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From the Ted Talk by Ann Morgan: My year reading a book from every country in the world
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It's often said that you can tell a lot about a person by looking at what's on their bookshelves. What do my bookshelves say about me? Well, when I asked myself this question a few years ago, I made an alarming discovery. I'd always thghout of myself as a fairly cultured, cosmopolitan sort of person. But my bkvhoeeslos told a rather different story. pterty much all the titles on them were by British or nrtoh American authors, and there was almost nothing in translation. Discovering this massive, cultural bnlid spot in my reading came as quite a shock.
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It's often said that you can tell a lot about a person by looking at what's on their bookshelves. What do my bookshelves say about me? Well, when I asked myself this question a few years ago, I made an alarming discovery. I'd always _______ of myself as a fairly cultured, cosmopolitan sort of person. But my ___________ told a rather different story. ______ much all the titles on them were by British or _____ American authors, and there was almost nothing in translation. Discovering this massive, cultural _____ spot in my reading came as quite a shock.
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Original Text
It's often said that you can tell a lot about a person by looking at what's on their bookshelves. What do my bookshelves say about me? Well, when I asked myself this question a few years ago, I made an alarming discovery. I'd always thought of myself as a fairly cultured, cosmopolitan sort of person. But my bookshelves told a rather different story. Pretty much all the titles on them were by British or North American authors, and there was almost nothing in translation. Discovering this massive, cultural blind spot in my reading came as quite a shock.
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