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Ghosts
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Young adulthood had quickly turned into just plain adulthood – with its daily list of choices to confirm who I was, how I voted, who my broadband provider was – and returning to the scene of my teenage life for an afternoon felt like a
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I found the book very disappointing. Too much extraneous detail and I couldn’t relate to the characters.
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― When Fear Falls Away: The Story of a Sudden Awakening
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― Being Chinese: A New Zealander's Story
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― Heat and Light
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― I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
― I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
“I have chosen to write about women, because I am not one myself, and because I have always preferred to write about subjects which do not tempt me to be so arrogant as to believe that I can ever fully understand them, but above all because many women seem to me to be looking at life with fresh eyes, and their autobiographies, in various forms, are the most original part of contemporary literature”
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― An Intimate History of Humanity
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