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Heat and Other Stories by Joyce Carol Oates

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Daddy Love by Joyce Carol Oates

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Words of Radiance

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Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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With Shuddering Fall

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With Shuddering Fall

by Joyce Carol Oates

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Feb 12, 2025 12:51PM

Six Days of War: ...

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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East

by Michael B. Oren

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