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- ISBN10 0735623937
- ISBN13 9780735623934
- Publish Date 11 April 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 May 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Microsoft Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English