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Unbuilt Toronto: A H... 07/05 Aras is currently reading:
Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City That Might Have Been (Paperback)
by Mark Osbaldeston
bookshelves: currently-reading, design, public-library
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Finding God's Will f... 06/11 Aras is currently reading:
Finding God's Will for You (Paperback)
by Saint Francis de Sales
bookshelves: currently-reading, philosophy, religion
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The Adventures of Au... 05/31 Aras is currently reading:
The Adventures of Augie March (Hardcover)
by Saul Bellow
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July 05
Unbuilt Toronto: A H... Aras is currently reading:
Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City That Might Have Been (Paperback)
by Mark Osbaldeston
bookshelves: currently-reading, design, public-library
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Mysteries: An Invest... Aras gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Mysteries: An Investigation into the Occult, the Paranormal and the Supernatural (Paperback)
by Colin Wilson
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read in July, 2009

Aras Aras said: "Colin Wilson must be one of the most credulous people to walk the face of the earth. This large volume is full of all sorts of stories and accounts pulled from various sources, and Wilson makes little attempt to help the reader to decide which ones ...more "
July 03
Straight Cut Aras marked as to-read:
Straight Cut (Hard Case Crime #21)
by Madison Smartt Bell
bookshelves: mystery, to-read
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June 22
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June 18
The Perilous Trade:... Aras gave 3 of 5 stars to:
The Perilous Trade: Publishing Canada's Writers (Hardcover)
by Roy MacSkimming
bookshelves: biography, history
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read in June, 2009

Aras Aras said: "This book tracks the history of English-language publishing in Canada from WWII until the printing of the book (2003). Canada faces some unique challenges, such as sharing a language and much culture with much more populous and economically powerful...more "
June 14
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Aras made a comment on Aras's review of Finding God's Will for You
614857 Aras wrote: "Wolfie wrote: "Hey, are you Catholic?

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June 12
The Issa Valley: A N... Aras marked as to-read:
The Issa Valley: A Novel (Paperback)
by Czesław Miłosz
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June 09
The Napoleon of Nott... Aras marked as to-read:
The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Dover Books on Literature and Drama)
by G.K. Chesterton
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The Ball and the Cro... Aras marked as to-read:
The Ball and the Cross (Paperback)
by G.K. Chesterton
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Werner Herzog
"What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams."
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Werner Herzog
"Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates."
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Gene Wolfe
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges. When soldiers take their oath they are given a coin, an asimi stamped with the profile of the Autarch. Their acceptance of that coin is their acceptance of the special duties and burdens of military life--they are soldiers from that moment, though they may know nothing of the management of arms. I did not know that then, but it is a profound mistake to believe that we must know of such things to be influenced by them, and in fact to believe so is to believe in the most debased and superstitious kind of magic. The would-be sorcerer alone has faith in the efficacy of pure knowledge; rational people know that things act of themselves or not at all.
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Gene Wolfe (Shadow & Claw)


Flannery O'Connor
"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
Flannery O'Connor


Flannery O'Connor
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
Flannery O'Connor


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