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• Author: Brenda Assael
• Date: 30 Jun 2005
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Language: English
• Book Format: Hardback::256 pages
• ISBN10: 0813923409
• Dimension: 152x 229x 23.37mm::539.77g

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