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D.A. Cairns

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Heavy metal lover and cricket tragic, D.A. Cairns lives on the south coast of New South Wales, in Australia. where he works as a ghostwriter and English language teacher. He's had over 100 short stories published, and has authored eight novels, as well as three collection of short stories, and a superficial and unscientific zoological memoir, I Used to be an Animal Lover. His latest book is called The Secret to Happiness is Death.. ...more

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	Ashmore Grief 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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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	Devolution it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 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
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	Love Sick Love it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017 — 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
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Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

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“Of this I am quite sure. If we open up a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.”
― Winston Churchill

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“Our life is a warfare and a mere pilgrimage.”
― Marcus Aurelias

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“A perfectly decent fellow may be driven by circumstances to commit a crime and if he's found out he's punished; but he may very well remain a perfectly decent fellow.”
― W.Somerset Maugham

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