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Born in the World Heritage town of Blaenavon I had a varied career working in agriculture, the chemical industry and finally working as a statistician in the field of economic data.
Now retired, I try to encourage interest in such areas as Climate Change and foster belief in the scientific approach to solving problems.

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	No Truce With The Vampires: Those Who Sleep by Martyn Rhys Vaughan (Goodreads Author), Terrence Evans (illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 153 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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If you like a little frisson of fear before bedtime try these Short Stories:-
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No Truce With The Vampires (3 books)
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Stars (3 books)
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Martyn Rhys Vaughan answered Veda Valehart's question: Are your vampires more traditional, or did you put your own twist on them? Well, I'm glad you asked that. I thought vampires have been done to death (!) and there's not much more to be said about creatures who can only be killed with a wooden stake, who don't like garlic or crucifixes, sleep in coffins, etc. and so I tried See Full Answer
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Russell wrote these stories when he entered his eighties. He had led a long, fruitful and epoch-making career in philosophy in general and the foundations of mathematics in particular. Clearly, he wrote these stories purely as an "amusement" as they ...more
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I've always wondered how Reacher manages to travel around so much, visiting every state in the Union but in this novel I learned he keeps about $2000 in his back pocket. I guess when you're 6'5" and built like a gorilla you don't need to worry about ...more
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