The Green Mill: A Real Chicago Joint

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Anguish

By Daniel McEwan

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From Shattered to Strong: A Long Way Forward

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On My Special Day

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Passions

By Patrycja Skawska

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Plandemic: Tribunal

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And The Devil called!

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Dancing with Spies @Goddess – NOVEL

By Francis Billingsley

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Cock Robin

By Frances Barth

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Noise

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A Child’s Voice

By Karen Matthews

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America Boxed In

By Ian S. Williams & Casey Williams

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The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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Precious the baby dragon

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An Ever After Drama

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Whispers of Montana

By Michelle Lynn

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Behind The Algorithm

By Michelle Lynn

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Wild Roses & Silky Nights

By Michelle Lynn

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Full Circle

By Colleen Fuglaar

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Moomtaz Khatoon

By Imtiaz Popat

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The New Immigrant- Hong Kongers

By Vivian Tsang

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The Duchess

By C. Arnold Curry

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Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana

By Ken Kimmelman

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Novice

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Wisdom’s Teeth

By Daniel Arreola

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Note Between Two Books

By Daniel Arreola

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The Serpent’s Caress

By Samantha Casella

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Unpromised Land

By Damiano Rossi

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Bad Influence/ Mauvaise Influence

By Aurélie Latona

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The Dead Ringer

By Suzanne Lutas

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The Stones of Rome

By Sean Gregory Tansey

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The Pathos of Hamlet

By Sean Gregory Tansey

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Staycation

By Russell Emanuel

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The Beauty in a Restless Mind

By Lena Mattsson

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The Jaguar and the Dragonfly

By Pamela PerryGoulardt

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Heaven

By AnayaMusic Kunst

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American Money

By Timothy A McGhee

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Thankful

By Earnest Diaz

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I Waited for You

By Jennifer Glee

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Alta California

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Pirandello’s Wife

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Once There Were Stories

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Out of control

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My Hollywood Circus

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The Cassandra Venice Project

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Walking With God

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Conrad J. Storad: A Story Monsters® Press Children’s Book Collection — Polymers Among Us • S.T.E.A.M. Chronicles: Night Watchers • Gator Gator Second Grader (Classroom Pet … or Not?) • Rattlesnake Rules • Rattlesnake Rules Coloring Book • Story Monsters Among Us: A Brief History of Human Storytelling

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