About 20% of the way in, a quote from the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey keeps coming to mind as I read this book, "He never uses one word when ten will do." But it is working for me.
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
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Casino : Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi
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Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
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The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
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The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and …
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The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
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The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
Pebble in the Sky is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1950. This work is …
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The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
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The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov (Empire (2))
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Eye of the World :Wheel of Time 1 by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time (1))
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and …
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Bad Company by Megan Greenwell
A damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities …