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I'm interested in scotland now and then, how it's changed. i want to get the reader to think about that by thinking about something from the past. how has society changed, how has policing changed, have we changed philosophically, psychologically, culturally, spiritually?
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I'm Interested In Scotland Now And Then,

Ian Rankin
I'm interested in scotland now and then, how it's changed. i want to get the reader to think about that by thinking about something from the past. how has society changed, how has policing changed, have we changed philosophically, psychologically, culturally, spiritually?
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