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This book is dedicated to you—the commuters, the wanderers, the dreamers, and the unsung heroes of the subway system. In the labyrinthine corridors of the New York City subway, where the daily grind meets the pulse of a bustling metropolis, may the echoes of fine music reach your ears and bring you peace, even if just for a moment. To the musicians who brave the depths of the underground, sharing their art with an ever-moving audience, your resilience and creativity light up the darkest tunnels.

Westover, a girls' high school in Middlebury, Connecticut, has evolved from a finishing school for the Protestant elite, including F. Scott Fitzgerald's first love, to a meritocracy for pupils of many religions and races from all around the world.

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was first published in 1849. The book is an account of the Thoreau brothers' river journey on the Concord River from Concord to Lowell, Massachusetts, where it connects with the Merrimack River. Arranged in seven chapters, one for each day of the boat trip, the book describes the rivers, islets and inlets, the woods, the plants, animals, and the people that they encountered on the journey.