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	09/29 Sam is currently reading: Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged, the Fountainhead (Paperback) by Ayn Rand bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	09/20 Sam is currently reading: Герой нашего времени: Стихотворения. Поэмы. Роман (Hardcover) by Mikhail Lermontov bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	09/20 Sam is currently reading: The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library) by O. Henry bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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September 29
	Sam is currently reading: Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged, the Fountainhead (Paperback) by Ayn Rand bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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September 20
	Sam is currently reading: Герой нашего времени: Стихотворения. Поэмы. Роман (Hardcover) by Mikhail Lermontov bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	Sam gave to: 1776 (Paperback) by David McCullough bookshelves: favorites, thehistorynerd	my rating:
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	Sam gave to: The First Circle (European Classics) by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn bookshelves: favorites, thehistorynerd	my rating:
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	Sam is currently reading: The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library) by O. Henry bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	Sam added: One-Night Stands with American History (Revised and Updated Edition): Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents by Richard Shenkman bookshelves: thehistorynerd	my rating:
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	Sam added: Treasure Island (Children's Illustrated Classics) by Robert L. Steveson	my rating:
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	Sam added: The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) by Alexandre Dumas	my rating:
	Sam said: "I read this book fully for the first time, and then, almost three weeks later, read it again. Its a great book, and very easy to read. " add a comment
March 01
	Sam gave to: Franny and Zooey (Paperback) by J.D. Salinger bookshelves: favorites	my rating:
	Sam said: "This is my favorite book of all time. I have reread this book more times than I can remember. I discovered this book before I read Catcher in the Rye and thus wondered why that one got all the attention. Its push to get active in the world, and at ...more " add a comment
	Sam added: A Short History of Chemistry (Science Study) by Isaac Asimov bookshelves: thehistorynerd	my rating:
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"The student is to read history actively not passively."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions))

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"You stand on dead men's legs. You've never had any of your own. You couldn't walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly"
— Jack London (The Sea Wolf)

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