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Log-o-phil-ia Is Addictive

WARNING: Words fill Anu Garg's dreams, and waking hours too. He shares his favorites on the Web with thousands

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Andrew Carroll

Andrew Carroll: Man of Letters

From poetry to war correspondence, this 31-year-old has been spreading words with a missionary's zeal

Alfred Sisley - Street of Marlotte (1866)

An American in Bourron-Marlotte

When they moved here in 1976, the author and his wife thought they knew all about the French. How wrong they were

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The Amazing Author of Oz

Evergreen at 100 years old, L. Frank Baum's fable of Dorothy and the wonderful wizard keeps his memory alive with movie fans and readers the world over

Saturn, a restored 1906 fly-boat

Afloat with Fly Boats and Leggers

Enthusiasts are rediscovering the vast system of narrow canals that connects England's byways and backways

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Who's a Yuppie Twit?

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The Hit Parade from Hell

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The Man Who Dreamed Up Madeline

A dashing nonconformist himself, Ludwig Bemelmans conferred a winning waywardness on his headstrong heroine

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Jack London Followed his Muse into the Wild

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Signs of the Times

Autographs of luminaries —from Lincoln to Liberace —feed the yen for nostalgia and a brush with fame

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The Man Who Believed in Fairies

For Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, the proof was in the pictures

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Daughters of Donegal

When the author took his girls to the land his parents left, they were happy to see how much they had in common with their kin

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It's Great To See Old Classmates-If You Can Recognize Them

It's great to see old classmates-if you can recognize them

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While You're Taking My Mailbox, Let Me Give You a Piece of My Mind

While you're taking my mailbox, let me give you a piece of my mind

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When They Put It in Writing, They Were Cursing, Not Cussing

In ancient times, those in the know called on the many spirits of the underworld to make their curses, hexes and spells come true

The General Bunch house, which was originally located in the New River area of Anderson County, was the first log cabin to be acquired by Irwin, reconstructed, and put on display at the site that was to become the Museum of Appalachia.

Bark Grinders and Fly Minders Tell a Tale of Appalachia

At his Tennessee museum, John Rice Irwin's love for his mountain upbringing puts people in touch with a fast-disappearing way of life

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It Comes Out Only Once a Week, But the Sun Never Sets

Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, issue after issue? Don't ask

Daring Deeds, Bold Dreams, in a Land Removed From Time

In The World Beneath, the sequel to his best-selling Dinotopia, author-artist James Gurney unveils a ravishing, action-packed adventure

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'Merry of Soul': The legacy of Robert Louis Stevenson

Writer Simon Winchester explores Stevenson's life and proves why he is still loved today

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