title: Leaning on Cedars: A Novel
author:  Andrew C. Shurtleff 
description: "Reading this book makes one want to be oneselfyet in a world [that] attempts to turn us all into obedient consumers of superficial news bytes, politicians' rhetoric claims which we know to be untrue, and so much more."Jaan Valsiner, author, <i>The Guided Mind</i>
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  ISBN 13: 978-1-4621-3892-0
  
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