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Type: Textbook
Book Title: Library : an Unquiet History
Item Length: 8.3in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Matthew Battles
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Library & Information Science / General, Books, WORLD, Books & Reading
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Item Weight: 7.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
