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Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Rising Tide by John M. Barry Taliban by Ahmed Rashid Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tweak by Nic Sheff The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara Looking for Alaska by John Green
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The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
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“Poetry is like passion—it should not be merely pretty; it should overwhelm and bruise. Baudelaire understood that. He combines the sweet with the obscene, but he does it with elegance.” A smile. “It’s a very French thing, making obscenity ...more
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