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"The Back Traction pose is already helping my back." — Aug 28, 2011 03:11pm
"The Back Traction pose is already helping my back." — Aug 28, 2011 03:11pm
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| I read books with an Amish background if they seem authentic and have plots that raise interesting issues. This is the first book I've read by P. L. Gaus. It had more German than I normally see in an Amish themed novel written by an Englisher. The on...more | |
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"I haven't read this but Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotlandby Susan Fraser King is about Queen Margaret.
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― Charles de Lint, Medicine Road
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― Phillip DePoy, Dancing Made Easy
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