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Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, Rabbit Remembered
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Hearts In Atlantis
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John Dies at the End
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Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis
Pale Blue Dot
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Cosmos
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A short history of nearly everything
Bill Bryson