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RE-READ UPDATE: Below depressing review was written back when Joe Biden was still president, and things were already bad enough. However, rereading now in light of Trump's reelection and everything is now exponentially WORSE, especially in the climat
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Sumptuous — if surprisingly unknown — doorstop of a coffee table book featuring over 300 largely never-before-published photos from the RSG's vast collection, along with essays by the likes of Hillary, Fiennes, Thesiger, Mallory and a few others.
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“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading”
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“The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred.”
― Dune Messiah
― Dune Messiah
“The giant trees were like dormant gods, vibrating with something he couldn't name, not quite sentience, each one different from the others, each telling its own centuries-long story.”
― Bearskin
― Bearskin
Espionage Aficionados
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Pssst--buddy. Dig spy stories? Foreign intrigue? Conspiracies? Join up with.. We got LeCarre, Deighton; Follett; Littell; Ambler; Furst; Silva a ...more
WW II Spy Novels
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— last activity Jan 22, 2023 01:55PM
Dedicated to World War II espionage novels: Ken Follett, Jack Higgins, W.E.B. Griffin, Alan Furst, etc. Find a book or series here; browse author ...more
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