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Europe: A History
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"Geez, the French Revolution and all that followed, including the Industrial Revolution was complicated and so, so detailed. I got through it.
Time for another break from this rolling read."
Sep 25, 2025 04:51PM

 
Nightingale: A Ch...
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"I’ve read many of the stories thinking, stupidly, that the war would be over quickly. I then made a vow not to finish it until there is satisfactory peace. For God’s sake, it’s collecting dust on my bookshelf. It’s difficult to read about love and sex when people are still being killed but keep reminding myself that the royalties go to human rights organisations working in Ukraine." Apr 29, 2025 07:50PM

 
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“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost

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“War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.”
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