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Ian Chadwick

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Former editor, reporter, columnist, book author, municipal politician. Blogger who plays the ukulele, drinks tequila, and plays PC games. Aficionado of Chaucer, Homer, Shakespeare, Horace, Machiavelli, ERB, PG Wodehouse, Godzilla, politics, history, science, socialism, typography, and The Velvet Underground.

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Average rating: 4.89 · 19 ratings · 3 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Mapping the Atari 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Politically Speaking: Media Relations & Communication Strategies for Municipal Politicians it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Connections: Social Media for Municipalities & Municipal Politicians it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Politically Speaking - Media Relations & Communication Strategies for Municipal Politicians it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brands, Buzz & Going Viral it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Trivium: The Classical Liberal Arts of Grammar, Logic, & Rhetoric (Wooden Books, 4)

by John Michell

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Hedgehog & The Fox

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The Earth Is Flat?! And Other Things My Mother Taught Me: How a childhood in the evangelical church became an adulthood in conspiracy theories

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“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
― Omar Khayyám

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