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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Across-the-Desk Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1976

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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe 0 BlueGreenLady Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 2528

This message was self-deleted by its author 9 anobserver2 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 4281

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Timeflyer Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 1537

The Guru Papers: masks of authoritarian power, by Kramer & Alstad 0 Timeflyer Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 2623

5 Excellent Science Books You Should Read 5 hermetic Jun 2022 Jun 2022 16 2535

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Red Comet: The new biography of Sylvia Plath. 0 Tomconroy Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 2328

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Has any one read Obama's lastest book: "A Promised Land"? 6 sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 Mar 2021 1 5550

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 3148

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Final Verdict 1 Zorro Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 2115

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 marmar Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 2082

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Bruce Catton over Shelby Foote any day. & twicet on the weekends 2 KG Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 2644

A World Lit Only By Fire 2 Zorro Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 2268

Anybody else reading "A Promised Land" by Barack Obama? 9 AngryOldDem Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 2752

Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz Tell the Full Sordid Story of Spiro Agnew. 1 elleng Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 2866

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remarkable book. "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer 5 NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 Sep 2020 11 3084

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"Dewey Defeats Truman" By A.J. Baime. A review 2 question everything Jul 2020 Sep 2020 5 4233

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'Twilight of the Gods' -- The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy 5 Auggie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 2657

I recommend Mary Trump's book TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH 4 raccoon Jul 2020 Jul 2020 4 2669

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 raccoon Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1448

I Read It So You Don't Have To 3 Wolf Frankula Nov 2014 Jul 2020 0 2926

Black Lives Matter Nonfiction Books 5 Neoma Jun 2020 Jul 2020 4 4242

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