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A Farewell to the Fairways by Dermot Gilleece
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In Good Time by Rev. Harold Good
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Roy H. Wagner: A Cinematographer’s Life Beyond the Shadows by Wayne Byrne
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Piece of my Heart by Penelope Tree
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