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The Penguin History of New Zealand by Michael King The Aeneid by Virgil The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
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Skippy Dies
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Shyness and Dignity by Dag Solstad
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Markus Zusak
“I am haunted by humans.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
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“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
tags: death
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