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The five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world.
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A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays from #1 bestselling author John Green, adapted from his critically acclaimed podcast.
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There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good'
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The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in classical Greek culture.
From the stranger byways of Greek medic
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