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Tim is Currently Reading

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The Last Contract of Isako

by Fonda Lee (Goodreads Author)

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May 12, 2026 02:22PM

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The Danube: A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest

by Nick Thorpe

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Apr 27, 2026 04:01PM

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Civilized Civil War: How Developed Countries Are Vulnerable to Foreign Instigated Violent Internal Conflict

by Aaron L. Hirschi

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“On average, grasses produce three or four times more roots by weight than they do leaves and stems, giving them a root-to-shoot ratio that is ten times as high as that of a forest.”
― Candace Savage, Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America

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“They always build as if they expect to live for eternity; they always eat as if they expect to die the next day.”
― John Keahey, Seeking Sicily: A Cultural Journey Through Myth and Reality in the Heart of the Mediterranean

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“But you know better than I, Prince, that even fixed stars are so only in appearance.”
― Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

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“The essence of dietrologia is that it dismisses the notion that anyone could act purely for reasons of moral conviction.”
― John Hooper, The Italians

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“Remember the fairy tales, all the witches and wizards with their houses in the woods. Maybe they want privacy for their work. Maybe there is something about the places they choose to live. Maybe the world is thinner there. Maybe they can hear the sounds they are listening for more clearly.”
― John Langan, The Fisherman

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