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Mick Aston and Penelope Leach

4 Extra Debut. Sarah LeFanu, archaeologist Mick Aston and childcare specialist Penelope Leach discuss paperbacks by Oliver Rackham, RL Stevenson and William Golding. From Jan 1999.

Sarah LeFanu and her guests, archaeologist Mick Aston and childcare specialist Penelope Leach, discuss three favourite paperbacks by Oliver Rackham, RL Stevenson and William Golding. From 1999.

The Illustrated History of the Countryside by Oliver Rackham
Publisher: Phoenix

Travels with a Donkey by RL Stevenson
Publisher: Everyman

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Publisher: Faber & Faber.

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