“For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.”
― Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
― Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
“Over the drop, a luminous pond lay below them like a pale magic lantern. It was as if the moon had plummeted into the water and smashed open. Engulfed in darkness, with only a scatter of stars above, the place felt like a bright secret – something ancient and precious.”
― On Starlit Seas
― On Starlit Seas
“The smell of roasting meat rose from the street stalls in a sizzle and a fiddle player begged for coin as he rasped a haunting melody. Life could not be more perfect.”
― On Starlit Seas
― On Starlit Seas
Global Book Selections
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This group is to celebrate FICTION books FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD by reading them, reviewing them (if interested & linking to affiliated website), then ...more
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