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The Tipping Point is the biography of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
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There is an enormous redundancy in every well-written book. With a well-written book I only read the right-hand page and allow my… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The latest gorgeous entry in the Belknap Press' growing library of annotated Jane Austen novels arrives, this time the mighty Emma under… — Steve Donoghue Copy Share Image
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I loathe people who say, 'I always read the ending of the book first.' That really irritates me, It's like someone coming… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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In that six months, so much happened that death seemed, primarily, inconvenient. The trial period was extended. I seem to keep extending… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I was highly aware, in writing [the book] ROOM, that there are unsavoury aspects to our interest in such cases, and I… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
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