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Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey
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Down and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell
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After graduating from Eton and serving five years as a member of the Imperial Police in Burma, George Orwell went slumming. Determined to overcome his inherited middle class mores, Orwell lived in abject poverty as a dishwasher and a vagrant. Down and... (read more)

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Drop City
by T. C. Boyle
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Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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Got curmudgeon? Postcards from Ed is the perfect gift for that grumpy old scrooge on your list. Spanning the last 40 years of Abbey's life, this newly released collection is fascinating — giving us a deeper understanding of the man, a chronological... (read more)

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Whales on Stilts (M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales)
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