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Book: David and Goliath

Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David’s victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn’t have won…. Or [...]
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Book : Empire of the Summer Moon

The vast, semi-arid grasslands of the southern Great Plains could be dominated by hunters and warriors on horseback. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the Comanche Indians, often referred to as “lords of the Plains,” were the single most powerful military force in the region, to the frustration of both the Mexican and [...]
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Book : The Goldfinch

This is one of those rare books that you are envious when you hear of a friend or see a stranger on a plane beginning this haunting odyssey called The Goldfinch. It’s hard to articulate just how much–and why–The Goldfinch held such power for me as a reader. Always a sucker for a good boy-and-his-mom [...]
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