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author: Jean Meyendorff
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> 29541736 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:17:53 -0700 <![CDATA[Introduction to Liturgical Theology]]> Introduction to Liturgical Theology
author: Alexander Schmemann
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.40
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 29541910 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:54:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Eternal Feminines: Three Theological Allegories in Dante's Paradiso (Mason Welch Gross Lecture Series)]]> Eternal Feminines: Three Theological Allegories in Dante's Paradiso (Mason Welch Gross Lecture Series)
author: Jaroslav Jan Pelikan
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1990
rating: 3
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]]> 29541625 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:51:54 -0700 <![CDATA[The Spirit of the Disciplines - Reissue: Understanding How God Changes Lives]]> The Spirit of the Disciplines - Reissue: Understanding How God Changes Lives
author: Dallas Willard
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> 28789679 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:47:23 -0700 <![CDATA[The Eucharist Sacrament of the Kingdom: Sacrament of the Kingdom]]> The Eucharist Sacrament of the Kingdom: Sacrament of the Kingdom
author: Alexander Schmemann
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.67
book published: 1987
rating: 0
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]]> 28789108 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:43:21 -0700 <![CDATA[On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press "Popular Patristics" Series)]]> On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press "Popular Patristics" Series)
author: of Nazianzus, Saint Gregory
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.60
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> 28789064 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:42:52 -0700 <![CDATA[St. Basil the Great on the Holy Spirit]]> St. Basil the Great on the Holy Spirit
author: Saint, Bishop of Caesarea Basil
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1980
rating: 5
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]]> 23610150 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:41:56 -0700 <![CDATA[The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700) (The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine)]]> The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700) (The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine)
author: Jaroslav Pelikan
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1977
rating: 5
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]]> 23610139 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:51:13 -0700 <![CDATA[The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) (The Christian Tradition: ... of the Development of Christian Doctrine)]]> The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) (The Christian Tradition: ... of the Development of Christian Doctrine)
author: Jaroslav Pelikan
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1975
rating: 5
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]]> 27582315 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:01:36 -0700 <![CDATA[The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)]]> The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)
author: John Steinbeck
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1939
rating: 4
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]]> 27581525 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:53:53 -0700 <![CDATA[Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith]]> Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith
author: Peter E. Gillquist
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 27346007 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:13:49 -0700 <![CDATA[Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers (Penguin Classics)]]> Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers (Penguin Classics)
author: Various
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> 26856412 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:54:39 -0700 <![CDATA[The Orthodox Study Bible: New Testament and Psalms]]> The Orthodox Study Bible: New Testament and Psalms
author: Theodore Stylianopoulos
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.91
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 24060808 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:38:44 -0700 <![CDATA[The Prophets (Perennial Classics)]]> The Prophets (Perennial Classics)
author: Abraham Joshua Heschel
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 26856847 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:37:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Eusebius: The Church History]]> Eusebius: The Church History
author: Eusebius
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 26855947 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:28:06 -0700 <![CDATA[The Way of a Pilgrim and A Pilgrim Continues on His Way (Shambhala Classics)]]> The Way of a Pilgrim and A Pilgrim Continues on His Way (Shambhala Classics)
author: Olga Savin
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 23608030 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:26:38 -0700 <![CDATA[Orthodox Dogmatic Theology: A Concise Exposition]]> Orthodox Dogmatic Theology: A Concise Exposition
author: Michael Pomazansky
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 24061194 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:26:20 -0700 <![CDATA[Bread & Water, Wine & Oil: An Orthodox Christian Experience of God]]> Bread & Water, Wine & Oil: An Orthodox Christian Experience of God
author: Meletios Webber
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 24231453 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:24:31 -0700 <![CDATA[On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei]]> On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei
author: Saint Athanasius the Great
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1975
rating: 5
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]]> 24060913 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:23:20 -0700 <![CDATA[Partakers of the Divine Nature: The History and Development of Deification in the Christian Traditions]]> Partakers of the Divine Nature: The History and Development of Deification in the Christian Traditions
author: Jeffery A. Wittung
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> 26855332 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:22:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Let Us Attend, A Journey Through the Orthodox Divine Liturgy]]> Let Us Attend, A Journey Through the Orthodox Divine Liturgy
