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“Planter lawmakers rightly feared that the undecidedly undeferential discourse heard in cramped drinking cellars threatened their hegemony [in the 1790s], and they labored as hard to cut apart these interracial gambols as they did to define citizenship in the first place.”
— Douglas Egerton, Gabriel’s Rebellion: The #Virginia Slave Conspiracies of 1800 & 1802
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Wendy 2h ago

Coming home, again. The author: @[email protected]@thistlenfern.org #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #nonfiction #writer https://twp.ai/9OVszv

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Readit Club 3h ago

Bamboo can barely be seen for the first five years as it builds extensive root systems underground before exploding ninety feet into the air within six weeks.
James Clear

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Leadership: Theory and Practice (10th Edition) – PDF eBook Details Author: Peter G. Northouse File Size: 3 MB Format: ePub, MOB, PDF (converted) Length: 578 Pages (494 in… https://quickreadebook.com/product/leadership-theory-and-practice-10th-edition-pdf/ #EBooks #Education #NonFiction #Textbooks

Wendy 4h ago

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RonSupportsYou 4h ago

Former First Lady Jill Biden wrote a new memoir titled: 'View from the East Wing' (of the White House). It reveals that at the end of the Trump-Biden debate, Joe Biden's first words to her were: “I really fucked up, didn’t I?” Jill Biden's answer was: “Yes, you did.” Her honesty is refreshing:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/books/review/jill-biden-memoir-view-from-the-east-wing.html
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Book Review: ‘View From the East Wing,’ by Jill Biden

Beyond a few pointed digs at her husband’s successor, “View From the East Wing” largely sticks to the head-spinning details of first lady-hood.

The New York Times

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The cult of the Duce: Mussolini and the Italians

"This book provides the multifaceted analysis of the genesis, functioning and decline of the personality cult surrounding Benito Mussolini, the dictator who ruled Italy."

Gundle, S., Duggan, C., and Pieri, G. (eds) (2015). The cult of the Duce, Manchester, England: Manchester University Press. available from: < https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526101433> [Accessed 30 May 2026]

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Bede: The Man Who Invented England

"Faced with a Britain of competing kingdoms and peoples, it was Bede who first wrote of the English as a single people. It was his vision that created the story that has united and divided Britain ever since: an island divided into three countries."

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