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(1) poet, 1933-2001
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(2) multiple authors (including other poets)
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**ACTUALLY COLIN DEARBORN CAMPBELL, NOW COMBINED.
Colin D.^^Campbell -Thelemic, Kabbalistic, and Enochian magickal systems
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**CHANGED BACK TO ONE SPACE.

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2. Colin^^Campbell b. 1931, Germany -oil industry analyst
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3. Colin^^^Campbell b. 1943 -government & politics, including military
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4. Colin^^^^Campbell (UK) -sociology of religion, sociological theory, sociology of consumption
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5. Colin^^^^^Campbell (1686–1757) -China
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6. Colin^^^^^^Campbell (b. 1955, UK) -thrillers
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7. Colin^^^^^^^Campbell (UK) -education
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8. Colin^^^^^^^^Campbell -cars
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9. Colin^^^^^^^^^Campbell (b. 1948) -jobs
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(1) Pseudonym of Ian Rankin
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(2) Various I think
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(3) Economics
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Paul^^Johnson Crime
Paul^^^Johnson Education
Paul^^^^Johnson Social History
Paul^^^^^Johnson Runes
Paul^^^^^^Johnson Email
Paul^^^^^^^Johnson Bn 1941
Paul^^^^^^^^Johnson 1931
Paul^^^^^^^^^Johnson 1966

(1) travel guides
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(2) comics
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(3) memoir
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1) Mike Padilla - short stories
2) Mike Padilla - Memoirs of an Exquisite Mephistophelian
1) Robert Kirby - Gay & Lesbian Comics & Graphic Novels
2) Robert Kirby - various
1) Robert Parry - various
2) Robert Parry - Tai Chi, Astrology
2) Mike Padilla - Memoirs of an Exquisite Mephistophelian
1) Robert Kirby - Gay & Lesbian Comics & Graphic Novels
2) Robert Kirby - various
1) Robert Parry - various
2) Robert Parry - Tai Chi, Astrology

(3) bible stories
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(4) religious self-help
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(5) art design
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1)Donna Hay - Cookbooks
2)Donna Hay - fiction

Kelly Ward Kelly^^Ward Educator
Kelly Ward Kelly^^^Ward Social Work
NT Michael, the books listed (and therefore the description) for the second Robert Parry have been corrected.
It should actually be:
2) Robert Parry - Tai Chi, Astrology
It should actually be:
2) Robert Parry - Tai Chi, Astrology

(1) British novelist
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(2) Australian poet
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(3) Variuos, many
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(4) Nature
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(5) Music
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(1) journalist and humor writer
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(2) poet
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(1) British historian specialist in the Tudor period
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(2) British maritime historian
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(3) American poet
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Oh :/
K i'll check in the morning

Ian JohnstonIan^^Johnston Music Biographer
Still some left to disambiguate!

(1) Novelist born 1920
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(2) Film and television history
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10. Colin^^^^^^^^^^Campbell (Scotland) -radio
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11. Colin^^^^^^^^^^^Campbell -art history
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Colin K.^^Campbell -medical science
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(5) Tom^^^^^Collins -mystery/thriller writer
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(6) Tom^^^^^^Collins -Irish history
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Ian^^^Johnston -ship historian
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2) Stewart Martin: Molecular Biology
3) Stewart Martin: Business

Jefferson^^Davis - Pacifc Northwest
Jefferson^^^Davis - Sports

3) Susan^^^Wilson -travel guides, boston
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4) Susan^^^^Wilson -music biographies
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5) Susan^^^^^Wilson -college textbook writer
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(3) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - animals 1943
(4) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - National Geographic
(5) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Music
(6) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Railways
(7) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Westerns
(8) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Education
(9) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... - Fishing
(10) http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

(1) young adult novelist
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(2) travel
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(3) religion
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(4) history
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(5) taxes
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(6) education
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So, having found that there seem to be at least half a dozen authors named Michael Collins that need disambiguating, I wondered if there was any guideline about how to decide which ones get how many spaces between their names. Does it make a difference? do I give the contemporary, still producing, moderately famous one the single space? Or do the oldest (or at least, longest ago published) get the fewest space? Or does it not matter?


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Michael J.^^Ross - sports
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Russell^^Roberts - various
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Larry^^^^Brown hunting.
Larry^^^^^Brown America's towns.
Larry^^^^^^Brown Running back for Washington Redskins
Larry^^^^^^^Brown novel

John H.^^King Literature & Fiction
John H.^^^King Professional & Technical (hospitality industry)
John H.^^^^King Religion & Spirituality (originally published in 1892)
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