Ben

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Ben’s favorite books

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Betrayal by Harold Pinter

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1984 by George Orwell

The Origin of Capitalism by Ellen Meiksins Wood

Reason, Truth and History by Hilary Putnam

Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

'Art' by Yasmina Reza

Poetry in the Making by Ted Hughes

Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

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Jewish Philosophy...

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Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies)

by Hilary Putnam

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Mother's Milk (Patrick Melrose, #4)

by Edward St. Aubyn

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Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism

by Pierre Novellie

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Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Non-fiction, and Philosophy

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