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wnylib

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8. I was away from DU and the Internet for a few months

Reply to Jack Valentino (Reply #7)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:06 PM

Sunday

to gather my thoughts privately. Re-read some old books, fiction and non fiction. Got my news the old fashioned way from my radio (NPR).

The books I read were Bob Woodward's Peril, Stephen King's Dead Zone, Madeleine Albright's Fascism, a Warning, Ken Follett's Winter of the World (Hitler's rise and WWII), and Herman Wouk's Winds of War (1930s Germany and US).

Felt like I was reading US current events with only the names changed.

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