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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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this is one of the best reads - I do hope you get a copy, you'll love it. There are cheap copies at the Book Depository.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words on my blog.
Lovely to hear from you, thanks for the book-buying tip!
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