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ISBN: 9780226762876
AUTHOR Smalley, William A., Chia Koua Vang & Gnia Yee Yang
RELEASED 2006-03-18
PRINT Chicago 1990,
WL CODE I5731
SIZE 232 pp., 150 x 228 mm
BOOK WEIGHT 0.385 Kg
PACKING WEIGHT 0.200 Kg

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