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Dissident Gardens

by Jonathan Lethem

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Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga)

by David Brin (Goodreads Author)

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Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century

by Warren Hoffman (Goodreads Author)

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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more

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