From the March 2009 Issue Ad Astra Death and the Author: How D H Lawrence Died, and Was Remembered By David Ellis LR
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From the September 2006 Issue A Lost World The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid By Bill Bryson LR
From the July 2006 Issue Before Elvis And They All Sang: The Great Musicians of the 20th Century Talk about Their Music By Studs Terkel LR
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