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Am reading Philomena by Martin Sixsmith 9 oldandhappy Feb 2015 Jun 2015 0 3563
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An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage 3 oldandhappy Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2378
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10 Book Recommendations for Conscientious Eaters 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1991
9 Justices Who Sit in the Eye of Storms - "The Oath" 2 groovedaddy Oct 2012 Dec 2014 0 2485
The best Non-Fiction book I read in 2014: 2 FSogol Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2501
Swastika Nation 1 matt819 Oct 2013 Dec 2014 0 2203
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius has so much useful advise... 4 47of74 May 2014 Dec 2014 1 2733

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New book: America's Battle for Media Democracy 1 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1982
What are YOU reading this week? 2 arcane1 Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 2306
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Spillover by David Quammen. 0 SheilaT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1802
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Where can I sell used books? 9 femmocrat Aug 2014 Sep 2014 0 4012
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue 0 SheilaT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1870
"A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby....." by Ben Macintyre 0 Paladin Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1835
The 50 book challenge. 27 Neoma Aug 2012 Sep 2014 1 9811
How 'bout these? 1 libodem Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1968
Poe Ballantine books are now on Kindle! 17 frogmarch Jan 2014 Aug 2014 0 7950
Samuel Beckett's biographer reveals secrets of the writer's time as a French Resistance spy 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2660
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"Skipping Towards Gomorrah" 2 Democrats_win Dec 2013 Apr 2014 0 2306
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Chronicles by Bob Dylan 1 pscot Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 1915
2013: What are you reading at the moment? 18 Neoma Jun 2013 Mar 2014 0 6912
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The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution 2 Adsos Letter Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2443
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