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Jenny Karpe

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Zum Leben braucht Jenny Karpe (*1996) kaum mehr als Worte und Musik. Nach ihren Abschlüssen in Medienproduktion und Populärer Musik ist sie Redakteurin geworden. Sie lebt mit 500 Schallplatten und (noch) keiner Katze in Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

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	Die Gesetze der Magie 3.69 avg rating — 95 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zwei Kontinente auf Reisen 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zwei Ozeane auf Abwegen 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pop-Gefängnis DDR. Depeche Modes Auftritt in Ost-Berlin 1988 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Der Kriminalfilm und das Wolkenatlas-Sextett. Audioanalyse der spannungsbildenden Elemente im Film "Cloud Atlas" 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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#002 | Zwei Ozeane auf Abwegen

Fünf Jahre nach »Zwei Kontinente auf Reisen« kann ich nun stolz verkünden: Band 2 ist da. Digital und analog, mit einem wunderbaren Cover von Pascal Parys alias Achromant und vielen, vielen Überarbeitungen.

Zwei Ozeane auf Abwegen

Die letzten fünf Jahre seit dem ersten Band waren keine leichte Zeit, aber dennoch schön. Meistens.
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Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World's Most Unusual Corners

by Travis Elborough (Goodreads Author)

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After Woke

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Seoulicious: Fake Me, Real You

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“Auch ein offenes Buch kann vielseitig sein.”
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“Dies war kein Ort, an dem Wunder geschahen. Stattdessen gab es Geheimnisse, viele davon. Bei einigen wusste Augustin nicht einmal, ob sie tatsächlich Geheimnisse waren, oder nur Tatsachen, die sich vergeblich zu tarnen versuchten.”
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“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

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“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades

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