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Geisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts Secrets and Lies by Selena Montgomery Michael Eric Dyson Reader by Michael Eric Dyson Measure of a Man by Adrianne Byrd Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Never Tell by Selena Montgomery
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The Shadow
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by James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
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Just Me
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If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen
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