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Apr 30, 2002

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The true story of Ian Williams' struggle to find meaning on the bookshelves

You've seen them: Factual biographies is the publishing trade name. Authors take a commonplace commodity or object and show how it has changed history. They're right beside the self-help shelves where you can find Women are From the Amazon, Men are From Uranus, How Jerry Springer Made Me a Famous Murderer, or How Oprah Winfrey Rotted My Brain. If you browse a little further you'll come across Spam: How a Barely Organic Meat Product Transformed a Nation's Cuisine; Corsets: the True Story of

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