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Tibet, Tibet : a personal history of a lost land / by French, Patrick.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Also : New York : Vintage, 200420031223 kl / 20041015 cr (020,593)
Subjects: French, Patrick, 1966-;
© 2003., A.A. Knopf,
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson by Albom, Mitch,1958-;
Subjects: Schwartz, Morris S.; Branddeis University - Faculty - Biography; Amyotophic lateral sclerosis - Patients - United States - Biography; Teacher-student relationships - United States - Case studies; Death - Psychological aspects - Case studies;
© 1997, Doubleday
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Starvation Heights / by Olsen, Gregg.;
20050914 kl
Subjects: Hazzard, Linda Burfield, 1868-1938.; Starvation.; Fasting.; Medical personnel; Murder;
© [2005], c1997., Three Rivers Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The tipping point : how little things can make a big difference / by Gladwell, Malcolm,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The three rules of epidemics -- The law of the few: connectors, mavens, and salesmen -- The stickiness factor: Sesame Street, Blue's Clues, and the educational virus -- The power of context (part one): Bernie Goetz and the rise and fall of New York City crime -- The power of context (part two): the magic number one hundred and fifty -- Case study: rumors, sneakers, and the power of translation -- Case study: suicide, smoking, and the search for the unsticky cigarette -- Conclusion: focus, test, and believe.
Subjects: Social psychology.; Contagion (Social psychology); Causation.; Context effects (Psychology);
© c2002., Little, Brown,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The either/or investor : how to succeed in global investing, one decision at a time / by Winter, Clark. ;
Why we are here -- First, don't break these four rules -- The developed world versus the developing world -- The rule of power versus the rule of law -- Copyrights versus copying -- Anti-immigration versus migration of talent -- Tokyo versus Shanghai -- Here versus there -- Fear versus greed -- Too much information versus too little information -- Preservation versus growth -- Directional versus nondirectional -- Rising interest rates versus falling interest rates -- Alpha versus beta -- Cartels versus open competition -- Protectionism versus focus on the future -- Entitlement versus opportunity -- Fad versus trend -- Bottom of the barrel versus top of the barrel -- Know-who versus know-how -- Corporate governance versus outside governance -- Wired versus wireless -- Common sense versus nonsense -- Conventional wisdom versus anomalies -- One final word.
Subjects: Investments.; Finance, Personal.;
© c2008., Random House,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lost executioner : a story of the Khmer Rouge / by Dunlop, Nic,1969-;
20050713 msc
Subjects: Kang, Kek Leu.; Parti communiste du Kampuchea.; Atrocities;
© 2005., Bloomsbury,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Perilous power : the Middle East & U.S. foreign policy : dialogues on terror, democracy, war, and justice / by Chomsky, Noam.; Achcar, Gilbert.; Shalom, Stephen Rosskamm,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-266) and index.20061215 msc
Subjects: Terrorism; Iraq War, 2003-; Insurgency; Democracy;
© c2007., Paradigm Publishers,
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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A three dog life / by Thomas, Abigail.;
WHot20060929 neb
Subjects: Thomas, Abigail.; Authors, American;
© c2006., Harcourt,
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 12
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The world is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century / by Friedman, Thomas L.;
While I was sleeping -- Ten forces that flattened the world: 11/9/89 (when the walls came down and the windows went up) ; 8/9/95 (when Netscape went public) ; Work flow software (let's do lunch : have your application talk to my application) ; Open-sourcing (self-organizing collaborative communities) ; Outsourcing (Y2K) ; Offshoring (when China joined the WTO) ; Supply-chaining (Wal-Mart) ; Insourcing (UPS) ; In-forming (Google, Yahoo!, MSN Web Search) ; Steroids (digital, mobile, personal, and virtual) -- Triple convergence -- Great sorting-out. -- America and free trade (is Ricardo still right?) -- Untouchables -- Quiet crisis -- This is not a test. -- Virgin of Guadalupe -- How companies cope -- Unflat world -- Dell theory of conflict prevention -- 11/9 versus 9/11.Orginal GMD: [text]WHot20050504 vh / 20050510 msc dash
Subjects: Diffusion of innovations.; Information society.; Globalization; Globalization; History, Modern; World politics; Geopolitics;
© 2005., Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 17
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Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything / by Levitt, Steven D.; Dubner, Stephen J.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-230) and index.Orginal GMD: [text]050727estHC.WHot20050509 kl
Subjects: Economics; Economics; Economics;
© c2005., William Morrow,
Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 32
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The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable / by Taleb, Nassim.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-358) and index.Part one. Umberto Eco's antilibrary, or how we seek validation -- Part two. We just can't predict -- Part three. Those gray swans of extremistan -- Part four. The end.APR09gNF20070604 hr
Subjects: Uncertainty (Information theory); Forecasting.; Knowledge, Theory of.;
© c2007., Random House,
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 14
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iCon : Steve Jobs, the greatest second act in the history of business / by Young, Jeffrey S.,1952-; Simon, William L.,1930-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-344) and index.
