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Fernando was born in Santiago de Chile, grew up in Sydney, currently lives in London, and has called Delhi, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo home along the way.

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	No Missing Tools: Creativity In An Age Of Abundance 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The architect wanted to show me a house he had built. It had some ideas similar to some he had suggested for the mountain lodge I was wanting him to design. I walked in ready to look at kitchen and bathroom features. But what captured my attention was the vast lounge room.

Every wall was filled with expansive floor-to-ceiling bookcases. They were stacked with old books. Mostly novels and poetry and

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Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature

by Iris Murdoch

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In the Jaws of the Dragon: America's Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Dominance

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