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Midnight in the G...

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

by Edward Dolnick

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A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)

by Michael Bond

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Tess’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Heavy

Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Clarence Thomas seemed as cowardly as every older man to me.

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