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The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Oz, #7)

by L. Frank Baum

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The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America

by Langdon Cook (Goodreads Author)

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The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton

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should the police actually succeed in eliminating all crime, they will simultaneously succeed in eliminating themselves as a necessary adjunct to society, and no organized force or power will ever eliminate itself willingly.”

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“Since when did we as a species abide by good sense? Why do cowardly men strike their wives after a reprimand at work? Why do mothers scream at their children after a beating by their husbands? Those unable to conquer their misfortunes take their fury out on more convenient targets. It does not surprise me that women were forced into stricter subservience after Huaxia suffered a major defeat.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Heavenly Tyrant

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“People aren’t interested in facts; they’ll believe the spin on a story that best reinforces their existing opinions.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Heavenly Tyrant

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“Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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