author: Lawrence, Father Farley
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 26855280 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:22:07 -0700 <![CDATA[Christology of the Later Fathers (Library of Christian Classics)]]> Christology of the Later Fathers (Library of Christian Classics)
author: Edward Rochie Hardy
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.40
book published: 1977
rating: 4
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]]> 26855138 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:20:49 -0700 <![CDATA[The Teachings of the Church Fathers]]> The Teachings of the Church Fathers
author: M. J. Rouet de Journel
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 26855072 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:20:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Creation and the Patriarchal Histories: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis (Bible Commentary Series) (Bible Study & Commentary)]]> Creation and the Patriarchal Histories: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis (Bible Commentary Series) (Bible Study & Commentary)
author: Patrick Henry Reardon
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> 26855037 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:19:45 -0700 <![CDATA[The Shack]]> The Shack
author: William P. Young
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 19402891 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:31:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church]]> Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
author: N.T. Wright
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> 24061145 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:08:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Encountering the Mystery: Perennial Values of the Orthodox Church]]> Encountering the Mystery: Perennial Values of the Orthodox Church
author: Patriarch Bartholomew I
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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date added: 06/13/08
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]]> 24062581 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:14:20 -0700 <![CDATA[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]]> Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
author: John Berendt
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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]]> 24231476 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:57:01 -0700 <![CDATA[The Early Church (The Penguin History of the Church)]]> The Early Church (The Penguin History of the Church)
author: Henry Chadwick
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1993
rating: 3
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]]> 24231103 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:53:57 -0700 <![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front]]> All Quiet on the Western Front
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1928
rating: 3
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]]> 24230953 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:52:39 -0700 <![CDATA[A Tale of Two Cities]]> A Tale of Two Cities
author: Charles Dickens
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1859
rating: 3
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]]> 24230871 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:51:49 -0700 <![CDATA[Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)]]> Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1597
rating: 3
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]]> 24230831 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:51:24 -0700 <![CDATA[The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)]]> The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)
author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1850
rating: 4
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]]> 24230657 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:49:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Of Mice and Men (Centennial Edition)]]> Of Mice and Men (Centennial Edition)
author: John Steinbeck
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1937
rating: 5
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]]> 24230595 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:49:17 -0700 <![CDATA[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
author: Mark Twain
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1884
rating: 3
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]]> 24230541 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:48:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Brave New World]]> Brave New World
author: Aldous Huxley
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1932
rating: 5
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]]> 24230462 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:48:09 -0700 <![CDATA[The Catcher in the Rye]]> The Catcher in the Rye
author: J.D. Salinger
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1951
rating: 5
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]]> 24060954 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:34:34 -0700 <![CDATA[The Sign of the Cross: The Gesture, the Mystery, the History]]> The Sign of the Cross: The Gesture, the Mystery, the History
author: Andreas Andreopoulos
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 23609984 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:23:19 -0700 <![CDATA[Three by Flannery O'Connor (Signet Classics (Paperback))]]> Three by Flannery O'Connor (Signet Classics (Paperback))
author: Flannery O'Connor
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1986
rating: 0
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]]> 24060441 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:12:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus: From The Great Philosophers, Volume I]]> Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus: From The Great Philosophers, Volume I
author: Karl Jaspers
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1966
rating: 3
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]]> 24060365 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:12:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Death of the Soul]]> Death of the Soul
author: William Barrett
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.14
book published: 1987
rating: 3
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]]> 24060241 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:11:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Other Selves: Philosophers on Friendship]]> Other Selves: Philosophers on Friendship
author: Michael Pakaluk
