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Aldous Huxley, "Texts and Pretexts"

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
 

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Aldous Huxley, "Texts and Pretexts"

Editorial content for Trace of Fever

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Undercover mercenary Trace Rivers loves the adrenaline rush of a well-planned mission. First he'll earn the trust of corrupt businessman Murray Coburn, then gather the proof he needs to shut down the man's dirty smuggling operation. It's a perfect scheme --- until Coburn's long-lost daughter saunters in with her own deadly plan for revenge.

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Undercover mercenary Trace Rivers loves the adrenaline rush of a well-planned mission.

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Undercover mercenary Trace Rivers loves the adrenaline rush of a well-planned mission. First he'll earn the trust of corrupt businessman Murray Coburn, then gather the proof he needs to shut down the man's dirty smuggling operation. It's a perfect scheme --- until Coburn's long-lost daughter saunters in with her own deadly plan for revenge.

With a smile like an angel and fire in her eyes, Priscilla Patterson isn't who she seems to be. But neither is the gorgeous bodyguard who ignites all her senses. Joining forces to plot Coburn's downfall, Priss and Trace must fight the undeniable heat between them. For one wrong move, one lingering embrace, will expose them to the wrath of a merciless opponent….

What percentage of the books that your group has discussed would you have read even if you weren't in a book club?

May 1, 2011, 465 voters

Joseph Campbell

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.  
 

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Joseph Campbell

Toni Morrison

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
 

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Toni Morrison

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
 

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Interview: Lawrence Block, author of A Drop of the Hard Stuff

May 27, 2011

In 1993, Lawrence Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Certainly his long-standing series about P.I. Matthew Scudder and gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr helped earn him such a prestigious title.

J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
 

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J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Jean Kwok's cross-cultural novel Girl in Translation about a teenager girl trying to find the balance between her U.S. upbringing and Chinese heritage is now in paperback!

Rita Rudner

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.
 

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Rita Rudner