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Mediterranean
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Scrubby evergreen bushes released a strong scent of resin and honey; forests of pine gave way to gentle south-facing vineyards disturbed only by the ululation of early summer cicadas. Sitting up tall on the seat, she craned around eagerly to see what plants thrived naturally.
It was a wild and romantic place, Laurent de Fayols had written, the whole island once bought as a wedding gift to his wife by a man who had made his fortune in the silver mines of Mexico. One of three small specks in the M
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― The Sea Garden
― The Sea Garden
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The impact of Frontex using drones to locate refugees has caused the loss of many lives at sea. And that's exactly the point.
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― The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
― The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
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