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Alexander Marriott

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	The School of Homer 4.36 avg rating — 39 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
	Murder with a Glass of Malvasia (A Virgil Colvin Mystery, #2) 4.72 avg rating — 18 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 Objective Standard: Fall 2015, Vol. 10, No. 3 by Craig Biddle, Sarah Biddle, Daniel Wahl 4.75 avg rating — 4 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 Objective Standard: Fall 2013, Vol. 8, No. 3 by Steve Simpson (Goodreads Author), Thomas Eiden, Ari Armstrong it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Collected Writings of Alexander Marriott, Volume One 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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Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department

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While I wanted to really like this book, I found the promised argument unfulfilled and unpersuasive. Turning a peripheral border area into a central focus of a larger national story is always a tenuous enterprise and it simply doesn't come together h ...more
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I listened to the Audiobook edition of this book. Sister Carrie meets Moll Flanders, set in Civil War Era America (primarily New York City, with an interlude in New Orleans). Molly O'Sullivan is sent to America to have a better life outside Ireland. H ...more
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