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L'incendiaria

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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IL canto dell'essere e dell'apparire

by Cees Nooteboom

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Transnational Japan in the Global Environmental Movement

by Simon Avenell

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“Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope”
― David Archuleta, Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance

tags: fear, hope, hopeful, life-lessons

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“Ho una certa reticenza nell'identificarmi con chi vince”
― Fabrizio De André

tags: fighting-spirit, life-lessons

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“La vita dei morti è riposta nel ricordo dei vivi”
― Marco Tullio Cicerone

tags: memories-quotes, mortality

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“There is always a way out, as there is a way in”
― Bernard Kelvin Clive, Your Dreams Will Not Die

tags: hopeful, inspirational

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“It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the arts. To sublimate our frustration and anger into something beautiful. Freud called sublimation a virtuous defence mechanism because it is in the arts that we can find our humanity.”
― Kamand Kojouri

tags: anger, art, arts, beautiful, beauty, corporation, corrupt, corruption, create, creative, creative-arts, creativity, defence, defence-mechanism, empathy, faith, freud, freudian, frustration, give-up, hope, hopeful, hopefulness, hopeless, humanity, humanness, kamand, kamand-kojouri, kojouri, life, lose, lost, media, news, politics, psychology, sublimate, sublimation, surrender, theory, virtue, virtuous, world

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Japanese Literature — 5618 members — last activity 8 hours, 42 min ago
A group for people who enjoy literature written by Japanese authors, the arts, culture, and history of Japan. May 2026: Dragon Palace by Hiromi Kawa ...more

Giappone Nihon 日本 — 533 members — last activity Apr 29, 2026 02:32PM
Libri e notizie sul Giappone: arte, cultura, storia, società.

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For readers around the world interested in literature from or about South Asia! Countries of interest include India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhut ...more

Asian American Literature Fans — 243 members — last activity May 01, 2026 01:30PM
A place to talk about Asian American literature.

Dragons & Tea Book Club — 4432 members — last activity Mar 01, 2024 07:14AM
Hello! This is a book club, hosted by four Asian book reviewers, dedicated to boosting marginalized voices and celebrating diverse books, while always ...more

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