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Die Gabe der Amazonen (Das Schwarze Auge, #18)

by Ulrich Kiesow

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San Francesco

by Alessandro Barbero

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Il tesoro del Bigatto

by Giuseppe Pederiali

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Lorenz’s Notes & Highlights

The Martian by Andy Weir

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Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can’t improve on duct tape.

Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You

by Geoffrey G. Parker

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Lorenz’s Quotes

“In the beginning the Universe was created.
This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: hitchhiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy

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“The word itself—dyslexia—is ironically very hard for dyslexic people to spell correctly”
― Eddie Izzard, Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

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“To light a candle is to cast a shadow...”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

tags: balance, equilibrium, evil, good, knowledge, taoism

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“No one ever says, “This piece of creative work is crap, but they made it in a couple of weeks, so let’s go and check it out.”
― Eddie Izzard, Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

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“Cake or death?”
― Eddie Izzard

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