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River of Smoke

by Amitav Ghosh

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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

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Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual

by Jocko Willink (Goodreads Author)

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“She was like some ancient palimpsest on which layer upon layer of thought and reverie had been inscribed , and yet no succeeding layer had completely hidden or erased what had been written previously.”
― Jawaharlal Nehru

tags: india

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

tags: criticism

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“My mistake was in ever opening the books.”
― Jack London, The Sea Wolf

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“Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”
― Tamora Pierce, Lady Knight

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This group is for books written from 1700-1939*. I created this group because there are so many exciting and classic books written during this time. T ...more

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