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Letters from the desert anniversary edition kindle edition by carretto, carlo, cunningham, lawrence s. Manufacturer warranty may not apply learn more about amazon global store. I have seen nothing in the world more devoted to obscurity, more compromised, more false, and yet. Carlo carretto carlo carretto is the author of books such as letters from the desert. And here is the deepest form of selfdeception, dictated by selfcenteredness at its worst.
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