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Brian Skinner is 20% done with If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years
When he went through Salt Lake he said the Mormon women were ugly.
Oct 30, 2023 08:38PM Add a comment
If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years

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Brian Skinner is 50% done with Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
“Who are the second-best-paid women in Egypt?” “Belly dancers, because Saudi tourists throw banknotes of a hundred dollars at their feet while they are dancing.” “And who are the best-paid women in Egypt?” “The converted belly dancers, because Saudi sheikhs transfer banknotes of a thousand dollars to their account if they stop dancing.”
Oct 29, 2023 11:29AM Add a comment
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

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Brian Skinner is on page 202 of 255 of Harold
"As Harold sat down he remembered what he read on the wall of a bathroom at a Texaco station in Greenville, Maine. It said: The closer something gets to the speed of light, the slower time goes. It was signed Al."
Oct 27, 2023 09:31AM Add a comment
Harold

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Brian Skinner is on page 200 of 255 of Harold
"“Hello there, little earth children on the moon.” He said this with a big smile while reaching his hand out to greet them and help them into the spaceship. “Hello I’m Harold.” “Hi my name is Elizabeth.” “You’re Carl Sagan right?” “Yes I am Carl Sagan, very nice to meet you. Come on in.”
Oct 27, 2023 09:25AM Add a comment
Harold

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Brian Skinner is on page 78 of 255 of Harold
“Elizabeth, wouldn’t it be interesting if there was a little button on the side of the headstones and if you pushed it you could hear a little moment of that person’s life? “Like this one here, this little girl Tanya only lived to be 8 years old in the mid-1800s. “If there was a button to push you might hear: “ ‘I don’t think it’s cold I love it!’ “
Oct 26, 2023 09:00AM Add a comment
Harold

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