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140 years ago the English banker-and-scholar Walter Bagehot drew attention to 'The Cake of custom'-the beliefs,values and institutionalised social preferences that prevail in a society at a particular period.

We live in social space by Fred Emil Katz
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'They say it makes your eyes bleed. Almost pop out of your head and then bleed.'- sounds a lot darker than it actually is and you'd think it would be but a great book so far and would recommend.:)
The Death House by Sarah Pinborough
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Brynne Forrester held the plate of pie up to her chin and glanced at her daughter.
A Bandit's Broken Heart (Blood Blade Sisters #2), Michelle McLean
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Reverend, you have a visitor.

Raven's Peak by Lincoln Cole
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'The entire Linhurst Campus is off limits,'Jack's mom said her voice thin and strained.

Freeing Linhurst by Al Cassidy.
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On 15 May 1796, General Bonaparte made his entry into Milan at the head of the youthful army which had just crossed the bridge at Lodi and let the world know that after all these centuries, Caesar and Alexander had a successor.

The Charterhouse of Parma, Stendhal

Left Munich at 8:35 pm on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning, should have arrived at 6:36, but train was an hour late.

Dracula, Bram Stoker
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Consciousness came slowly this morning for Phoenyx Blake.

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To Holly: From Holly
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Every small town has its own set of unwritten rules that reflect the fabric of its culture,its code of honor, its values and mores, and its expectations for future generations.

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Every small town has its own set of unwritten rules that reflect the fabric of its culture, its code of honor, its values and mores, and its expectations for future generations.

Then i met Margaret by Rob White my favorite.
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"On Sorry Night, just a few days before Christmas, you have to snuff the lamps, douse the flames in the fireplace, and spent the night in the cold and dark."
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I had never been hypnotized before.

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The land didn't want her there.
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He was standing in the shadowed corner, his back to the wall, observing but not observed.

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The door handle turned slowly
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one and the most important book topic is 'Who told you That were Naked' and i am reading it
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