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From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by Jessica Hische
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My Ántonia
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The Secret Life of Bees
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An Artist of the Floating World
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
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When You Are Old: Early Poems and Fairy Tales
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Siddhartha
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BUtterfield 8
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Leaves of Grass and Selected Poems and Prose
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Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
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The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)
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Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
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The Joy Luck Club
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Sky Burial
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Five Children and It
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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The Greek Coffin Mystery
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Candide: Or Optimism
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list created December 21st, 2012
by Deon.
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