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The school year here starts on September 1, which is also a holiday. This means that the kids all go to the school, meet or re-meet their teacher and classmates, have a little bit of a motivational ceremony, and then they’re free to go, with actual instruction starting on the 2nd*. The general preparation for … Continue reading Getting Out – August 31 Read more of this blog post »

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	Las Vegas Noir by Jarret Keene (Editor), Todd James Pierce (Editor), John O'Brien (Contributor) 3.43 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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
	Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas (Western Literature and Fiction Series) by Todd James Pierce (Editor), Jarret Keene (Editor), Felicia Campbell (Contributor) 3.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 3 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
	Poppe Culture 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 3 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
	Careers for Film Buffs & Other Hollywood Types 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1993 — 9 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
	New Worlds, Terrifying Monsters, Impossible Things: Exploring the Contents and Contexts of Doctor Who by Erin Giannini (Editor), Dene October (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Paul Booth (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016	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
	Poppe Culture by Skids Poppe, Jaq Greenspon (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007	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
	Acting it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996 — 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
	Music 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995 — 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
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Dinner at Deviant's Palace

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New History of the DC Universe

by Mark Waid

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Holly (Holly Gibney, #3)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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Jaq Greenspon liked inesa’s update 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 inesa shared a highlight from Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2) by Travis Baldree (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fantasy See all inesa’s notes and highlights for this book Always remember, although the unimaginative see life as a thread stretched from one point to another, birth to death, a life truly lived is a glorious tangle. One is never lost. And if one is lucky, one is never found, either.
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