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	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, Herbert R. Lottman (Introduction), Karen J. Renner (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 3.95 avg rating — 287,115 ratings — published 1872 — 7411 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
	Make Mine a Double: Why Women Like Us Like to Drink (Or Not) by Gina Barreca (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristen Dombek (Contributor), Maggie Mitchell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.42 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Evil Children in the Popular Imagination 4.22 avg rating — 9 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
	How to Build a Life in the Humanities: Meditations on the Academic Work-Life Balance by Greg Colón Semenza (Editor), Garrett A. Sullivan Jr. (Editor), Anthony Grafton (Foreword) 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 10 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
	The 'Evil Child' in Literature, Film and Popular Culture 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 11 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
	Monstrous Children and Childish Monsters: Essays on Cinema's Holy Terrors by Markus P.J. Bohlmann (Editor), Sean Moreland (Editor), John Edgar Browning (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Sharpened Quill: Modern Voices in Short Fiction by Steve Shadow (Editor), Kurt Reichenbaugh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jacinda Power (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 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
	The Millennials on Film and Television: Essays on the Politics of Popular Culture by Betty Kaklamanidou (editor), Margaret Tally (Editor), Sotiris Petridis (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	War Gothic in Literature and Culture by Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet (Editor), Steffen Hantke (Editor), Leigh M. McLennon (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 5 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
	Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2021) by Ray Daley (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Gomez Farrell (Goodreads Author), Karen J. Renner (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Writer's Digest Guide to Magazine Article Writing: A Practical Guide to Selling Your Pitches, Crafting Strong Articles, & Earning More Bylines

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