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I am tired of hearing the officers say that we are ever closer to victory, and that the end of the war is in reach. Don’t they understand that we are rising up only to fall?”
“There were so many things to be done in the process of cleaning up the mess that Caligula had left behind him—nearly four years of misrule—that it makes my head swim even now to think of it.”
― Claudius The God: And His Wife Messalina
― Claudius The God: And His Wife Messalina
“I’ve been so young for so long and so old for longer—so heart-wrinkled and naive all at once.”
― Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
― Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
“I AM A BETTER DRIVER after a few drinks, more focused.”
― Creation Lake
― Creation Lake
“In Europe the Age of Faith reached its last full flower in Dante; it suffered a vital wound from Occam’s “razor” in the fourteenth century; but it lingered, ailing, till the advent of Bruno and Galileo, Descartes and Spinoza, Bacon and Hobbes; it may return if the Age of Reason achieves catastrophe”
― The Age of Faith
― The Age of Faith
“According to a UN report from 2014 surveying 185 countries and territories, only two did not guarantee any paid maternity leave; Papua New Guinea and the United States.”
― The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life
― The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life
Science and Inquiry
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This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
The Liberal Politics & Current Events Book Club
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Do you enjoy keeping up with politics? Are you interested in current events and contemporary history? Do you consider yourself leftist, liberal, socia ...more
Akron Book Club
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I'd like to start an Akron area book club that meets in person. My idea is that it wouldn't be limited by genre - the group could choose books togethe ...more
Northwest Akron Branch Library's Online Book Discussion
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Hello, Northwest Akron Branch, a very friendly library in the Akron-Summit County Public Library System, is hosting a new program online. Anyone is ...more
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