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Among Others
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2011
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52 editions
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The Just City
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2015
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11 editions
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Tooth and Claw
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2003
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27 editions
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My Real Children
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2014
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27 editions
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Farthing (Small Change, #1)
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2006
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28 editions
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The Philosopher Kings
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2015
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8 editions
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Ha'penny (Small Change, #2)
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2007
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28 editions
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Half a Crown (Small Change, #3)
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2008
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24 editions
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Lent
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2019
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8 editions
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Necessity
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2016
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5 editions
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A different way to teach science
When we moved to Montreal, my son was eleven. He happened to find an old, 1920, book in a thrift store called something like Science Today, which was an overview of the cutting edge of science as of 1920, with exciting old black and white photos of things like the first electric streetlights in Canada. It had chapters on different subjects of scientific interest. He started reading it, and asking
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“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.”
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“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
Polls
4th Quarter 2019 - Fantasy #3
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge, 416p
The Child Thief by Brom, 476p
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, 544p
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton, 320p
The Book of Swords by Gardner Dozois, 522p
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee, 310p
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer, 368p
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“I'll belong to libraries wherever I go. Maybe eventually I'll belong to libraries on other planets.”
― Among Others
― Among Others
“Let’s pursue excellence together. Let’s make art. Let’s build the future. Let’s be our best selves.”
― The Just City
― The Just City
“There isn't an end point to excellence where you have it and you can stop. Being your best self means keeping on trying.”
― The Just City
― The Just City
“In reality, while we aim for excellence, we're always living on somebody's dunghill.”
― The Philosopher Kings
― The Philosopher Kings
