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carl rated a book it was amazing The Philosophy of Freedom (Wilson Transl.) by Rudolf Steiner	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
steiner's effort to bridge the gap between spirituality and reason. read it for yourself to determine if he succeeded or failed.
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carl rated a book it was amazing The Prisoner of Sex by Norman Mailer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
not only was this an eye opening experience of mailer's writing, so far all my female friends that have read it have loved it as well, recommending it to their friends. who else could be living with a woman, cooking and cleaning for her, her chi ...more
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carl rated a book it was amazing Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays by James Baldwin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
i fell in love (literally) with this deceased author a couple of years ago after reading the fire next time and stumbling onto a late night replay of the documentary done on his life shortly after his death. i then purchased this volume of his in th ...more
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carl rated a book it was amazing Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke by Theodore Roethke	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
roethke's poetry is mesmerizing. at times he sounds like a hebrew prophet born again in middle america's red states.
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carl rated a book it was amazing Reclaiming Your Life: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Regression Therapy Overcome Effects Childhood Abuse by Jean C. Jenson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
cant recommend it highly enough along with alice miller's the drama of the gifted child.
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carl rated a book it was amazing The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
an incredibly important book for me as i worked through my own issues of abuse and neglect. the americanized version of this kind of psychotherapeutic thinking is called reclaiming your life and is by jean jenson.
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carl rated a book it was amazing Prolegomena to Charity by Jean-Luc Marion	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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carl rated a book it was amazing Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography by Joakim Garff	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
very good read.
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carl rated a book it was amazing The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening by Søren Kierkegaard	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
a great book not only on faith and spirit, as so many point out, but also on its topic: despair.
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carl rated a book it was amazing The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
a difficult but beautiful read providing a greater insight into tolkien's world.
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.”
― Harlan Coben

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“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.”
― Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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