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― In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
― In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
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― The Thorn Birds
― The Thorn Birds
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― Brainwalker
― Brainwalker
“Hawai'i became only the second sovereign nation to join the United States. But unlike the Republic of Texas, where a public referendum was held, no one asked the thirty-one thousand native Hawaiians whether they wished to give up their country. Twenty-nine thousand of them signed a petition of protest, which was submitted to Congress and politely ignored.”
― Moloka'i
― Moloka'i
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― Magenta
― Magenta
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