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Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker

This book offers practical advice on how to communicate effectively and make concise remarks. It is designed to help readers refine their communication skills and express themselves more clearly and succinctly. more

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Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons

Charles Simmons, born in 1924, is an accomplished novelist. His works are renowned for their profound character development and emotional depth, which have won him a wide readership. more

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“Presently he rose and approached the case before which she stood. Its glass shelves were crowded with small broken objects —hardly recognisable domestic utensils, ornaments and personal trifles — made of glass, of clay, of discoloured bronze and other time-blurred substances. 'It seems cruel,' she said, 'that after a while nothing matters... any more than these little things, that used to be necessary and important to forgotten people, and now have to be guessed at under a magnifying glass and labeled: "Use unknown".'”

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