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- How Starbucks Saved My Life (136)
- A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
- By Michael Gates Gill
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- Lincoln's Melancholy (6)
- How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
- By Joshua Wolf Shenk
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- The Golden Compass (957)
- (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
- By Philip Pullman
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- Sufi Poems (3)
- A Mediaeval Anthology
- By Martin Lings
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- The Koran (39)
- (Penguin Classics)
- By N. J. Dawood, AA. VV.
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- Love Letters in the Sand (2)
- The Love Poems of Khalil Gibran
- By Khalil Gibran, Malek Chebel
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- Zen and the Art of Making a Living (8)
- A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design (Arkana)
- By Laurence G. Boldt, Laurence G., Boldt
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- Doyle Brunson's Super System (29)
- A Course in Power Poker
- By Doyle Brunson
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- Fiasco (33)
- The American Military Adventure in Iraq
- By Thomas E. Ricks
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Finished on Nov 15, 2007
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- Bestiary (2)
- By Robert Masello
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Finished on Jul 6, 2007
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- YOU (34)
- The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
- By M.D. Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
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Finished in Apr 2007
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- World War Z (311)
- An Oral History of the Zombie War
- By Max Brooks
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Finished in Mar 2007
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- Hannibal (515)
- By Thomas Harris
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Finished in Mar 2007
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- Stiff (123)
- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
- By Mary Roach
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Finished in Mar 2007
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- The Ruins (50)
- By Scott Smith
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Finished in Feb 2007
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Lincoln's Melancholy
So far, it's one of the best books I've ever read. Clearly and objectively explains how melancholy and depression were Lincoln's great burdens, but also a great gift, to himself and the United States in a time of need.
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