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books Less than Human, More than Human Jasmina Tesanovic

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picks Dakota Pipeline decision delayed to Sept. 9, thousands of indigenous activists continue protest Xeni Jardin

science fiction The Android’s Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

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