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  <title><![CDATA[The Garden of the Prophet]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kahlil Gibrán]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 19 02:43:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 19 08:01:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ایا گمان میکنید من شما را ترک کرده و از شما دوری میکنم؟<br/>مگر نمیدانی بین مسافتی که روح،ان را در خیال میپیماید فاصله ای نیست؟<br/>و زمانی که روح ان فاصله را طی میکند،ان...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68003843">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66400189">
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 06 02:57:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;De tuin van de profeet&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="21230868">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 30 11:57:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like others from KG the language sometimes is not modern and therefore takes time to read. This is only 57 pages long but it sings to you from page 1. I've never read any ofKahlil Gibrans books without finding in them a little gem of obvious but profound truth. Just read it and let the words wash ov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21230868">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43323348">
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 16 22:48:28 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 05 10:27:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you liked The Prophet.....read this.  It takes mysticism to a new level and dives into more complex, harder to define, topics.]]></body>
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    <review id="70677390">
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 09 20:18:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 09 20:20:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[كان لابد بعد الانتهاء من النبي ان ابدء في قراءة هذا  الكتاب <br/>انتهيت من المقدمة مؤخرا, وهي مقدمة لمترجم من افضل المترجمين واكثرهم احتراما ]]></body>
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    <review id="18185466">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Mar 20 09:13:58 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book cover came to me made over into a handy-dandy magic purse from my dear friend wendy. i love it. now i'd like to read the book. ]]></body>
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    <review id="32940412">
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    <body><![CDATA[It is deep, calm and immortal. By the moral which leads to the real life of &quot;Life&quot;, the real soul of &quot;Soul&quot; and all of &quot;Everthing&quot;.]]></body>
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    <review id="16374437">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mimpi-Mimpi Seorang Anak Manusia...Sangat Indah...bahkan Terlalu Indah Untuk Sebuah Kehidupan Nyata]]></body>
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    <review id="399661">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Prophet was so good that the sequel was likely destined to be a disapointment...and it was!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Need to re-read this. Have a very old copy form my mom.]]></body>
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    <review id="10916082">
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as &quot;The Prophet&quot; but still some lovely poetry.]]></body>
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    <review id="6448489">
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    <body><![CDATA[What I can say? Spirituality in sheer poetry.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[godly. preternatural human]]></body>
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