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Master storyteller Patrick Neate has written a funny, provocative and daring tale of London high- and low-life set among the capital's twirtysomethings. Featuri
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Authors: Elizabeth G. Macalaster
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For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the
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Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey
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