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    Welcome To Freedom
    Welcome To Freedom
    Welcome To Freedom
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    Welcome To Freedom

    By Ray Daley

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    If you can find freedom, it's worth almost any sacrifice.

    Does that include the things that make you Human?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRay Daley
    Release dateNov 1, 2014
    ISBN9781310716737
    Welcome To Freedom
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    Ray Daley

    Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.

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