15 books
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Turkish
Books that are set in Turkey.
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Roma tarihinde, Plutarkhos'un Paralel Yaşamlar'da naklettiği, öğretici bir öykü vardır. Bir muharebe esnasında meşhur konsül Caius Marius küçük bir müstahkem mevkie çekilmişti; karşısındaki kuvvetin komutanı haykırdı: "Eğer büyük bir generalsen, in aşağı, çok dövüş!" Marius cevap verdi: "Eğer sen büyük bir generalsen, beni istemediğim halde dövüşmeye zorla!
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― Le Naufrage des civilisations
― Le Naufrage des civilisations
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The scent, though, is its own feast. In the cutting and cubing of it, more of its hard-to-pin-down ambrosial smell is dispensed, rising up like fresh-cut grass melding with cool iris. Batting away the temptation to eat a few coral-red wedges over the sink, I indulge, instead, in the anticipation of pleasure, imagining how, when I finally get to it, the melon's singular watery crunchiness-- it is a cousin of the cucumber-- and its copious juiciness will be sorbet-like on the tongue, as fresh and
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― Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Travels
― Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Travels
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