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The success of Hilary Mantel’s recent novel, “Wolf Hall,” led to the reprint of her earlier,1988 novel, Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, which is not only a first-rate thriller but also probably the best depiction yet of the dangers of the expat life in Saudi Arabia. An absolute corker!
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Per capita ownership of firearms in the US has doubled since 1968.
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Doing Good
What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change...
Estela de Carlotto has spent nearly 34 years searching for her own missing grandson.
Estela de Carlotto hunts for Argentina's grandchildren 'stolen' decades ago
Estela de Carlotto heads the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, who seek to reunite children taken from their mothers during Argentina's military dictatorship with their real families.
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