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	Kaschar's Quarter (The Default King, #1) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
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	The Masks We Wore: The Anthology by Patrick Tuttle (Editor), Shawn Patrick Cooke (Goodreads Author), David Gowey (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
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Nuremberg in the sixteenth century: City politics and life between Middle Ages and modern times

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