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Lynn Abbey
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Okay…one could argue that we don’t really have seasons around here. One could argue—and I frequently have—that we have three flavors of summer: Summer’s Coming, Summer’s HERE, and OMG, it’s STILL Summer! Then, in January, the outside temperature drops into the sixties, I open the windows, and pretend that I’m back in Michigan . . . → Read More: The season between summer and autumn
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Sanctuary (Thieves' World, 2nd Series, #1)
— published 2002 — 5 editions |
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Soul of the City (Thieves' World, #8)
by Lynn Abbey (Goodreads Author) , Lynn Abbey (Goodreads Author) , Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author) — published 1986 |
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Planeswalker (Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle, #2)
— published 1998 |
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Thieves' World: First Blood (Thieves' World, #1-2)
by Lynn Abbey (Goodreads Author) , Robert Lynn Asprin — 4 editions |
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Turning Points (Thieves' World, 2nd Series, #2)
— published 2002 — 4 editions |
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Jerlayne
— published 1999 |
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The Brazen Gambit (Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas, #1)
— published 1994 |
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The Simbul's Gift (Forgotten Realms: The Nobles, #6)
— published 1997 — 2 editions |
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The Nether Scroll (Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires, #4)
— published 2000 |
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The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King (Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas, #5)
— published 1996 |
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| Since I not only enjoy Jane Austen, I graduated from Scarsdale High back in the dark ages, I was drawn to the title. It's well-written, though I didn't find omniscience as ironic or humorous as I suspect it was intended to be, in part because, despit...more | |
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In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
by Qanta A. Ahmed (Goodreads Author)
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| Goodreads Librari...: Series by multiple authors | 2 | 28 | Nov 16, 2012 07:25pm |
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