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A Library of Oceanic Feelings

By Jamieson Webster · Pioneer Works · September 2026

#10 in 2026·#5 in History·#11 in Nature

A Library of Oceanic Feelings

9.52 ratings·2 reads logged

"A psychoanalytic history of the sea."

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