John Ford

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John’s favorite books

The Geography of Thought by Richard E. Nisbett

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

End of an Era by Robert J. Sawyer

The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester

Working Minds by Beth Crandall

The Psychology Major by R. Eric Landrum

Streetlights and Shadows by Gary Klein

Wordcrime by John Olsson

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

BUCKYBALL by Fabien Roy

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Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something like Grace

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The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Raymond Chandler

I’m just a fellow who jacked up a few pulp novelettes into book form…All I’m looking for is an excuse for certain experiments in dramatic dialogue. To justify them I have to have plot and situation; but fundamentally I care almost nothing ...more

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