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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Ben Macintyre | 2013 | History & Politics
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"Double Cross—which chronicles the events and the people involved in the campaign of deception without which the D-Day invasion could not have succeeded—is a triumph of meticulous research and gifted story telling. If you have any interest in espionage in particular or twentieth century history in general, it would be a crime not to read this book."

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Mindfulness For Beginners
Mindfulness For Beginners
Jon Kabat-Zinn | 2016 | Mind, Body & Spiritual
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"Meditation has become more mainstream in the last few years, thanks to scientific findings and general awareness of the benefits it brings. For me, mindfulness meditation is the most important habit I’ve taken up in my adult life. For those curious about it, Kabat-Zinn, one of the original mindfulness gurus of the West, breaks it down in simple and beneficial terms."

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Leonard Cohen recommended Dubliners in Books (curated)

 
Dubliners
Dubliners
James Joyce, Terence Brown | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
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"That paragraph. It’s not the work of an author, but maybe five lines. It’s those five lines that will get me reluctantly to explore the rest of the guy’s work. But that paragraph I’ve never forgotten. There’s that paragraph ‘Snow was general all over Ireland.’ It described the snow. It’s Montreal. It’s our snow, our black iron gates in Montreal. It was perfect."

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Kim Gordon recommended The Lonely Doll in Books (curated)

 
The Lonely Doll
The Lonely Doll
Dare Wright | 1998 | Children, Fiction & Poetry
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"It was my first view, my first idea, of New York as a glamorous place. I also really liked the doll’s pink-and-white-checked apron and the general air of existential blankness. When I tried to read it to my daughter, Coco, I thought, ‘This is so dark and terrifying.’ But I’ve met many women who were influenced by that book."

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