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China: An Introduction to the Culture and People (Armchair Traveller)

by Kai Strittmatter

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Talk to the Snail: Ten Commandments for Understanding the French

by Stephen Clarke

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Adventures in Human Being

by Gavin Francis

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“CUSTOMER: Do you have a copy of Nineteen Eighty Six?
BOOKSELLER: Nineteen Eighty Six?
CUSTOMER: Yeah, Orwell.
BOOKSELLER: Oh – Nineteen Eighty Four.
CUSTOMER: No, I’m sure it’s Nineteen Eighty. Six; I’ve always remembered it because it’s the year I was born.”
― Jen Campbell

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“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
― Carl Sandburg

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“MAN: Do you have black and white film posters?
BOOKSELLER: Yes, we do. They’re over here.
MAN: Do you have any posters of Adolf Hitler?
BOOKSELLER: Pardon?
MAN: Adolf Hitler.
BOOKSELLER: Well, he wasn’t a film star, was he.
MAN: Yes, he was. He was American. Jewish, I think...”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

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“Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating the words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space...”
― Mario Vargas Llosa

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