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preface
This is the 49th book I have written. I wrote my first book in 1996, and I would not have believed anyone who told me that I would still be writing over a quarter of a century later, or that books would become such an important part of my life.
I have a bookshelf on which I keep every book I have written. It is an act of pure self-indulgence, but I am proud of these books and what they represent. They span 2.5 meters on a single shelf (or 8 feet if you prefer) and they mark the chapters of my life: the book I wrote the year I married my beloved wife; the book I was writing when my father died; the book I finished while we moved house; the book I wrote after I retired. Each book reminds me of people and places going back 27 ...
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