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This week's featured author pages

Tzu Lao (500 - 500) -- Influential Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism

Arthur C. Doyle (1859 - 1930) -- novelist chiefly remembered for his amateur detective character, Sherlock Holmes

L. Frank Baum (1856 - 1919) -- American writer, famous for his The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Moses Marsilius (1280 - 1342) -- Italian philosopher who argued for a model of popular government

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