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Buchanty
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Family is foremost, followed by curiosity and critical thinking. Love art, music, and nature (in any order). Have always believed that an open mind is one that receives the most benefits.

Buchanty is my pen name - Colin Hope-Murray my birth name.
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Please Sign Your Card to Thank His Stinkiness for Standing up for America
February 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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20b/20
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-56 by Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn
December 21, 2024 at 5:53 AM
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20a/20
The Complete Tales & Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard.
December 19, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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20/20
Apeirogon - A Novel by Colum McCann
December 18, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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19/20
Robert Burns - the Complete Works
December 17, 2024 at 7:41 PM
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18/20
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges - with an introduction by William Gibson
December 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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17/20
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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16/20
Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Complete Trilogy illustrated by the Author.
December 10, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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15/20
A Distant Mirror - The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
December 9, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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14/20
Arcadia by Iain Pears (author of An Instance of the Fingerpost).
December 7, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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13/20
Soul on Ice - by Eldridge Cleaver
December 5, 2024 at 5:37 AM
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12/20
Lanark - A Life in Four Books (Canons) by Alasdair Gray
November 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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11/20
Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
November 26, 2024 at 5:53 AM
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10/20
Germinal by Emile Zola
November 23, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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9/20
Blowout by Rachel Maddow. Corrupted democracy, Rogue State Russia, and The Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth.
November 22, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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8/20
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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7/20
Guns, Germs, and Steel - The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
November 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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one of my favorites from visiting Scotland (Oban) in 2019
Beachcombing lad in Oban Harbor - 2019
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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6/20
The Overstory - A Novel by Richard Powers
November 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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5/20
Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through The Looking Glass - by Lewis Carol
November 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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4/20
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
November 15, 2024 at 5:58 AM
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3/20
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
November 14, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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2/20
Thieves of State by Sarah Chayes Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
November 13, 2024 at 6:41 AM
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1/20
Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment
November 12, 2024 at 5:36 AM