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This week's featured author pages

Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) -- English politician, Irish born, whose writings on politics may have influenced the growth of conservatism

Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn (1918 - 0) -- a courageous Russian political commentator during the second world war.

Chinua Achebe (1930 - 0) -- highly regarded African writer in English

Jerome D. Salinger (1919 - 0) -- 20th century American novelist

Plato (429 - 347) -- Ancient Greek philosopher; student of Socrates and author of philosophical dialogues that are prominent in the study of Western culture.