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The Unexpected Mrs. PollifaxDorothy GilmanFiction, audiobook “It struck her as extremely characterless for any human being to sit around waiting for execution. It wasn’t that she had so much character, thought Mrs. Pollifax, but rather that always in her life she had found it difficult to submit. The list of her small rebellions was endless….

A Gentleman in MoscowAmor TowlesFiction, paperback, book club “And when the Count’s parents succumbed to cholera within hours of each other in 1900, it was the Grand Duke who took the young Count aside and explained that he must be strong for his sister’s sake; that adversity presents itself in many forms; and that if…

Common SenseThomas PaineNon-fiction, audiobook “Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity…

The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America’s Youngest Serial KillerRoseanne MontilloNon-fiction, paperback “Cleckley described psychopaths as ‘hot headed, manipulative, irresponsible, self-centered, shallow, lacking in empathy or anxiety…also more violent, more likely to recidivate, and less likely to respond to treatment.’ His description became the most influential and most…