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The End of Everything: A Novel

by M. John Harrison

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Stokely: A Life by Peniel E. Joseph

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Yet SNCC’s relationship to the federal government would remain fraught, burdened by the fact that field staff and Washington officials possessed contrasting visions of what democracy in the South would look like.8 In the spring of 1964, ...more

Harlem Shuffle

by Colson Whitehead

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Zone One

by Colson Whitehead

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“It was so damn strange, John thought, how sometimes the most unlikely, an ugly little man like this one, could hold such power. He had a tremendous command presence, his voice sweet, rich, carrying power. So strange how some had that, could spout utter insanity and others would follow blindly.”
― William R. Forstchen, One Second After

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“No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.”
― Harold G. Moore, We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam

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“You may have heard that your grief journey’s end will come when you resolve, or recover from, your grief. But your journey will never end. Soften, yes, but end, no. People do not “get over” the death of a pet.”
― Alan D. Wolfelt, When Your Pet Dies: A Guide to Mourning, Remembering and Healing

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“Still, February's departure remains worthy of note. This February was Washington's coldest in 36 years. Only three times in the past 100 years has the capital experienced a colder one.”
― Anonymous

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