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The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #13)

by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)

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When No One Is Watching

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Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

by Ron Hall

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― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings

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