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In 1979 my parents gave me a copy of Dr. Betty Edwards’ for Christmas. Unusually for a how-to art book, it had proven so popular that only a few weeks after publication it was on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list – where it stayed for another year. Still in print today, it has been translated into 17 languages and is

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