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	Incentivology: The Forces That Explain Tremendous Success and Spectacular Failure 3.84 avg rating — 138 ratings — 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
	Spot the Cock: A Search-and-Find Book 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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
	Spot the Cock: A search and find book 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Blood In 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	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
	Things To Come : Understanding Bible Prophecy 4.50 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
	139 Things I Learned Building A Tech Startup it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	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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	Literary Mint 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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
	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jason Murphy (Goodreads Author), Jules Verne 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	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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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present

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Jason Murphy made a comment on Cloudhidden’s review of House of Leaves " Exactly my feelings in the first 55 pages. I abandoned this pile of garbage. "
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Jason Murphy and 786 other people liked Cloudhidden's review of House of Leaves: "Looking for a spooky book to read around Halloween I was recommended this book by several others on a message board I frequent. Quite a few people mentioned its brilliance and the fear it put in them. After reading it I could not disagree more. The st" Read more of this review »
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I did not finish this book. I reached page 55. But if an author wants me on board for 600+ pages, they have to do much better in the first 50 pages. The author is unskilled. The characters are trite and shallow; they do not react to events in believab ...more
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