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Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

by Kevin M. Kruse

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

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Man's Search for Meaning

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“There's something about first love, isn't there? she said. It's untouchable to those who played no part in it. But it's the measure of all that follows.”
― Sarah Winman, Tin Man

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“It’s that I am the prison. I’m the cell, the bars, the locked door, and the scream no one hears.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia

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“It would be as if the sun itself rose every morning on that wall, showering the silence of their mealtimes with the shifting emotion of light.”
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“The world surrounding me possesses an undeniable beauty, yet it has fundamentally shattered every aspect of my being.”
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