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reading selections of the 21st Century
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5/21/2008
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WWI
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All
Quiet on the Western Front
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Erich
Maria Remarque
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Barbara
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Suzanne
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Riva's!
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4/4/2008
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WWI
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Pride
of America
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Shari
Lynn Wigle
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Louis
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Linda
for Barbara
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Letters
of Grace Anderson,
US Army Nurse Corps. This is a special Friday Meeting, featuring co-founder Rita K. who's flying in for the meet! |
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1/16/2008
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WWI
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Birdsong
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Sebastian
Faulks
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John
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Louis
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Moved
up from 1/17/2008, so now it's a Wednesday meeting
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12/6/2007
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WWI
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Between
the Sword & the Wall
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Thomas
De Angelo
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Jessica
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Linda
for John
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Postponed
from 11/29
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10/24/07
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WWI
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Good-Bye
to all That
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Robert
Graves
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Drew
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Jessica
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Learn
More
°Welcome Suzanne C!° |
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9/6/07
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WWI
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Storm
of Steel
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Ernst
Jünger
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Linda
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Drew
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| 7/18/07 |
Newbery
Medal Winners
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Dragon's
Gate
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Laurence
Yep
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Louis
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Linda
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| 6/28/07 | Newbery Medal Winners |
Island
of the Blue Dolphins
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Scott
O'Dell
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Barbara
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Louis
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Learn More |
| 5/24/07 | Newbery Medal Winners |
Wrinkle
in Time
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Madeleine
L'Engle
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John
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Barbara
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Learn More |
| 4/26/07 | Newbery Medal Winners |
Number
the Stars
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Lois
Lowry
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Jessica
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John
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Learn More |
| 3/21/07 | Newbery Medal Winners |
The
View From Saturday
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EL
Konigsburg
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Drew
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Jessica
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2/21/07
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Newbery Medal Winners |
Holes
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Louis
Sachar
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Linda
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Drew
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Welcome back, Barbara B.! |
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1/18/07
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Our
Favorite Books
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Look
Homeward, Angel
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Thomas
Wolfe
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Louis
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Linda
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Learn More |
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11/16/06
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Our
Favorite Books
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And
Then There Were None
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Agatha
Christie
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Jessica
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Louis
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| 10/8/06 |
Our
Favorite Books
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Consider
This, Señora
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Harriet
Doerr
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John
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Jessica
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9/7/06
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Our
Favorite Books
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Pattern
Recognition
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William
Gibson
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Drew
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John
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Learn More |
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8/3/06
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Our
Favorite Books
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Kite
Runner
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Khaled
Hosseini
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Linda
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Drew
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6/29/06
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Our
Favorite Books
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The
Lover
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Marguerite
Duras
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Sylvia
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Sylvia
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5/31/06
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Native Amerian Authors |
The
Sacred Hoop
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Paula Gunn
Allen
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Louis
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Linda
for Andy
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4/13/06
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Native Amerian Authors |
The
Alabama Coushatta Indians
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Jonathan
B Hook
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Jessica
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Louis
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3/9/06
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Native Amerian Authors |
Four
Souls
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Louise
Erdrich
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John
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Jessica @ Brian O'Neill's | Learn More |
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1/19/06
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Native Amerian Authors |
Reservation
Blues
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Sherman
Alexie
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Drew
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John
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Learn More |
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12/15/05
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Native Amerian Authors |
Lakota
Woman
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Mary Crow Dog w/ Richard Erdoes |
Sylvia
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Drew
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Learn More |
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11/7/05
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Native American Authors |
House Made
of Dawn
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N Scott Momaday |
Linda
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Sylvia
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10/13/05
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Fiction |
A Death
in the Family
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James
Agee
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Louis
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Linda
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Learn More |
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9/8/05
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Fiction |
A Bell For
Adano
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John
Hersey
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Jessica
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Louis
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Learn More |
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7/28/05
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Fiction |
The Sportswriter
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Richard
Ford
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Drew
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Jessica
@ Brian O'Neill's
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6/9/05
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Fiction |
American
Pastoral
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Phillip
Roth
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Sylvia
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Drew
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4/28/05
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Fiction |
Empire Falls
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Richard
Russo
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John
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Sylvia
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Learn More |
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3/3/05 |
Pulitzer Prize Winning Fiction |
The Age
of Innocence
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Edith
Wharton
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Andy
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John
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Learn More |
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1/6/05
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Fiction |
The Amazing
Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Michael
Chabon
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Linda
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Louis
for Andy
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Learn More |
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11/18/04
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History of Science | The Demon Haunted World |
Dr.
