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"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." ― Mae West

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." ― Mark Twain

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." ― Robert A. Heinlein

"Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else." ― Judy Garland

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11:59 pm 31 July 2019

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride - Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Norman Lear, Billy Crystal, Rob Reiner, Joe Layden

At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails - Sarah Bakewell, Antonia Beamish

Days in the Caucasus - Banine, Anoushka Rava

A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert - Gertrude Bell, Georgina Howell, Sian Thomas, Adjoa Andoh

Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela, Michael Boatman

The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood - Helene Cooper

My Family & Other Animals - Hugh Bonneville, Gerald Durrell

Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates - Patrick Leigh Fermor, Crispin Redman

Winter im Sommer - Frühling im Herbst: Erinnerungen - Joachim Gauck

Here's my robot card selection:

1. Cary Elwes: As You Wish
2. Sarah Bakewell: At the Existentialist Café
3. Banine: Days in the Caucasus
4. Gertrude Bell: A Woman in Arabia
5. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
6. Helene Cooper: The House at Sugar Beach
7. Gerald Durrell: My Family and Other Animals
8. Patrick Leigh Fermor: Between the Woods and the Water
9. Joachim Gauck: Winter in Sommer, Frühling im Herbst
10. Matt Haig: Notes on a Nervous Planet

... and the draw is for ... (drum roll):

So -- Gertrude Bell's A Woman in Arabia it is!