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I like to read, wander cross-country, travel in cultures I don't understand, cycle, play squash, and I'm a foodie. But most of all I like to be in the throes of writing a book. This is invigorating work. The moment when the hard-won research combines with a bit of sweat and blood and occasionally a tear to become a fluid paragraph is like no other. What I hope to achieve is to suspend time and disbelief for the reader and carry her or him into another world, where they live more fully and in the moment. ...more

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Phil Klay's "Redeployment," the lead story in this issue, is a good reminder of the impact of our current war efforts on soldiers. Read also: Karl Marlantes's What It's Like To Go to War is a must-read on the subject.

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	Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival 4.07 avg rating — 11,905 ratings — published 2004 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian by Dean King (欧宝娱乐 Author), John B. Hattendorf, J. Worth Estes 4.11 avg rating — 2,971 ratings — published 1995 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys, The True Story 3.72 avg rating — 1,459 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harbors and High Seas: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian by Dean King (欧宝娱乐 Author), John B. Hattendorf 4.09 avg rating — 1,047 ratings — published 1996 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yosemite 3.89 avg rating — 739 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival 3.48 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2010 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“[...] what's the use of lying down to die as long as we can stand up and walk.”
― Dean King, Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival

tags: endurance, motivational, perseverance, will-to-live

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“Hamet, Seid, and Abdallah were stung by the irony that on the wild desert, where people had virtually nothing, they shared freely, but here, where resources were comparatively abundant, no one would offer them so much as a drink.”
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“Riley had no doubt that an "immediate and merciful act of the Almighty" had saved them from the surf at Bojador. According to him, all of his men believed this too. Later, when a friend advised him to play down this conviction, because skeptics would use it to discredit the rest of his account of the voyage, Riley refused.”
― Dean King, Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival

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