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“I have managed not to finish certain books. With barely a twinge of conscience, I hurl down what bores me or doesn't give what I crave: ecstasy, transcendence, a thrill of mysterious connection. For, more than anything else, readers are thrill-seekers, though I don't read thrillers, not the kind sold under that label, anyway. They don't thrill; only language thrills.”

Book:Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books

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Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books

This memoir delves into the transformative power of literature, chronicling the author's journey through various books and their lasting influence on personal growth and intellectual development. more

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Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Lynne Sharon Schwartz is an American writer born in March 1939. Her works span across novels, essays, and poetry, known for her unique narrative style and profound thematic explorations. more

“Building on exhaustive research and probing into such diverse enterprises as textbook production and marketing, public education, and state-level politics, Adam R. Shapiro has situated the Scopes trial within a much broader context than any scholar before him. Trying Biology also demonstrates how ideologues have used differing interpretations of the Scopes trial to advance their agendas. By situating the trial within this much broader framework, the author has significantly enlarged our understanding of the conversations between religion and science in twentieth-century America.”

“The definition of a page-turner really aught to be that this page is so good, you can't bear to leave it behind, but then the next page is there and it might be just as amazing as this one.”

Might Next Behinds Bears Pages Definitions Turner

Author:John Burnside

“Our response to the world is essentially one of wonder, of confronting the mysterious with a sense, not of being small, or insignificant, but of being part of a rich and complex narrative.”

World Wonder Rich Response Complexes Mysterious Narrative Insignificant Confronting

Author:John Burnside

“Andy Brown is one of our most interesting and exciting younger poets. With its love of ideas and language, his work demonstrates that there need be no barriers in poetry; that the philosophical, the lyrical and the playful can be combined in work of assured and generous vision.”

Needs Ideas Language Interesting Vision Poet Exciting Philosophical Generous Brown Barriers Assured Most Interesting Lyrical

Author:John Burnside

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