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- ISBN10 0321445503
- ISBN13 9780321445506
- Publish Date 26 October 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 February 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Pearson Education (US)
- Imprint Peachpit Press Publications
- Pages 160
- Language English