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Reasonably prolific author whose works predate the web (hence why they don't appear on google searches). Isn't it a little unfair to expect to find reviews of books published between 1971 and 1990 on the web? The world of relaible sources existed before the inverntion og google! The publishers appear
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is the ability to be able to find - 3rd party - creditable - verifiable and reliable sources no matter the date frame that the article is involved with. If you find them, just point me too them. As I said, more than happy to change my opinion. Hope this explains a little better for my opinion.
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