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Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) studied at Oxford and failed to take his degree but discovered opium. He later met Coleridge, Southey, and the Wordsworths and worked as a journalist in Edinburgh.

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The Man Without A Face
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The Man Without A Face

Masha Gessen

From one of Moscow's most renowned and highly regarded journalists, The Man Without A Face is the chilling account of how a small-minded, low-level KGB operative maneuvered his way into absolute—and absolutely corrupt—power.

The Book of Jonas
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The Book of Jonas

Stephen Dau

An exceptional debut novel about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the American soldier to whom his fate, and survival, is bound.
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