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After Midnight: Thirteen Tales for the Dark Hours
Daphne du Maurier
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A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing
Alice Evelyn Yang
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Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon
Toni Morrison
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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
Rachel Gillig
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Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
Jeff Chu
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A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing
Alice Evelyn Yang
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When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy
Beronda L. Montgomery
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It’s going for subversive but ultimately the tone doesn’t quite land, relying largely on the shock factor of gruesome and often grotesque imagery without engaging with any ideas beyond the surface level. The overall effect feels frivolous. Emerald Fennell probably loves it.
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Victorian Psycho
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Victorian Psycho
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Vigil
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Vigil
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Slow Seasons: A Creative Guide to Reconnecting with Nature the Celtic Way
Rosie Steer
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Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
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