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Book Cover for: The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi., Joseph Smith

The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.

Joseph Smith
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@tyler_lieberman The award show 167 years after the assassination was the Tonys, the big winner was The Book of Mormon and the person thanked as a "co-writer" was indeed Joseph Smith. https://t.co/GtT2VlgKla

Paperback, 2012

$36.75$18.38 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Works: The Seven Seas..., Rudyard Kipling

Works: The Seven Seas...

Rudyard Kipling
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The Carnegie Medal is the British counterpart to the Newbery Medal. Only one book has won both the Carnegie and Newbery Medals. Inspired in part by one of Rudyard Kipling’s works, what 2008 book about an orphan raised in a very unusual manner is this? #trivia

Paperback, 2012

$25.75$12.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Emma (1816). By: Jane Austen (Complete in three volume): Novel, Jane Austen

Emma (1816). By: Jane Austen (Complete in three volume): Novel

Jane Austen
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“Okay, I just added a corollary to [REDACTED]: Two men talking to each other about the female protagonist of an Alice Munro story in a screenplay structured on a Jane Austen novel = pass.” Who tweeted this on June 7 of this year? And to what film is she referring? #Trivia

Paperback, 2017

$15.47$7.74 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Iliad, Homer

The Iliad

Homer
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Madeline Miller’s 2011 best selling book The Song of <blank> is a retelling of The Iliad which follows the friendship and romantic relationship between Petroclus and one of the heroes of The Iliad whose name completes the book title. Who is it? #trivia

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly

The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly
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@SongAndDanceRN Yes! Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller (aka, the Lincoln Lawyer) are half brothers in the world of Michael Connelly.

Paperback, 2016

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Happy: Arranged for Solo Harp & Harp Duet, Pharrell Williams

Happy: Arranged for Solo Harp & Harp Duet

Pharrell Williams
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The first Pantone color created and named after a character was Pharrell Williams’ idea. What color? It's a specific shade of #FFFF00 (in RGB notation). Pharrell was happy to illuminate the character’s corporate owner based on his long collaboration with the franchise. #trivia

Paperback, 2015

$7.95$3.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith

Book of Mormon

Joseph Smith
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@tyler_lieberman The award show 167 years after the assassination was the Tonys, the big winner was The Book of Mormon and the person thanked as a "co-writer" was indeed Joseph Smith. https://t.co/GtT2VlgKla

Paperback, 2015

$28.90$14.45 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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