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** In Dubious Battle, John Steinbeck, 1936
*** Good Night, Mr. Holmes, Carole Nelson Douglas, 1990
*** Florence of Arabia, Christopher Buckley, 2004
*** Songwriters on Songwriting, Paul Zollo, 2003
*** Thank You For Smoking, Christopher Buckley, 1994
*** Food, Ogden Nash, 1989
*** Supreme Courtship, Christopher Buckely, 2008
*** Zoo, Ogden Nash, 1987
*** The Overlook, Michael Connelly, 2007
*** Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds, Michael Hauge, 2006
** Walker Percy: A Life, Patrick Samway, 1997
*** The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Lauren R. King, 1994
*** Velocity, Dean Koontz, 2005
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*** The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2007
**** Mere Churchianity, Michael Spencer, 2010
*** Wry Martinis, Christopher Buckley, 1997
** To A God Unknown, John Steinbeck, 1933
** Passage, Connie Willis, 2001
*** Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson, 2003
*** Revision & Self-Editing, James Scott Bell, 2008
*** Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern, 2010
*** The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan, 2010
*** Rebel Island, Rick Riordan, 2007
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*** Tribes, Seth Godin, 2008
*** Goodbye Hollywood Nobody, Lisa Samson, 2008
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** The Furniture of Heaven, Mike Mason, 1989
** Wonder o’ the Wind, Phillip Keller, 1982
*** Mowhawk, Richard Russo, 1986
*** The Scene of the Crime: a writer’s guide to crime-scene investigations, Anne Windgate, Ph.D, 1992
** Freezer Burn, Joe R Lansdale, 1999
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*** Plot & Structure, James Scott Bell, 2004
*** Don’t Point That Thing At Me, Kyril Bonfiglioli, 1972
** Levi’s Will, W. Dale Cramer, 2005
*** Bridge of Sighs, Richard Russo, 2007
** After You With The Pistol, Kyril Bonfiglioli, 1974
*** The Black Echo, Michael Connelly, 1992
** Something Nasty in the Woodshed, Kyril Bonfiglioli, 1979
*** The Black Ice, Michael Connelly, 1993
**** The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 2009
*** The Concrete Blond4, Michael Connelly, 1994
*** Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883
*** The Last Coyote, Michael Connelly, 1995
** Levi’s Will, W. Dale Cramer, 2005
*** The Poet, Michael Connelly, 1996
*** Inbound Marketing, Halligan and Shah, 2009
** The Road, Cormac McCarthy, 2006
*** Trunk Music, Michael Connelly, 1997
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