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Laura
rated a book 5 of 5 stars
by Thomas Mann
bookshelves:
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Gundula
read in August, 2012
Laura said:
"From BBC Radio 4:A 19th-century German merchant family fight to keep their supremacy.
According to Judith Adams, this book was banned and burned by Hitler and it was published when the author was 25, in 1901.
A movie Buddenbrooks (2008) and a TV series...more "
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This is a book that can and should be read by everyone, at least all with the slightest interest in world history. I feel this so adamantly since what it tells us does away with serious misconceptions about the Mongol Empire. It explains in a clea...
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Laura
is 33% done with Buddenbrooks: Part V, chapter 1.
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“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
― Bil Keane
― Bil Keane
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― Oscar Wilde
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― Frank Zappa
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― Albert Camus
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― Marcus Tullius Cicero
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— last activity May 18, 2013 05:30am
Couldn't find them in pink unfortunately!
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— last activity Jan 09, 2013 04:42pm
ALERT!!! This Reading Challenge was for 2012. To join NOW, please go to Mount TBR 2013. This group is for those who would like to participate in the Mo...more
Victorians!
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— last activity 5 hours, 38 min ago
Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Colli...more
Madam, want to talk about author Mary Stewart?
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— last activity 5 hours, 56 min ago
This group is for readers to discover (or rediscover) Mary Stewart novels. Feel free to join in the discussions and start a new thread as well.
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