Cities
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| Man, I was so excited for this, which makes it doubly disappointing that it didn't quite pan out. It looks really great on the surface and totally up my alley; an authoritative but accessible survey of utopian and communal communities in North Americ...more | |
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rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Crisis of Confidence: Ideas, Power and Violence in America
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
read in October, 2009
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I read this for a couple of reasons. One, to get an idea of what the turmoil of the '60's looked like to the older establishment liberal elites of the time, what they thought of the counterculture and the youth movements and so on. I figure Schlesing...more |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| This is another diverting instance of Eco playing around with history, mythology, and ideas like a kid with Legos or something. This one is nominally set in 12th Century Byzantium and Northern Italy, but pulls in all kinds of crazy stuff from the ear...more | |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| This is pretty much everything you could ask for in a biography of Mill. It covers the whole spectrum, from his personal life to his work to the intellectual and political contexts in which he did it, and does so with sympathy and verve. You could do...more | |
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rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| An enjoyable little nugget of nonfiction comfort food. Humorous and shows a genuine love of the subject. More like what I expect out of Bryson than the mean-spirited and condescending jerkishness of The Lost Continent. Taught me a lot of interesting...more | |
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