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Jane Carver of Waar (Jane Carver, #1)

by Nathan Long (Goodreads Author)

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Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein

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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

by Nathaniel Fick

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

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“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
― Mark Twain

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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

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