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Free Copy of The Constitution & Declaration of Independence

Get your free copy of The Constitution & Declaration of Independence. This would be great for a homeschooling mom or to supplement what your kids are learning in school. And…

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When the party of a lifetime becomes a party to the death, the lines become blurred. Friends become enemies. Drugs become weapons. And that's just the beginning ...Retired medical examiner…

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"Schism" is the first book in a new dystopian trilogy that tells a tale of survival, of good versus evil, and of constructing a future with only memories of childhood.…

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    Some nights are best left forgotten.May 13, 1994.On her thirteenth birthday, newly orphaned Evie, witnesses a brutal attack at the hanging tree. She wakes the next morning on a bus to Los Angeles, Read more [...]

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