{"id":1108,"date":"2016-07-30T17:17:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T23:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2020-07-23T23:26:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:26:47","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/?page_id=1108","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_section-d9a5d39e9204911c9072744cc7f6cbba\">\n.avia-section.av-av_section-d9a5d39e9204911c9072744cc7f6cbba .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sky_bg_1500x430.png);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-d9a5d39e9204911c9072744cc7f6cbba main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  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