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  <name><![CDATA[Peter Tompkins]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Peter Tompkins was an American journalist, World War II spy, and best-selling author.
His best known and most influential books include &lt;b&gt;The Secret Life of Plants&lt;/b&gt;, published in 1973, &lt;b&gt;Secrets of the Great Pyramid&lt;/b&gt;, reprinted in paperback in 1997, and &lt;b&gt;Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids&lt;/b&gt;, published in 1976. He is the father of author Ptolemy Tompkins.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>    <born_at>04/19/1919</born_at>  <died_at>01/24/2007</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Secret Life of Plants]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Secrets of the Soil : New Solutions for Restoring Our Planet]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Secret Life of Nature: Living in Harmony With the Hidden World of Nature Spirits from Fairies to Quarks]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mysteries of the Mexican pyramids]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Magic of Obelisks]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Christopher Bird]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Das geheime Leben der Pflanzen: Pflanzen als Lebewesen mit Charakter und Seele und ihre Reaktionen in den physischen und emotionalen Beziehungen zum Menschen]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Peter Tompkins]]></name>
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