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“Another day I walked out of town to do a bit of climbing in the mountains behind the airport. I scrambled up and down slopes that contained some of the oldest rocks in the world, isotope-dated at 3,800 billion years, remnants, so the geological rumor goes, of the earth's earliest terrestrial crust.”

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Last Places: A Journey in the North

This book is a personal account of an author's journey through various northern locales, offering insights into the unique cultures and landscapes of these areas. more

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Lawrence Millman
Lawrence Millman

Lawrence Millman, born on January 13, 1948, is an accomplished writer whose works span a variety of fields, including history, travel, and literary criticism. more

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