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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 03, 2011 06:30AM

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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present

by Howard Zinn

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Oct 14, 2010 03:21PM

“It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if God likes the way you do things, he may just let you flower for a day or a night. But don't go pestering and begging and telling him all your stupid little sins, that way you will spoil his day.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One: Young Readers' Condensed Edit

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“I wonder why progress looks so much like destruction.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

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“For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

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“Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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