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    Too Many Words
    Too Many Words
    Too Many Words
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    Too Many Words

    By Jamie Shaw

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    The interesting situation differentiating humans from other animals - coherent written and spoken language, in the form of words - is a conundrum found baffling to many among humankind, especially given the success of the animal kingdom without ostensible recourse to them. The very fact underscoring the claim to some inherent superiority often put forward by homo sapiens, somehow positing a link between words and rationality, in reality has led our common home, Planet Earth, to the brink of catastrophe.

    With "Too Many Words", hopefully using just the right amount of them, Jamie Shaw presents his own story, reaching back into dubious beginning, but making the case for his own and the Earth's love in times to come...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris AU
    Release dateNov 12, 2020
    ISBN9781664102095
    Too Many Words
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    Jamie Shaw

    A resident of South Central Pennsylvania, JAMIE SHAW’s two biggest dreams in life were to be a published author and to be a mom. Now, she’s living both of those dreams and loving every minute of it. When she’s not spending time with her husband and their young son, she’s writing novels with relatable heroines and swoon-worthy leading men. With her MS in Professional Writing and a passion for all things romance, her goal is always to make readers laugh, cry, squirm, curse, and swoon their pants off, all within the span of a single, unforgettable story. She loves interacting with readers, and she always aims to add new names to their book boyfriend lists.

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      Too Many Words - Jamie Shaw

      Copyright © 2020 by Jamie Shaw.

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      Rev. date: 11/11/2020

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      Contents

      Forevermore

      Thou, Whom I Call Champ

      Emma

      How Many Roses

      Song In My Heart

      Ruby Love

      Lily Of My Evergreen Valley

      Edible Eve

      In Concert

      Ashton

      Rhonda

      Marilyn

      Flathead, Whiting, Cat

      Melissa

      James

      Oz Chess Art

      Ashtonier

      Jacinta

      Hymn To Her

      The Passing Of The Winter

      Beautiful, Gorgeous, And Lovely

      Awesome, Lovely, True, And Taken

      Sonnenuntergang

      Sonnenaufgang

      Crown Of Flowers

      Rainbow-Eye

      One Knight Only

      Two Voices

      Dumbo The Cat

      Rich Her Lime

      Crowns

      Bridge

      Communion

      Flower

      Picnic

      Prints

      To The Max

      Very Clear

      Extended Dance Mix

      Folklaw

      Every Dream

      The Lee-Flower

      Tired

      Jak-Attack

      Lynda

      Endeavour

      The One

      Eternity’s Pair

      Santa Maria

      Ruth

      Forevermore

      Yes! Slender, slim, though quite unthin –

      As she thus ever was –

      When how her black jeans hugged her pins

      Would drop my jaws – because!

      She knew I knew her forest-fleece

      Pullover came along

      To wake my

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