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Adrienne Mayor
Did the Amazons really exist?
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Dan Kwartler
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The Irish myth of the Giant's Causeway
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David Dunning
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Why should you read James Joyce's "Ulysses"?
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How I found myself through music
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The three different ways mammals give birth
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