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The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty

by Tracy Borman

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The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5)

by Richard Osman

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“Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”
― Maxim Gorky, The Lower Depths and Other Plays

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“How could you imagine the complexities of what might come?”
― Michael Farris Smith, Desperation Road

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“Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

tags: books, escape, reading

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“I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.”
― Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe's Guide to Life

tags: dicks

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