Jeff Rappaport

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Nemesis (Orphan X, #10)

by Gregg Hurwitz (Goodreads Author)

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Jeff’s Notes & Highlights

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

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The cardinal error of the Germans who opposed Nazism was their failure to unite against it.

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965

by William Manchester

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Jeff’s Quotes

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”
― Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

tags: evolution, extinction, science, survival

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“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

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“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”
― Carl Gustav Jung

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“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ”
― James Baldwin

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“There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

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Jeff’s Groups

Farnam Street — 179 members — last activity Feb 23, 2018 04:08PM
This group is for members of the Farnam Street Learning Community

Old Books, New Readers — 2452 members — last activity 12 hours, 0 min ago
This is a group for people who want to read old books and classics and then discuss them as a group. The mods choose themes each voting period (usual ...more

Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) — 15781 members — last activity 5 minutes ago
The world is made up of two kinds of people: first, those who love classics, and second, those who have not yet read a classic. Be bold and join us as ...more

2026 Reading Challenge — 34718 members — last activity 14 minutes ago
Are you ready to set your 2026 reading goal? This is a supportive, fun group of people looking for people just like you. Track your annual reading go ...more

NonFiction Pulitzers — 819 members — last activity 20 hours, 7 min ago
A group to read the General Nonfiction, Biography/Autobiography, and History Books that won or were a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

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