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Living Without Money
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Toxic Friendships and Why We Tolerate Them
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The Peace Ambassador
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Dealing With a Break Up
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Getting Citizenship in Italy
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Top Steps to a Better Website
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The New Apartment Part Three
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New Gay Themed Book Causes a Stir
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Imprisonment in Italy
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Is the Apocalypse Coming?
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Toby – A Male Escort’s Journey
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It Feels Like the Apocalypse Today
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A Medici Brilliance in English
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Apocalypse Is Coming
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Herbie and Kayla – Excerpt from Mr 303
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Getting Old and Looking Older
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How to Write Your First Book
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An Inspiring Commercial Photographer
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The Pigeon Drugs n Mafia in Florence
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The New Apartment Part Two
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My ABBA Day
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The New Apartment
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The Best Apocalyptic Book
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People Seem to be Getting Grumpier Part Two
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Are Bisexual Thoughts Normal or are you Gay?
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People Seem to be Getting Grumpier
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Living Next to a Cemetery in London
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Sex Trafficking
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Permesso Di Soggiorno Part Two
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Things that go Bump in the Night
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Abused Children and Prostitution
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WiFi as a Subtle Advertising Tool
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Obsessing Over Amazon Rankings
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The Age of Entitlement
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An Author and a Lamb
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Why I Fucking Hate Facebook
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Sexy Mom Breaking Bad Habits
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Living in Florence
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Australian Permesso di Soggiorno
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Amazon Book Review
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Authors Getting Bad Reviews on Amazon
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Editing Your Book the Easy Way
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Taking Risks
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Best Things About London
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Where Do I Advertise My Book?
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Why Prostitution Is Fascinating
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Pizza Tour
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An Ode To Dorothy
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Who’s That Boy
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An Author’s Update
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