Carl Sagan
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Drew
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Linda
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Science as a Candle in the Dark |
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10/07/04
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History of Science | Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc |
Arthur
I Miller
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Louis
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Drew
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8/26/04
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History of Science | Prehistory of the Mind |
Steve
Mithen
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Sylvia
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Louis
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Learn More |
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7/22/04
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History of Science | Faster Than the Speed of Light |
Joao Megueijo
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Rashid
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Sylvia
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5/20/04
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History of Science | Zero |
Charles
Seife
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Jessica
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Rashid
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Learn More |
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4/22/04
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History of Science | Longitude |
Dava
Sobel
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John
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Jessica
@ Brian O'Neill's
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Learn More |
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2/26/04
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History of Science | The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton |
Jack
Repcheck
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Linda
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John
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1/15/04
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Nobel Prize Winning Authors | My Early Life | Winston Churchill |
Drew
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Linda
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Learn More |
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9/25/03
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Nobel Prize Winning Authors | The Sound & The Fury | William Faulkner |
Louis
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Drew
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Learn More |
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8/14/03
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Nobel Prize Winning Authors | Kim | Rudyard Kipling | Jessica |
Louis
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7/10/03
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Nobel Prize Winning Authors | Half a Life |
VI
Naipaul
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John
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Jessica
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4/17/03
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Nobel Prize Winning Authors | Fateless |
Imre Kertesz
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Linda
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John
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2/27/03
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Nobel Prize Winning Authors | The Flounder |
Günter
Grass
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Andy
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Linda
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1/16/03
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Islam
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Palace Walk | Naguib Mahfouz |
Drew
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Drew
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10/10/02
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Islam
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This Side of Peace | Hanan Ashrawi |
Louis
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Andy@Linda's | |
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8/29/02
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Islam
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The New Life | Orhan Pamuk |
Jessica
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Drew@Linda's
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8/1/02
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Islam
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West of Kabul, East of New York | Tamim Ansari |
Jessica
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Louis
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6/13/02
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Islam
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What Went Wrong? Western Impact & Middle Eastern Response | Bernard Lewis |
John
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Jessica
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5/16/02
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Islam
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Islam Today | Akbar S. Ahmed & I.BTaurus |
Linda
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John
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3/28/02
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Biography | Will | G. Gordon Liddy |
Drew
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Linda
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2/14/02
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Biography |
Freedom in Exile |
14th Dalai Lama |
Louis
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Drew
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1/10/02
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Biography |
Lady Bird: a biography
of Mrs. Johnson
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Jan Jarboe Russell
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Jessica
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Louis
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11/15/01
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Biography |
With Chatwin
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Susannah Clapp
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John
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Jessica
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Learn More |
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9/13/01
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Biography |
Founding Brothers
Link to Scandal |
Joseph J Ellis
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Linda
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John
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Learn More |
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7/26/01
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Biography |
Vermeer: A View of Delft
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Anthony Bailey
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Michael
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Linda
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Learn More |
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6/28/01
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Biography |
Girl, Interrupted
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Susanna Kaysen
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Barbara
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Michael
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5/29/01
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Booker Award Winning Authors
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When We Were Orphans
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Kazuo Ishiguro
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Louis
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Barbara
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Learn More |
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3/22/01
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Booker Award Winning Authors
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At Freddie's
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Penelope Fitzgerald
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Alex
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Louis
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Learn More |
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1/16/01
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Booker Award Winning Authors
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The God of Small Things
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Arundhati Roy
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John
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Alex
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Learn More |
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11/28/00
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Booker Award Winning Authors
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Anthills of the Savannah
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Chinua Achebe
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Linda
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John
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Learn More |
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9/14/00
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Booker Award Winning Authors
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Breakfast on Pluto(1998
Booker award)
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Patrick McCabe
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Michael
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Linda
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8/10/00
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Booker Award Winning Authors
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Amsterdam (1998 Booker
award)
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Ian McEwan
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Barbara
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Michael
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Learn More |
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6/22/00
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Mystery
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Serpent's Tooth
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Faye Kellerman
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Alex
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Barbara
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Learn More |
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5/18/00
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Mystery
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Mary, Mary
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Julie Parsons
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Louis
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Alex
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4/20/00
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Mystery
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The Daughters of Cain
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Colin Dexter
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John
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Louis
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Learn More |
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3/9/00
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Mystery
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One For the Money
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Janet Evanovich
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Linda
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John
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Learn More |
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1/13/00
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Mystery
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A Darker Place
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Laurie R. King
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Michael
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Linda
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Learn More |