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A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

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Jennifer Wizbowski’s Poinsettia Girl is a quiet historical fiction novel inspired by the real-life singer and composer Agata de la Pietà in 18th century Venice. The novel traces Agata’s life from her mother’s death, when she is ten, through her trium ...more
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