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IgNobel - L'utilità dell'inutilità scientifica. Serie completa (IgNobel - L'utilità dell'inutilità scientifica #1-16)

by Luca Perri

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Erbe aromatiche: Il manuale illustrato di “Orto da coltivare” per seminarle, curarle e utilizzarle (Italian Edition)

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Lettera ai giovani sulla scienza

by Tullio Regge

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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco

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“Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.”
― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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