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    Eclectic Lights
    Eclectic Lights
    Eclectic Lights
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    Eclectic Lights

    By Barry Daniels

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    An eclectic collection of short stories which first saw the light of day as finalists in various writing contests. Nothing heavy, nothing complicated, just something to pass the time on your plane trip, or your train trip, or a wet Sunday afternoon (and half the price of a magazine!)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarry Daniels
    Release dateAug 8, 2009
    ISBN9781466077997
    Eclectic Lights
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    Barry Daniels

    Barry Daniels is a retired Civil Servant now living in a converted Boatyard on the shores of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. His last position was Director of Education and Training for a Federal Government Department of 13,000 employees. His modern-day fables ('Aesop Updated') draw on forty years of management experience, fifteen of these at a Senior Executive level. 'Beautiful Dreamer' draws on Barry's lifelong interest in the nature and meaning of dreams.

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