Red Brocade
The Arabs used to say, When a stranger appears at your door, feed him for three days before asking...
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The People Of The Abyss
The creature comforts man enjoys are the products of man’s labour. Since Civilisation has...
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The Dispossessed
“Men are physically stronger,” the doctor asserted with professional finality.
“Yes, often, and larger, but what does that matter when we have machines? And even when we don’t have machines, when we must dig with the shovel or carry on the back, the men maybe work faster – the big ones – but the women work longer… Often I have wished I was as tough as a woman.”
A People’s History of The United States
White abolitionists did courageous and pioneering work, on the lecture platform, in newspapers, in...
Read MorePolitics and the English Language
[Timeout contacting Open Library] Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and...
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