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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

On Writing by Stephen King

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

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Lonesome Dove

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by Larry McMurtry

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Heads I Win, Tails I Win: Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor

by Spencer Jakab (Goodreads Author)

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The Essence of Kabbalah

by Brian L. Lancaster

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African American, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Non-fiction, Politics, Science, Science fiction, Travel, and lgbt

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