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Average rating: 3.62 · 155 ratings · 24 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Secrets of Retail 3.32 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Flash It! by Earl Chessher (Goodreads Author) (editor), Ted Atoka (contributor), Christopher Bell (contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Writers’ Anarchy II: The End of the World as We Wrote It by Alex Hurst (Editor), V. Jáuregui (Goodreads Author), N. Vladamov 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Living Legend 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 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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Ex-Isle (Ex-Heroes, #5)

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Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5)

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