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Wouter van Acker

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	Terviseks by Wouter van Acker (Goodreads Author), Jos Rouw (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 10 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
	International Organizations and Global Civil Society: Histories of the Union of International Associations by Daniel Laqua (Editor), Wouter van Acker (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christophe Verbruggen (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Architecture and Ugliness: Anti-Aesthetics and the Ugly in Postmodern Architecture by Wouter van Acker (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thomas Mical (Editor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Liberation Day

by George Saunders

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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

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“Besides which, she would never understand me because I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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