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Michael Carnell

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in The South, The United States

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Nonfiction, Fantasy, Fiction

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I work with computers, I play with old British cars, take pictures, travel, play chess, listen to music, and gaze at the moon. Oh, you want more info than that? Really? Well ...

I have lots of other bad habits, but I won't go into them here. If you want to know about those you can check out my ramblings on BlueSky.

Oh, and all those books below it says I wrote, well I didn't. Most of them are by my father - Dr C. Mitchell Carnell, Jr. The others are by someone I have no idea who is. ...more

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	Speaking in Church Made Simple by Mitch Carnell (Goodreads Author), Michael Carnell (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Speaking in Church Made Simple: A Step-By-Step Guide it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985	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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You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

by Janelle Shane

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The Philosophy and Psychology of British Car Restoration

by Robert Morey

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The Chess Revolution: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

by Peter Doggers

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Michael’s Quotes

“Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken a surgical needle and sutured your happiness to the skin of that person, so that any separation will now cause a lacerating injury.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

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