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| I stopped at a small store while driving through Bethlehem in New Hampshire, and inside was a small display shelf with some books by local authors D. and C. Monahan. I picked up a book up simply with the intent of lending support to a local independe ...more | |
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| I read this novel a number of years ago, and I had forgotten how intelligent and downright funny it is! Full of energy and captivating imagery, The Master & Margarita is a bold satire and a scathing social commentary, among other things. I’m sure it ...more | |
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| Surprisingly original! I think readers will find Alanna Rusnak’s story engaging, challenging, and thought-provoking, whether or not they are fans of apocalyptic literature. “When the Trees All Burned” is richly crafted, immersive, and intensely human ...more | |
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| I knew Kathleen West was an experienced teacher long before I read her bio. I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel which so correctly depicts the issues and challenges that teachers are forced to deal with. Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes gives a spo ...more | |
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Beowolf told from the monster’s perspective: what a great and original idea. I loved the first two pages, and I started my reading full of enthusiasm and anticipation. In time, however, the endless nihilistic philosophizing became rather tedious and, ...more |
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| In Pale Blue Hope, Ronald Poulton gives a dramatic first-hand account of his work for the UN in Cambodia, where he was an investigator of human rights violations, and in Tajikistan, where he acted as a legal advisor of an investigation into the killi ...more | |
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| Through the recollections of many of the participants, Scott Morrison shows how the Summit Series of 1972 evolved from what was supposed to be a simple—albeit intriguing—set of exhibition games, to arguably the most emotionally fraught and significan ...more | |
“I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.”
― Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
“And blossoming, odour-giving creation, loving and charming, and the grand sky golden with morning spread about La Tourgue and the guillotine, and seemed to say to man, "Behold my work, and yours.”
― Ninety-Three
― Ninety-Three
“You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
