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Loving What is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
by Byron Katie
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
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Cloud Atlas: A Novel
by David Mitchell
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Blankets: An Illustrated Novel
by Craig Thompson
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Spiritual Midwifery 4TH Edition
by Ina May Gaskin
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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
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Writer's Guide To Writing Your Screenplay : How To Write Great Screenplays for Movies and Television (02 Edition)
by Cynthia Whitcomb
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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear
by Paul Rogat Loeb
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
by Bill Bryson
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The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
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The Control of Nature
by John Mcphee
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How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery and the Roller Coaster of Suspense
by Carolyn Wheat
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