The Orphaned Worlds'Proper galaxy spanning space opera' Iain M. Banks on Seeds of Earth Darien is no longer a lost outpost of humanity, but the prize in an intergalactic power struggle. Hegemony forces control the planet, while Earth merely observes, rendered impotent by galactic politics. Yet Earth's ambassador to Darien will become a player in a greater conflict as there is more at stake than a turf war on a newly discovered world. An ancient temple hides access to a

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From the dark recesses of the Marquis de Sade's jail cell to Aldous Huxley's brave new world

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Dulat and Asad Durrani participated in a series of conversations on the psychology of war and peace

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November 1925 Gandhiji's Autobiography and his Satyagraha in South Africa

Nick verifies the papers' authenticity

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