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just started this account of John Hawkwood, mercenary general and power broker in Italy for decades, a self-made millionaire and landowner, soldier, general, politician, power broker in the most turbulent and violent of times and places. Definately d
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“Rough nature shapes tough people”
― Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
― Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
“We can eat and digest everything from rancid mammary gland
secretions to fungi to rocks (or cheese, mushrooms, and salt if
you prefer euphemisms).”
― Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
secretions to fungi to rocks (or cheese, mushrooms, and salt if
you prefer euphemisms).”
― Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
“Only those who really experienced the war will want to preserve peace with all their might”
― Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
― Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
“Is there anything more frightening than people?”
― Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
― Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
“On, onward ... until the eyes shut …”
― Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
― Until the Eyes Shut: Memories of a machine gunner on the Eastern Front, 1943-45
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