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San Francisco's Forgotten Cemeteries by Beth Winegarner

The Anza Trail and the Settling of California by Vladimir Guerrero

Northern Californian history (nonfiction)

123 books — 36 voters

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

California Memoirs

201 books — 65 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Sentient Houses

167 books — 68 voters

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Books to Celebrate Black History Month (and Read All Year-Round)

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“ Before, he had not realized what he actually wanted. Until today, when he saw how Cheng Yujin bade him farewell so easily, and how she began to talk happily about her and her future husband, Cheng Yuanjing finally understood what kind of answer he actually wanted to hear. He was not her uncle, nor was she his niece. What he wanted was for Cheng Yujin to see him as a man. He wanted her to give him an embroidery, make him pastries, and came to see him — as a man. Cheng Yuanjing had witnessed how ...more ”
― Jiu Yue Liu Huo, Greetings Ninth Uncle 九叔万福

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“ It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog. ”
― Francis Crick, What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

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