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Half of a Yellow Sun

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""The smell was awful, nose-filling, the smell of a dirty toilet and rancid steamed beans and boiled eggs gone bad." Up there with the most physically revolting sentences I've ever read. Brilliantly descriptive and perfectly apt, but I think I may have enjoyed my day more without reading it. Also, you are gonna want & need to read this book, just saying...." Mar 28, 2013 12:12am

 
Sea of Poppies
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"This is so masterfully written that I savor each sentence. Though the repugnant social views of the characters cause me more pause and force me to take breaks from reading it. Not that I don't believe these were not the prevalent views of the day, nor that they have totally evaporated. It is just an affront to feel them so vividly." Feb 23, 2013 01:34am

 
Ayurveda: The Sci...

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"Life becomes "meditation, for meditation is not separate from life but a part of life. Life is meditation and meditation is life. Creative intelligence will begin to operate in your body, mind and consciousness... Keep in mind, however, that the above-described results in meditation are the fruits of committed and regular practice." To which I can only add: YES!!!!!" Feb 15, 2013 08:33pm

 

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