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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]]> 24060044 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:09:24 -0700 <![CDATA[Mysticism and Logic and other Essays]]> Mysticism and Logic and other Essays
author: Bertrand Russell
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1981
rating: 3
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]]> 24059874 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:07:55 -0700 <![CDATA[How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity]]> How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity
author: Thomas C. Oden
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> 24059137 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:58:08 -0700 <![CDATA[On Free Choice of the Will]]> On Free Choice of the Will
author: Augustine of Hippo
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.41
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> 24058719 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:52:20 -0700 <![CDATA[Living the liturgy: A practical guide for participating in the divine liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church]]> Living the liturgy: A practical guide for participating in the divine liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church
author: Stanley S Harakas
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.33
book published: 1974
rating: 4
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]]> 24058590 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:50:53 -0700 <![CDATA[Prayer of the Heart]]> Prayer of the Heart
author: George A. Maloney
name: Ryan
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> 23610097 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:43:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Days of His Flesh, the Earthly Life of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ]]> Days of His Flesh, the Earthly Life of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
author: David Smith
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1976
rating: 3
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]]> 23609796 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:39:45 -0700 <![CDATA[The Pearl (Centennial Edition)]]> The Pearl (Centennial Edition)
author: John Steinbeck
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.33
book published: 1947
rating: 4
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]]> 23608673 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:28:16 -0700 <![CDATA[The Secret of the Rosary]]> The Secret of the Rosary
author: St. Louis De Monfort
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.75
book published: 1976
rating: 4
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]]> 23607879 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:21:41 -0700 <![CDATA[The Orthodox Way]]> The Orthodox Way
author: Kallistos Ware
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> 19636777 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:21:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture]]> Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture
author: Jaroslav Pelikan
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 06/03/08
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]]> 19404642 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:20:18 -0700 <![CDATA[The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters]]> The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters
author: Luke Timothy Johnson
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 05/08
date added: 06/03/08
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]]> 20499966 Sat, 17 May 2008 08:05:23 -0700 <![CDATA[Jesus of Nazareth]]> Jesus of Nazareth
author: Pope Benedict-XVI
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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date added: 05/17/08
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]]> 22425782 Sat, 17 May 2008 08:03:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Ultimate Questions: An Anthology of Modern Russian Religious Thought]]> Ultimate Questions: An Anthology of Modern Russian Religious Thought
author: Asheleigh Moorhouse
name: Ryan
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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A Great introduction to Russian Religious thought. Very Orthodox and very thought provoking.
]]> 22425555 Sat, 17 May 2008 07:58:55 -0700 <![CDATA[Easter: Meditations on the Resurrection]]> Easter: Meditations on the Resurrection
author: Raniero Cantalamessa
name: Ryan
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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Another wonderful series of reflections on the Easter Narratives by the Golden tongued Papal Preacher.
]]> 19764746 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:39:28 -0700 <![CDATA[The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Cistercian studies 59)]]> The Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Cistercian studies 59)
author: Benedicta Ward
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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]]> 19764226 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:33:02 -0700 <![CDATA[The Communist Manifesto]]> The Communist Manifesto
author: Karl Marx
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1848
rating: 4
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]]> 19763838 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:29:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Lord of the Flies]]> Lord of the Flies
author: William Golding
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1954
rating: 3
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]]> 19763766 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:28:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Fahrenheit 451]]> Fahrenheit 451
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1953
rating: 5
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]]> 19763694 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:27:55 -0700 <![CDATA[Animal Farm]]> Animal Farm
author: George Orwell
name: Ryan
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1945
rating: 4
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]]> 19763206 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:22:16 -0700 <![CDATA[Mere Christianity]]> Mere Christianity
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1943
rating: 4
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]]> 19763184 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:21:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Franny and Zooey]]> Franny and Zooey
author: J.D. Salinger
name: Ryan
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1955
rating: 4
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]]> 19763154 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:21:38 -0700 <![CDATA[The Giving Tree]]>