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“Eventually, my grandfather said: - You must understand, this is one of those moments. - What moments? - One of those moments you keep to yourself. …The story of this war… that belongs to everyone… But something like this— this is yours. It belongs only to you. And me. Only to us.”

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Book:The Tiger's Wife
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The Tiger's Wife

Set in a war-torn Eastern Europe, the story follows a young doctor as she embarks on a journey to uncover the secrets of her late grandfather, a mysterious man known as the Tiger's Wife. more

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Book:The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, Vol 1: Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation and Commentary
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