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The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett The Big Book of Hell by Matt Groening A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner 1984 by George Orwell A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas The Evolution Man by Roy Lewis The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by Jane Smiley
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A Separation
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The Man Who Died
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Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
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Just before closing, an elderly couple brought in an old family Bible. These are rarely worth anything, even in good condition. Almost every household had one in the Victorian age, and there is no demand for them whatsoever, as far as I can ...more
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