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Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind

Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind

1988 ·
·4.37·336 Ratings ·464 Pages
“ Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. ” ― Anne Lamott
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    ·4.42·447 Ratings
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    2006·
    ·4.23·308 Ratings
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    ·4.08·224 Ratings
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    ·3.97·206 Ratings
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    2002·
    ·4.19·531 Ratings
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    1997·
    ·3.2·551 Ratings
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    2006·
    ·3.62·516 Ratings
    In The King, a retelling of Le Morte D'Arthur, Donald Barthelme moves the chivalrous Knights of the Round Table to the cruelty of the Second World War. Dunkirk has fallen, Europe is at the breaking point, Ezra Pound and Lord Haw-Haw are poisoning the radi
  • A River Runs Through It

    1989·
    ·4.17·5,464 Ratings
    From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing," to the last, "I am haunted by waters," "A River Runs Through It" is an American classic.Based on Norman Maclean's childhood experiences, "A Riv
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    1992·
    ·4.16·408 Ratings
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