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When it works, as it does in katherine marsh s jepp, who defied the stars, the result is gold. Listen to jepp, who defied the stars by katherine marsh at. Oct 01, 2012 originally posted at random musings of a bibliophile. Marsh transforms jepp s footnote of a story into an epic search of love, family, respect, and a destiny of ones own making. Listen as we discuss the research that went into the. Jepp who defied the stars katherine marsh 97814237863 bo. Jan 23, 20 one of my favourite books of 2012 was jepp, who defied the stars, by the amazing katherine marsh. There, events conspire to eventually land him at uraniborg, an observatory on an island in denmark in the days before the telescope. They must accept this is so, and put one book away on the shelf in order to start another. She spent a decade as a journalist, including as a reporter for rolling stone and as managing editor of the new republic.
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