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April 2025

Playback: A hidden memoir of Raymond Chandler
Playback reveals little of Chandler’s iconic character, Philip Marlowe; Playback reveals much of Raymond Chandler’s sad last days.
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2024 Reading Recap
Floods, moves, and weddings, best describe my 2024.
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The End of Everything, Victor Davis Hanson FTP: 7 Warning Signs of Societies Annihilation
The End of Everything will be in the running for the top three non-fiction books read in 2024.
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The End of Everything, Victor Davis Hanson FTP: I love this passage
I love this passage on page 141:
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The End of Everything, Victor Davis Hanson FTP: Times Change But We Don't
The End of Everything slaps, as the kids say.
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The End of Everything, Victor Davis Hanson FTP: Engaging with an Engaging Thesis
Victor Davis Hanson starts The End of Everything with a clear, concise, and poignant thesis.
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My Sentimental Chat with Far From The Madding Crowd
Readers of fiction come to know the stock flavors of love stories.
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Fletch by Gregory McDonald FTP: The Movie is Better
Fletch the movie is a classic.
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Shame by Shelby Steele FTP: Rhetoric - Simplifying Heady Ideas
Rhetoric eludes most readers and writers.
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Shame by Shelby Steele FTP: He Just Said It
Every once in a while you come across a statement detonating heavy shockwaves.
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