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- ISBN10 0764586203
- ISBN13 9780764586200
- Publish Date 28 September 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English