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Robert Polevoi

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Born

in Los Angeles, The United States

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Historical Fiction

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Movies(especially classic Hollywood) perhaps even more than books. I c ...more

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December 2011

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I'm a native Californian who has never lived anywhere else. Raised in Los Angeles, but moved to the Bay Area after UCLA and (with very minor exceptions) have lived my entire adult life in the forested hills above Oakland - a remarkably beautiful place that most people have no idea exists. I went to law school and became a lawyer, but couldn't stick with it. Spent some solid years in tech, mostly in 3D computer graphics.

But a writer is a writer is a writer - there's just no escaping it. It took a lot of work, but I finally got my fiction to the level where it's fair to ask for the precious time and attention of the serious reader.

I've been married for a good long time, and have a daughter who is just graduating college. ...more

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Thinking About Shakespeare - 2

The period between Shakespeare and ourselves is divided by a barrier as difficult understand as it is palpable. The past two centuries have seen conceptions of the human identity coalesce into the psychological. It would be foolish to define this term too strictly, but at its core it sees the individual as an atomic unit in pursuit of its own interests. Some interests, like food or sexual companio Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.64 · 56 ratings · 7 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Port Royal 3.64 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	3D Studio MAX R3 In Depth: Take Your MAX Skills to the Professional Level 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999 — 3 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
	Practical Alchemy 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Death Valley 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 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
	Interactive Web Graphics With Shout3D 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000 — 3 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
	Federal taxation of oil and gas transactions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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