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	Ms. Ming's Guide to Civilization 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	Bad Girls of the Silver Screen by Lottie Da, Jan Alexander (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1989 — 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
	Getting to Lamma liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Up Close and Personal: The Neworld Review Essay by Jan Alexander (Goodreads Author), Sally Cobau, Herb Boyd 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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What I wouldn't give, in the midst of this global lockdown, to get on a plane and go... anywhere that people are hugging their friends and dancing in the street. Instead, I sat down remotely with Karen Quevillon The Parasol Flower a wonderful new novel, and we did a podcast with our publisher about going places. We had such fun remembering what it was like to travel. I love that Regal House's podca Read more of this blog post »

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Moby Dick: or, the White Whale

by Herman Melville

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Pilgrim Bell: Poems

by Kaveh Akbar

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The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin

by Paul Vigna (Goodreads Author)

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