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In the Old Man’s egg

  By Sam | January 18, 2006 - 11:02 am | Musing, School
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I just checked out The Neverending Story for the first time in my career as a librarian. This is the book. It was the first adult book I read. Right after the movie came out I found it on my parents’ bookshelf. (Why did they even have it? It’s not … Continue reading →

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