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What are the must-read books written by and about the famed British author?
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Dickens' Secret Affair

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The Top 10 Books Lost to Time

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The Cowboy in Country Music

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Ken Kesey’s Pranksters Take to the Big Screen

It took an Oscar-winning director to make sense of the drug-addled footage shot by the enigmatic author and his Merry Pranksters
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Levon Helm’s Rocking Rambles

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How E.B. White Wove Charlotte’s Web

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The Top 10 Moments of Bob Dylan’s Career

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Q and A with Eddie Van Halen

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