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© 2012 Diane Awerbuck

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First edition, first printing 2012

ISBN 978-1-4152-0144-2 (Print)
ISBN 978-1-4152-0482-5 (ePub)
ISBN 978-1-4152-0483-2 (PDF)

The five lines on p. 209 are from “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The quote on p. 93 is taken from verse 51 of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward FitzGerald.

Extract (verse 4) from “Lord of the Dance” by Sydney Carter (1915 – 2004) © 1963 Stainer & Bell Ltd, 23 Gruneisen Road, London N3 1DZ, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Used by permission.

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Text design by Chérie Collins
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