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	Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability, 4th Edition 3.85 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1991 — 15 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
	Elsie Jones and the Book Pirates by Sean McBride (Goodreads Author), Jesse Velasquez (Illustrations) 4.88 avg rating — 8 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
	A View of the Edge of the World: A Collection of Short Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	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
	Elsie Jones and the Revolutionary Rebels (Elsie Jones Adventures #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Elsie Jones and the Captain's Guard (Elsie Jones Adventures Book 3) by Sean McBride (Goodreads Author), Jessie Valesquez (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	The Monsters Inside it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	A View of the Edge of the World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	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
	Ad Absurdum: A Wilderness Guide to the Field of Religious Studies 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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Dead Moon (Threshold, #3)

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I enjoyed this history of this book, but it also felt like it was edited short. There was a bit of information about Apartheid and how it was overcome and there was a bit of information about the game, but Carlin went the wrong direction because inst ...more
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This was not at all what I was expecting and I struggled quite a bit with it. This was less about Elminster and more about the Elves of Cormanthor. Where this is important information for the history of Toril, the story itself drags. On top of that t ...more
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This was a lot of fun, though there is a decent amount of slog to get through with these books. this one was also much more graphic than the last one, and even though this is not my kind of book, I'm fascinated with how Auel shows life in this time, ...more
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