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J.A.V. Simson

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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

November 19

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Travel, Fiction, Science

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Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Joseph Conrad,

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Jo Anne Valentine Simson, retired scientist and world traveler, taught anatomy and cell biology for three decades, both in the US and overseas. Her current writing combines a love of travel, a fascination with biology, and an obsession with human culture. Besides many scientific articles, she has published five books of nonfiction and two lections of short fiction,

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	Korea, Are You at Peace?: Tales of Two Women Travelers in a Troubled Land 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	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
	The God That Says I Am: A Scientist's Meditations on the Nature of Spiritual Experience it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	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 with Strangers liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017	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
	Russia Revisited, Come Take a Tour with Me 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Saving My Life: Two lives, More Like 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017	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
	Laboratory Notebook 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	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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	Russia Revisited: Come Take a Tour with Me by Jo Anne Valentine Simson (2016-11-19) by J.A.V. Simson (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	The God that Says I Am: A Scientist's Meditations on the Nature of Spriritual Experience by J.A.V. Simson (2010-05-05) by J.A.V. Simson (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“Reality is what exists whether we believe in it or not.”
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“Reality is what exists whether we believe in it or not.”
― J.A.V. Simson

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

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“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
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“Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).”
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“Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job. The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has become a growth industry. This may be the best argument, in the end, for unfettered freedom of expression.”
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