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	American Idol: The Untold Story 3.32 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost: A Memoir of Hampshire College in the Twilight of the '80s 3.40 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Insomniac Reader: Stories of the Night by Kevin Sampsell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Ames, Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Spec: A Novel of Young Hollywood 3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

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