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The God of the Woods

by Liz Moore (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 08, 2026 01:51PM

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1776

by David McCullough

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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

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There’s a long, long time yet before fifty years…millions of hours of time. But one hour has gone already since I sat here…one hour less to live…one hour gone away from all the hours of my life.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

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“I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes,--a justifier of the most appalling barbarity,--a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds,--and a dark shelter under, which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection.”
― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”
― David Grann, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

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