[pm-h] Fw: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly

G. Wade Johnson gwadej at anomaly.org
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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:00:39 -0700
From: "Marsee Henon & Jon Johns" <usergroups at post.oreilly.com>
To: gwadej at anomaly.org
Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly


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Cheers,

--Marsee Henon and Jon Johns

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