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Monday, August 17, 2020

Shogun by James Clavell: Book Review (Scripted)



Video version of an old post (as I explained about HERE)
For the original post, see:
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2008/08/shogun-by-james-clavell.html
Posted by Joel Swagman at 10:01 PM
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