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Page 51
... gave a lecture on the history of books - it was a poem , a poem of praise . Books , he said , are the sole repository of human thought , its only vehicle of transmission from century to century , from generation to generation . They ...
... gave a lecture on the history of books - it was a poem , a poem of praise . Books , he said , are the sole repository of human thought , its only vehicle of transmission from century to century , from generation to generation . They ...
Page 122
... gave a little light . I took a piece of bread and a chunk of stale salami out of my knapsack , and started to eat . The orderly on duty came up to me a little man with sharp eyes , a face criss - crossed with white scars , and a woman's ...
... gave a little light . I took a piece of bread and a chunk of stale salami out of my knapsack , and started to eat . The orderly on duty came up to me a little man with sharp eyes , a face criss - crossed with white scars , and a woman's ...
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... gave me a sense of hidden danger , perhaps because of the tall garden walls on either side . The large gardens on one side backed onto the cliff - edge and the sea . The solid walls offered no protection , no cover . Walking about the ...
... gave me a sense of hidden danger , perhaps because of the tall garden walls on either side . The large gardens on one side backed onto the cliff - edge and the sea . The solid walls offered no protection , no cover . Walking about the ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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