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One of the very first bullets comes in through the open window above the toilet where Luca is standing.

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
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The Science of Being Great - Wallace D Wattles

"THERE is a principle of power in every person."
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Well I always have multiple books on the go at the same time! Here's a couple of them:

"The sun peeks timidly from behind on of the many fluffy pinkish-white masses floating across the early morning sky." -Masked Intent: A Modern Morality Play by Kimberly Greer

"Had I realised as a teenager that by the ripe old age of fifty-five I would still be figuring out who I was, I might have deduced then that I was indeed a late bloomer." - LIFE LESSONS FROM A LATE BLOOMER: VIGNETTES OF A SMALL-TOWN GIRL by Jackie Ewing
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"A short story must be short!"

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In 1805, England had a problem.

GOOD STRATEGY/BAD STRATEGY by RICHARD P. RUMELT
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When Steve Logan stepped into the sunlight that Monday, he began to make small decisions that would change his life.
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The headline for Richard Boss Ribs would be INDIAN MAN KILLED IN DISPUTE OUTSIDE BAR.
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The three black devils made their way through the fog, toward the Zagreb city Kaptol...

"Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidović...


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"For the purposes of this book, there are only two chapters in the story of mankind."

Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature: How Civilization Destroys Happiness by Chet Shupe
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"It would have been sometime after breakfast on a Tuesday, if Tuesdays existed."

Of Zots and Xoodles: Theodil Creates a Universe by Zarqnon the Embarrassed

Its a trip of a read. I recommend it!
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"It was dark and starting to snow when Kim arrived in District 33, a crime-ridden slum in which only the strongest and most savvy could hope to survive. "

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"Her name was Dumai, from an ancient word for a dream that ends too soon" from A day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
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Alexey Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Karamazov, a landowner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us because of his gloomy and tragic death, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I will describe in its proper place
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He knew his mind well enough to always be aware of his dreams.

We are Voulhire: Someone Else's End - Matthew Tysz
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