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	LifeShift 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Piasa 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Cryptid 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2018 — 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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	Konstruktionslehre für Einsteiger: Easy Basiswissen für Maschinenbau-Techniker und -Studenten by Paul Naefe, Michael Kott (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 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
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	Konstruktionslehre für Einsteiger*innen: Leicht verständliches Basiswissen für Maschinenbau-Technikerinnen, -Techniker und -Studierende by Paul Naefe, Michael Kott (Goodreads Author), Wolfgang Zettlmeier (Contributor) 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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Raising Hare: A Memoir

by Chloe Dalton

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Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

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I was not big fan pf this novel. I would have thought the beginning of Pendergast would be wurthy of him. InStead he was humblrd by thr crook.
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WEll written but there is too much reference to the color lavender. Also it seems to be always raining.
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