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The people who decoded its laws came from every branch of the sciences – they were engineers

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The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier The people who decoded itsHow long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's sense of dominance over the natural world. The mountain paradise of Monte Verit promises immortality, but at a terrible