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Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black
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"Cookie Mueller is an enigmatic character in counterculture history, a talented writer, commentator, muse, actor, and overall renaissance woman. This collection of writings is her succinct rendering of an explosive life lived. "

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Guns, Germs and Steel
Guns, Germs and Steel
Jared Diamond | 1998 | History & Politics, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"A book recommended by Bill Gates and Charlie Munger? Gates said, the book “had a profound effect on the way I think about history and why certain societies advance faster than others.”"

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Wideacre  (The Wideacre Trilogy, #1)
Wideacre (The Wideacre Trilogy, #1)
Philippa Gregory | 2003 | Romance
7.0 (2 Ratings)
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"A sensational novel in all sorts of ways, this study of gender, history and power was one of the books that made me want to start writing historical fiction of my own."

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