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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players

by Stefan Fatsis

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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

by David Mitchell

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“Why should I worry about uncreating so much of human history? Why should I care that it will be worse than forgotten, that it will be unknown? Why should that seem to be a crime, when all of human history is an eyeblink compared to the billions of years the stars have shone?”
― Orson Scott Card, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

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“Is the future, is the past, all that matters to you? Don't you have just a little bit of room for the present?”
― Orson Scott Card, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

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“Only because of ignorance could he shape the world so fearlessly”
― Orson Scott Card, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

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