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- English Books
- Hardcover 228 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1557423024
- ISBN-13: 9781557423023
- Publisher: Wildside Press
- Pub date: May 03, 2005
- Dimensions: 23 cm x 15 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding and School & Library Binding
- In other languages: other languages
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