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George Orwell’s Doublethink: How Much Can—Or Should—We Know About Our Literary Idols?

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An Understanding Ear: How Martha Goddard Became An Advocate For Victimized Women

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What Makes a Wonder? On the Human Need to Map Out Monumental Greatness

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