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This week's featured author pages

Tse-tung Mao (1893 - 1976) -- Founder and first leader of the Chinese Communist Party whose writings have world significance.

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

Robert L. Stevenson (1850 - 1894) -- author of fiction works that have become legendary in children's literature.

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) -- American writer and humourist, whose adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer won him worldwide acclaim

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823 - 1901) -- English novelist