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Michael is Currently Reading

Michael is currently reading

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

by Robert A. Caro

bookshelves: history, currently-reading

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Golden Hill

by Francis Spufford (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: historical-fiction, 2022, currently-reading

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The Great Movies

by Roger Ebert

bookshelves: film, currently-reading

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A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more

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The Evolution of Science Fiction — 1909 members — last activity 14 hours, 46 min ago
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"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

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