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The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence The Orientalist by Tom Reiss Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson Worlds to Explore by Mark Jenkins Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges On the Psychology of Military Incompetence by Norman F. Dixon The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Book cover for Pandaemonium 1660–1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers
Pandaemonium 1660–1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers by Humphrey Jennings
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this one from G.K. Chesterton, which has been my own motto for years. I’m a children’s writer. I believe my job is not to dazzle with new wonders, but to scrub off the patina of familiarity so that my readers can see again how dazzling ...more
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