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intellectual life

Books about intellectual life for readers of all ages.

Cover of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Gertrude Stein

Ages 14–18intellectual lifebiography

Cover of What Life Was Like At Empire's End

What Life Was Like At Empire's End

Time-Life Books, Arthur Herman

Ages 12–18historyculture