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The desktop software i had been using called, simply, blog was good, in its time, but, as the internet goes, quite old and, therefore, limited. I got a used set of volumes exlibrary that are in terrific shape. I have a 1960 set of world book encyclopedias plus large. Hansen and john bellow, who realized that existing encyclopedias were offputting to young readers. The world book was first published in 1917 and revised annually from 1925. The world book encyclopedia, 1989 by book, incorporated.
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