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Rick Silva

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Rick Silva grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, attended Cornell University and Curry College, and works as a high school science teacher. He is currently teaching oveseas. He worked for three years at a school in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and is now teaching in Shanghai, China, where he lives with his wife and son, and their very well-traveled cat. Rick has had several short stories published in anthologies by Apex Books, Crossed Genres, and Flying Pen Press, among others. He is working on his first novel, and has also collaborated on self-published and small press zines and comics.

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	Fat Girl in a Strange Land by Kay T. Holt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bart R. Leib (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sabrina Vourvoulias (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	O Grande Campeonato da Vida: jogando contra titãs really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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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	The Golfer's Tools: A Practical Guide to Swing Science by Rick Silva (Goodreads Author), Matthew Rudy (Editor), Michael Jacobs (Contributor) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1

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George Washington: A Life

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Ambitiously tracing the history of tabletop roleplaying games back to ancient influences of early forms of dramatic play and boardgames all the way through the convergence of SF/fantasy fandom with wargaming in the works of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneso ...more
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Ambitiously tracing the history of tabletop roleplaying games back to ancient influences of early forms of dramatic play and boardgames all the way through the convergence of SF/fantasy fandom with wargaming in the works of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneso ...more
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Sarah Vowell gives an informative and snarky history of the colonization of Hawaii, with emphasis on the events leading up the the US annexation of Hawaii in 1898 as part of a greater campaign toward establishing an American empire overseas. The autho ...more
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