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• Author: Jonathan Glover
• Date: 01 Mar 1990
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education Company)
• Original Languages: English
• Format: Paperback::262 pages
• ISBN10: 0023441348
• Publication City/Country: New Jersey, United States
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