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Alda Balthrop-Lewis is an Associate Professor at Florida State University, where she teaches ethics in the Religion Department.

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Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism

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Lost & Found: A Memoir

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Reasons and Feelings: Writing for the Humanities Now (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Sarah Elizabeth Mesle

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The Infinity of Lists

by Umberto Eco

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