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History: Flavius Josephus
Comedy: Terry Pratchett
Scifi: David Drake, John Ringo, and too many more to mention.
Fantasy: L E Moseditt
Wacky Science: Graham Hancock
I took a speed reading course when I was a child and it took.
Reading is the best skill of all. With it you can learn anything else.
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde
He who laughs last didn't get the joke.
Saber
Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Never drink and derive.
Socrates used to say, the best form of government was that in which the people obeyed their rulers, and the rulers obeyed the laws.