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Cooking Like a Chemist: Weekend Pocketbook on Chemistry Behind Molecular Gastonomy

by Turing Editorial Team

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Akshay said: " 🧪 COLLOIDS, GELS, AND BROWNING REACTIONS: THE SCIENCE ON YOUR FORK 🧪

Demystifying modern culinary wizardry doesn't require a university lab or a Michelin-starred kitchen. Cooking Like a Chemist strips molecular gastronomy of its pretens ...more "

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Cursed Draw Book 1 The Dead Man’s Hand: Deck Building LITRPG

by Joshua Krensell-Steward

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck (Hindi Edition)

by Mark Manson (Goodreads Author)

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Akshay said: " 🎯 CHOOSING YOUR STRUGGLE: NIHILISM AS PRACTICAL SELF-COMMAND 🎯

Beneath the neon-orange cover, the conversational swagger, and the deliberate shock-jock profanity lies a surprisingly sober thesis: suffering is biologically inevitable, yo ...more "

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Akshay’s Quotes

“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

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“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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“We are guardians, but also a bunch of miserable wretches that are constantly fighting against threats and madness.”
― Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, Lord of the Mysteries

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“The truth is, the only difference between good girls and bad girls is: Good girls just haven’t been caught yet.”
― Richard Cooper, The Unplugged Alpha: The No Bullsh*t Guide To Winning With Women & Life

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