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Colin Baldwin is currently reading

Europe: A History

by Norman Davies

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"Geez, the French Revolution and all that followed, including the Industrial Revolution was complicated and so, so detailed. I got through it.
Time for another break from this rolling read." — Sep 25, 2025 04:51PM

May 24, 2024 03:35PM

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Nightingale: A Charity Anthology in Support of Ukraine

by Skye Warren (Goodreads Author)

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"I’ve read many of the stories thinking, stupidly, that the war would be over quickly. I then made a vow not to finish it until there is satisfactory peace. For God’s sake, it’s collecting dust on my bookshelf. It’s difficult to read about love and sex when people are still being killed but keep reminding myself that the royalties go to human rights organisations working in Ukraine." — Apr 29, 2025 07:50PM

Jun 11, 2023 01:52PM

Colin’s Quotes

“War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.”
― Thomas Mann, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of One Hundred Thoughtful Men and Women

tags: peace, war

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