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History of Madness by Michel Foucault
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The Yorkists by Anne Crawford
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Look Homeward America by Bill Kauffman
June 1, 2026He is not much impressed with modernity, rejecting with certitude McDonald’s transfatty fries, the inter-state highway...
The Perfect Summer by Juliet Nicolson
May 31, 2026...essentially, the book remains a story of British upper classes and the author has seemingly trawled...
A Talk With Cullen Murphy, Author of Are We Rome?
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Believers and Infidels
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