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This week’s reading list: Laugh with Paul Mooney or escape with facts about mind-boggling feats

by PostScript'd | November 9, 2012 at 9:44 AM
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This week’s list provides an opportunity to laugh with Paul Mooney or seriously examine race with Richard Wright.

But, if you just want to relax and not think about gas lines, elections and the state of the country, we at Postscript’d have thrown in the Guinness Book of World Records, a classic page turner that will leave you in awe of the things that people have set out to accomplish.

Check out this week’s edition of “The List” at PostScript’d.

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