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The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

by Alexander C. Karp (Goodreads Author)

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Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India

by Ellison Banks Findly

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"Despite being a biography, there is little detail about Nur Jahan herself. Apart from her being 'powerful' and 'charming' a little is to be known about her in detail yet.
Although I am enjoying the intrigues of the Mughal court, it is not why I picked up the book." — Aug 27, 2022 03:13AM

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Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

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Mona’s Notes & Highlights

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.

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Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl

by Mona Awad

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Mona’s Quotes

“Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become one himself. And when you stare for a long time into an abyss, the abyss stares back into you.”
― Sue Prideaux, I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

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“what even the echo of heartbreak felt like. To stand in front of a person who is your whole world and be told you are not enough. You are not the choice. You are a shadow to the person who is your sun.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

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“I distrust all systematisers and avoid them. The will to a system is a lack of integrity.”
― Sue Prideaux, I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

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“autobiography is probably the most monstrous act of conceit that exists.”
― Sue Prideaux, I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Honesty is a funny thing. It’s brutal and wonderful at the same time, somehow”
― Mariana Zapata, The Best Thing

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