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Mr. LEE STROBEL (Author, Exploring The Da Vinci Code): I think a lot of Christians have realized that the boycotting and picketing approach really isn't very productive.

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The Code Book's author, holder of a Ph.

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Ray has had the good fortune to work with stellar clients such as New York Times Best-selling authors Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (creators of Chicken Soup for the Soul), Joel Comm (author of Twitter Power and The Adsense Code), as well as Armand Morin, Alex Mandossian, Jeff Walker, and many others.

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The author adds that, crucially, however, code of ethics not only serve journalists.

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She is the founder of IndiaThink and the author of The Little BRIC Book: Cracking the Code of Projects in Brazil, Russia, India and China.

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"I wish I could travel for pleasure, " says the author of such scenic blockbusters as "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons, " in which secrets and suspense are combined with a guided tour of Italy and other stops in Western Europe.

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Not long afterward, Mr. Zuckerberg approved the project, which was code-named "Wilde, " in reference to author Oscar Wilde.

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In The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to Quantum Cryptography, due out soon from Doubleday, British author Simon Singh traces the evolution of the centuries-old battle between code writers and code breakers.

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