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Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Jan 15, 2026 01:03PM

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Global Issues in Education: Pedagogy, Policy, Practice, and the Minority Experience: Pedagogy, Policy, Practice and the Minority Experience

by Greg Wiggan

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Jul 16, 2025 06:12AM

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Rare Mark Twain THE INNOCENTS ABROAD World's Best Reading Reader's Digest 1990 [Hardcover] Mark Twain

by Mark Twain

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Melanie said: " Reading this on weekends with Erik, although some of Twain's comments are old-fashioned, it's a very entertaining travel story. ...more "

May 31, 2025 10:39AM · see review

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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

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