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April 03
	Diane gave to: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare bookshelves: already-read-already	my rating:
	read in January, 2008 Diane said: "A fun Shakespearean romp in the woods. I actually have the sourcebook edition which includes photos from different productions. An interesting look at mimetic desire and social constraints vs. the freedom of the wild " add a comment
March 13
	Diane gave to: A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover) by Oliver Van DeMille bookshelves: already-read-already	my rating:
	read in January, 2005 Diane said: "Excellent book whose principles adapt well to most any educational theories: Charlotte Mason, unschooling, classical education, even private and public (if the bureaucrats will let you get away with it). This book really helped to explain why I was...more " add a comment
	Diane gave to: Miseducation: PRESCHOOLERS AT RISK (Paperback) by David Elkind bookshelves: already-read-already	my rating:
	read in October, 2006 Diane said: "Ah, now if we could just get the educators in this state to read this book and realize that earlier is not necessarily better. This book pretty much spoke to what I already knew to be true--that children, particularly young children--learn very diff...more " add a comment
	Diane gave to: Jane Eyre (Paperback) by Charlotte Brontë bookshelves: already-read-already	my rating:
	read in January, 2005 Diane said: "My favorite part is towards the end when she talks about how it's most important to do what is right precisely when it is the hardest to do so. Even if the whole book was boring, for this lesson, I would give it 5 stars. But it really is a good sto...more " add a comment
	Diane gave to: The Communist Manifesto (Paperback) by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Gareth Stedman Jones, ed. bookshelves: already-read-already	my rating:
	read in January, 2008 Diane said: "I pulled my copy off the shelf and read it shortly after starting my sociology course. It was like sitting in sociology class again. A broken book if I ever read one. You'll love this book if you hate "freedom to ..." " add a comment
	Diane gave to: The FairTax Book (Hardcover) by Neal Boortz, John Linder bookshelves: already-read-already	my rating:
	read in January, 2006 Diane said: "I love this book. I love this concept. Now if we could just get it done! " add a comment
	Diane marked as to-read: Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and other Boneheaded Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children (Hardcover) by David Harsanyi bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Diane marked as to-read: Dependent on D.C.: The Rise of Federal Control Over the Lives of Ordinary Citizens (Hardcover) by Charlotte Twight bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Diane gave to: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich bookshelves: already-read-already	my rating:
	read in January, 2008 Diane said: "More like "Hammered and Sickeled: How a Wealthy Marxist Socialite who's really bad at managing money gets low-paying jobs while holding everyone at arm's length". A required read for Sociology class. Basically, this woman who disdains ri...more " add a comment
	Diane marked as to-read: The Home Ranch (Bison Book) by Ralph Moody bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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