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- ISBN10 0764540408
- ISBN13 9780764540400
- Publish Date 8 December 1998 (first published 23 December 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
- Pages 1200
- Language English