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The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

by Rabih Alameddine

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Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant

by Curtis Chin

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Oct 29, 2025 02:22PM

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A Season On The Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration – Epic Journeys, Urgent Threats, and the Fight for Bird Conservation

by Kenn Kaufman (Goodreads Author)

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“Tongue-in-cheek nostalgia is merely the portal, the candy house, if you will, through which we hope to lure in a new generation and bewitch them.”
― Jennifer Egan, The Candy House

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“The need for personal glory is like cigarette addiction: a habit that feels life-sustaining even as it kills you.”
― Jennifer Egan, The Candy House

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“Nowadays, a man ill at ease in his surroundings will pull out his phone, request the Wi-Fi password, and rejoin a virtual sphere where his identity is instantly reaffirmed. Let us all take a moment to consider deeply what isolation was customary before these times arrived!”
― Jennifer Egan, The Candy House

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