Built of earth, stone and palm, the Berber villages decay gracefully, returning themselves to the earth.

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The man portrayed in the Rolling Stone article as arrogant comes off as far more down to earth in the book.

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Although, this path is only apparent since the Earth is also moving and the Time spent by the stone to reach the ground has also changed to some degree that imaginary vertical line.

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