Barbara

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The Second Estate...

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The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy

by Ray D. Madoff

bookshelves: politics, currently-reading, history

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The Frozen River

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The Frozen River

by Ariel Lawhon (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: historical-fiction, mystery, bookclub, currently-reading

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How the Irish Sav...

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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

by Thomas Cahill

bookshelves: currently-reading, fpcb-bookclub, history

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