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1. Sorcerers and Orange Peel, by Ian Mathie, Mosaique Press

   February 12, 2014 1:09 pm

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   I don’t believe in magic. It seems odd to have to say that, but it’s just that Ian Mathie, the author of Sorcerers and Orange Peel, seems to. The book’s one in a series of memoirs about his years as a water resources specialist in West Africa, and it tells of his dealings with witchcraft,…

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2. Fifty Books That Changed the World

   February 3, 2014 9:38 am

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   Lovers of books always used to like to see themselves, a bit like gardeners, as peaceable, unaggressive types. The nearest you expected to get to confrontation in a library as I was growing up was a gently raised eyebrow and a reproachful ‘Shh’. Certainly, you would never have expected an irreproachable activity like writing a…

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