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Mark McGinty
Goodreads Author
Born
in Greensboro, NC, The United States
September 10, 1975
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Influences
Mario Puzo, J.G. Ballard, George Lucas, J.R.R. Tolkien
Member Since
June 2010
Running Through This Place
A friend once told me, “The best way to explore a new place is to go for a run and experience things up close.” You can cover a lot of ground and see what’s inside all those buildings you pass as you drive by. You can see what the view is like across the lake if you just stop for a minute and look. What smells do you smell? What are the people like? How do they dress? What are they talking about?
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The Cigar Maker
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2010
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Elvis and the Blue Moon Conspiracy
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2003
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Home to Nagasaki: Part 1
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2015
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The Healthy Alphabet
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“A man should not measure his success in life by the type of work he does, or by the medals he has won, but by the impact he has had on those around him, especially his family.”
-Salvador Ortiz to his son Lazaro”
― The Cigar Maker
-Salvador Ortiz to his son Lazaro”
― The Cigar Maker
“No life form on this planet undergoes such a slow and graceful death as the tobacco leaf.”
― The Cigar Maker
― The Cigar Maker
“Cigars are society. They are the food you eat and the bed where you sleep. They are the clothes you wear and the shoes on your feet. Cigars are, at the very least, responsible for everything you and I have.”
― The Cigar Maker
― The Cigar Maker
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“A man should not measure his success in life by the type of work he does, or by the medals he has won, but by the impact he has had on those around him, especially his family.”
-Salvador Ortiz to his son Lazaro”
― The Cigar Maker
-Salvador Ortiz to his son Lazaro”
― The Cigar Maker
“No life form on this planet undergoes such a slow and graceful death as the tobacco leaf.”
― The Cigar Maker
― The Cigar Maker
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
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