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David M. Brimer

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in Lakeland, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Fiction, Suspense

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Haruki Murakami, F. Scott Fitzgerlad, John Irving, Cormac McCarthy

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December 2009

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Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane

by Andy Beta

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Kubrick: An Odyssey

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Shawn Levy’s phenomenal biography never hides from Clint’s dark side, revealing an extremely complicated man whose brilliance was undeniable. It may make you reassess some of Clint’s more unseemly plot points (such as an over reliance on rape), but t ...more
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“Never confuse faith, or belief—of any kind—with something even remotely intellectual.”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

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“Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

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