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Ron is Currently Reading

Ron Peters is currently reading

The Great Wherever

by Shannon Sanders

bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction, history, racism

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Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal

by Margaret Visser

bookshelves: food-wine, history, currently-reading

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Ron’s Notes & Highlights

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Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett

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How to compose a successful critical commentary: 1. You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.” 2. You should list any ...more

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Ron’s Quotes

“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.”
― Robertson Davies

tags: architecture, books, perspective, reading, rereading

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“There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can’t remember what the second one is.”
― Mark Hanna

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