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	Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability, 4th Edition 3.85 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elsie Jones and the Book Pirates by Sean McBride (Goodreads Author), Jesse Velasquez (Illustrations) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A View of the Edge of the World: A Collection of Short Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elsie Jones and the Revolutionary Rebels (Elsie Jones Adventures #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elsie Jones and the Captain's Guard (Elsie Jones Adventures Book 3) by Sean McBride (Goodreads Author), Jessie Valesquez (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monsters Inside it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A View of the Edge of the World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ad Absurdum: A Wilderness Guide to the Field of Religious Studies 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters, united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.” Francisco Goya.

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Black Lightning

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Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2)

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This is the second novella I've read from Graham Jones and I have to say his writing is dense and literary and provocative and intelligent. I adored this story. It deals with cultural and generational trauma, and how we deal with that as humans. The ...more
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Sean McBride rated a book really liked it Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake, #2) by Victoria Schwab (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was a fun follow up to City of Ghosts. Schwab sticks with the tone of the first, though from the start there is a bit mroe gravity, and she finds a way to make the antagonist of this story a little more menacing, whicle world building at the sam ...more
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There were quite a few problems with this book. The authors voice was much like the main character, pedantic, holier than thou, and, quite frankly, trying way too hard to look smarter than they are. The language was written to be a bit of satire and ...more
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