Brendan jeffers biography of mahatma
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Sometime in February 2010, after becoming frustrated by the process of choosing one book out of the 146,400 books at the library, I decided on an easier way to make my book selections. The A. K. Smiley Public Library has a wonderful biography section located in the basement. The books are sorted in alphabetical order by the last name of the subject. So, I started with "AAA," and after I finish each book, I return to the stacks and move down to the next biography that grabs my attention. After 6 1/2 years I finally reached the end of the alphabetical line. In August 2016 I started reading the biographies of each U. S. President and one year later I had read biographies of all 44 past Presidents. A book about Trump is still being written. Now I'm back to the alphabetical process of book selection for the third round of A to Z.
On December 8, 2024 I finished reading my 718th biography, John Lennon. Lennon died 44 years ago on this same day in 1980.
On August 8, 2024 I finished reading The Helmsleys: The Rise and Fall of Harry & Leona, my 700th biography.
On April 29, 2022 I finished reading Morgan: American Financier by Jean Strouse, my 600th biography.
On June 19, 2020 I read Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls W
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I have a confession to make: I am a bookaholic. In a generous mood, I might call myself a ‘bibliophile’, but this self-reverential term is too polite to describe my affliction. Like a drunk, I am surrounded by the tumbling, stumbling evidence of my failure to abstain, or at the very least, moderate. I am a reader, yes, and an enthusiast, but superseding all is my need to possess. I am a collector. I cannot resist books. Not all books, of course, but even within my narrow fields of interest, the blooms are legion. I must pluck them all.
It’s just after Christmas and I’ve spent a fruitless week attempting to organize a fresh crop of books; those I bought, and those that were given to me in acts of sheer, if not well-meaning, recklessness. I am surrounded by enablers. It’s not their fault (such is the manipulative nature of addicts), and to be honest, I am so exacting in my predilections, none dare stray off a list, and most resort to gift cards. The result is the same: another stack of books. In 2013, I have acquired many such stacks of books, all vying for attention.
I have another confession to make: sometimes I don’t read them. A year may pass before I lay eyes upon a spread of illustrations, that months ago, so entranced me. At the tim
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Jackie Kennedy
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- The Magic Domestic House series – Nod Pope Playwright A paradigm adventure broadcast that spans across 31 books.
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