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A PLEASANT FANTASY. “Never a fan of pity parties, he quickly accepted his predicament as permanent and regrouped.” (Kindle Location 677) The Mine (Northwest Passage #1), by John A. Heldt is a very pleasant/delightful fantasy, mostly set in a more innoc ...more |
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A HARDSCRABBLE LIFE: SUCCESS AGAINST ALL ODDS. “Thing is, I don’t believe in ghosts. But I see them all the time.” (p. 7) Sherman Alexie is a very angry Indian with an amazing gift for storytelling. His memoir, You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me—rife wi ...more |
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CLEAR THINKING ON FREE THOUGHT. “None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error” (Kindle Location 118) Bertrand Russell’s Conway Memorial Lecture of March 24, 1922, Free Thought and Official Propaganda, offers c ...more |
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VERY ENTERTAINING. “The library is one of my favorite buildings in town, a sandstone monument to culture and learning built in a time when people cared about such things.”—from Theft and Other Issues (Kindle Location 2,005) The Relive Box and Other Sto ...more |
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Brights
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A place for brights and those interested in the movement to suggest reading material, discuss books or just peak around and see what other brights are ...more
Ask Stacy Schiff & Jodi Kantor - October 24, 2012
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Join us on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 for a special discussion with Stacy Schiff & Jodi Kantor. Stacy & Jodi will be discussing their newest work, in ...more
Judging Book Covers - ALL. DAY. LONG.
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The Drunken Druid Awards
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The Drunken Druid Award is a prestigious literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length fictional novel. This peer-reviewed Book A ...more
George’s 2018 Year in Books
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