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<![CDATA[Brian added 'The Call of the Wild, White Fang & To Build a Fire']]>
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The Call of the Wild, White Fang & To Build a Fire (Modern Library Classics)
byJack London bookshelves: currently-reading
From 'Introduction by E. L. Doctorow':
The fact is that today, the tradition of the adult animal tale in America has virtually disappeared; it is a less possible expedient in the aftermath of two world wars, their attendant modernist ironies, and the rise of Walt Disney. But when Jack London wrote, in the days of Baden-Powell, formulator of the Boy Scout ethos, Americans from Teddy Roosevelt on down took their animals seriously....
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From The Call of the Wild:
With the aurora borealis flaming coldly overhead, or the stars leaping in the frost dance, and the land numb and frozen under its pall of snow, this song of the huskies might have been the defiance of life, only it was pitched in minor key, with long-drawn wailings and half-sobs, and was more the pleading of life, the articulate travail of existence.
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Mercy was a thing reserved for gentler climes.
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'Under the Dome: A Novel']]>
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to: Under the Dome: A Novel (Hardcover)byStephen King
Do we need to listen to his speech? Nah. We'll be listening to Big Jim tomorrow night, and that should be enough. Besides, we all know how this one goes; America's two great specialties are demagogues and rock and roll, and we've all heard plenty of both in our time.
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"That's what we've got to deal with," Rennie said. "The mob. The cotton-picking rabble. What do they want, Carter?"
"I don't know, boss."
"Sure you do. They want food, Oprah, country music, and a warm bed to thump uglies in when the sun goes down. So they can make more just like them."
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"Contrary to the beliefs of the secular humanists, the sky is not falling. They can't help the yellow streak that runs up their backs, son -- 'The guilty man flees where none pursueth,' you know, Book of Leviticus -- but that doesn't change God's truth: those who believe on Him shall not tire, but shall mount up with wings as eagles -- Book of Isaiah."
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"Never give a good politician time to pray."
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"You're eating roast beef with your Savior, son," Big Jim whispered. "Roast beef and mashed. Apple cobbler for dessert."
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"'For every night, twice the bright.'"
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"'Wear it home, it'll look like a dress.'"
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories']]>
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Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories (Paperback)
byRaymond Carver bookshelves: will-finish-later
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'Child of God']]>
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Child of God (Paperback)
byCormac McCarthy bookshelves: will-finish-later
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'Crossroads of Twilight']]>
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Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time, #10)
byRobert Jordan bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'The Gathering Storm']]>
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The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, #12; A Memory of Light, #1)
byRobert Jordan bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'The Wild Things']]>
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to: The Wild Things (Hardcover)byDave Eggers
"That's why I need to leave. I don't want to ever do anything like that again."
"But you still might," Alexander said.
"But I don't want to."
"But you still might. Wherever you go."
Max wasn't sure if he was making himself clear.
"But I don't want to," he said.
Alexander barely paused. Instead, he smiled, as if Max was being particularly dense.