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It is difficult to be really bad at something but the people in this book succeed. The book of heroic failures stephen pile level 3 the locked room montague rhodes james level 3 the red badge of courage stephen crane level 3. The word heroic does not appear anywhere on the cover, which you can see a picture of at amazon, here. Jun 03, 2014 the book of heroic failures the official handbook of the notterriblygood club of great britain has been one of my favourite books for as long as i can remember.
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