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San Francesco

by Alessandro Barbero

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Il tesoro del Bigatto

by Giuseppe Pederiali

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The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity (Game Histories)

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Lorenz’s Notes & Highlights

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

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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one of the most important economic and social developments of our time—the rise of the platform as a business and organizational model.

The Martian

by Andy Weir

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Lorenz’s Quotes

“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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“They say that 'Guns don't kill people, people kill people.' Well I think the gun helps. If you just stood there and yelled BANG, I don't think you'd kill too many people.”
― Eddie Izzard

tags: humor

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“Cambiare tutto perché niente cambi.”
― Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard

tags: politica

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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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