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	Yabanın Çağrısı by Jack London, Eren Karadağ (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Copy-editor) 3.92 avg rating — 479,629 ratings — published 1903 — 7510 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
	Ustaparmak by Sarah Waters, Figen Bingül (Translator), Cem Tunçer (Yayına Hazırlayan) 4.02 avg rating — 120,964 ratings — published 2002 — 133 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
	Büyü by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Goodreads Author), Begümnaz Yürekli (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Copy-editor) 3.71 avg rating — 51,228 ratings — published 2013 — 75 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
	Warren Buffett Tarzı by Robert G. Hagstrom, Ali Perşembe (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (copy-editor) 4.19 avg rating — 18,537 ratings — published 1994 — 101 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
	Âdem’den Önce by Jack London, Özgecan Kunt (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Copy-editor) 3.93 avg rating — 5,405 ratings — published 1906 — 33 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
	Enayinin Portföyü by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., İmra Gündoğdu (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Yayına Hazırlayan) 3.85 avg rating — 3,511 ratings — published 2012 — 21 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
	Aradığın Şifa Sende Gizli : Theta Healing by Vianna Stibal, Can Kesici (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Proofreader) 4.24 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 2010 — 33 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
	Lenin'den Stalin'e Rus Devrimi 1917-1929 by Edward Hallett Carr, Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (copy-editor), Levent Cinemre (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 1979 — 7 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
	Okuma Boşluğunu Kapatmak by Alex Quigley, Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Beyza Nur Yolcu (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 426 ratings — 9 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
	Spartaküs by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sermet Yalçın (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (copy-editor) 3.86 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1933 — 45 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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“I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.”
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“zalimin gecesi mazlumun gecesiyle birdir
ve daha uzundur zulme karar verenin gecesi
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varır, sebebin kapısında durur”
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“Dünyada bir tek insana inanmıştım. O kadar çok inanmıştım ki, bunda aldanmış olmak bende artık inanmak kuvveti bırakmamıştı.”
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“Günün gürültüsü patırtısı içinde özlediğim sessizlikle ,gecenin bu saatinde kavuştuğum sessizlik aynı değildi. Hiçbir şeyin yokluğu varlığına denk değildi. Sanırım ondan .”
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