Subjects: Jobs, Steven, 1955-; Computer engineers; Apple Computer, Inc.;
© c2005., Wiley,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The last Chinese chef / by Mones, Nicole. ;
Subjects: Americans; Food writers; Cookery;
© 2008., Mariner Books,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Eating animals / by Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977- ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Storytelling -- All or nothing or something else -- Words/meaning -- Hiding/seeking -- Influence/speechlessness -- Slice of paradise/pieces of shit -- I do -- Storytelling.A vibrant and provocative work that synthesizes philosophy, literature, science, and the author's own undercover detective work to answer the questions: Why do we eat animals? And would we eat them if we knew how they got to our dinner plates? Foer, author of "Everything is Illuminated", asks these questions in the context of becoming a husband and a father of twoJAN10gNF
Subjects: Vegetarianism; Vegetarianism.;
© 2009., Little, Brown and Company,
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 20
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A thousand splendid suns / by Hosseini, Khaled.;
Jun07sFOrginal GMD: [text] //20070529 kd / 20071106 neb (replace overlaid record)
Subjects: Family chronicles.; War stories.; American fiction; Family; Loss (Psychology); Intergenerational relations;
© 2007., Riverhead Books,
Available copies: 44 / Total copies: 65
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The snowball : Warren Buffett and the business of life / by Schroeder, Alice. ;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [839]-928) and index.A portrait of the life and career of investment guru Warren Buffett sheds new light on the man, as well as on the work, ideas, business principles, strategies, and no-nonsense insights that have guided his phenomenally successful business endeavors.Adult.
Subjects: Buffett, Warren.; Capitalists and financiers; Investments; Buffett, Warren.; Capitalists and financiers; Stockbrokers;
© 2008., Bantam Books,
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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A boy of good breeding : a novel / by Toews, Miriam,1964-;
Subjects: Cities and towns;
© c2005., Vintage Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The kite runner / by Hosseini, Khaled.;
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Male friendship; Social classes; Betrayal; Boys;
© 2004., Anchor Canada,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 4
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The last lecture / by Pausch, Randy.; Zaslow, Jeffrey.;
Reflections of a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who lectured on "Really achieving your childhood dreams," shortly after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. His advice concerned seizing the moment while living, rather than dying.May08sFJun08gBiogGlobe2207200920080414 mht
Subjects: Pausch, Randy; Cancer; Computer scientists; Success.; Death;
© c2008., Hyperion,
Available copies: 35 / Total copies: 41
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Dewey : a small-town library cat who touched the world / by Myron, Vicki. ; Witter, Bret. ;
Introduction: Welcome to Iowa -- The coldest morning -- A perfect addition -- Dewey Readmore Books -- A day in the library -- Catnip and rubber bands -- Moneta -- Grand Avenue -- A cat's best friends -- Dewey and Jodi -- A long way from home -- Hide-and-seek -- Christmas -- A great library -- Dewey's great escape -- Spencer's favorite cat -- Iowa's famous library cat -- Dewey in the modern world -- Puss in books -- The world's worst eater -- Dewey's new friends -- What makes us special? -- Dewey goes to Japan -- Memories of Mom -- Dewey's diet -- The meeting -- Dewey's love -- Loving Dewey -- Epilogue: Last thoughts from Iowa.The charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.The story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the book return slot at the Spencer, Iowa, Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Dewey (Cat); Cats;
© 2008., Grand Central Pub.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The curious incident of the dog in the night-time / by Haddon, Mark. ;
Whitebread Book of the Year Award, 2003.Guardian Award for Children's Fiction, 2003.20030702 neb /20040224 jv (099) / 20070314 gr
Subjects: Whitbread Book of the Year Award.; Guardian Award for Children's Fiction.; Autism; Savants (Savant syndrome);
© 2003., Doubleday Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Walking after midnight : one woman's journey through murder, justice and forgiveness / by Hutchison, Katy.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270).Oct06sNFWHot20060905 mht
Subjects: Hutchison, Katy.; McIntosh, Bob.; Aldridge, Ryan.; Murder victims' families; Murder; Forgiveness.; Restorative justice.;
© c2006., Raincoast Books,
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 16
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Dispatches from the edge : a memoir of war, disasters, and survival / by Cooper, Anderson.;
Orginal GMD: Anderson Cooper20060530 gr
Subjects: Cooper, Anderson.; Television journalists;
© c2006., HarperCollins Publishers,
Available copies: 19 / Total copies: 21
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Marley & me : life and love with the world's worst dog / by Grogan, John,1957-;
The story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.June 2006 SecPL_NFOrginal GMD: [text]ULS20051124 vh
Subjects: Grogan, John, 1957-; Labrador retriever; Human-animal relationships; Dog owners;
© c2005., Morrow,
Available copies: 29 / Total copies: 36
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Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time / by Mortenson, Greg.; Relin, David Oliver.;
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia.May08gNFFeb08sNFGDPLBestbets0905200820060425 neb / 20060913 neb reclass / 20070110 hr dash, 650
Subjects: Mortenson, Greg.; Education; Education; Humanitarian assistance, American; Humanitarian assistance, American;
© 2006., Viking,
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 50
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Walking the Gobi : a 1600-mile trek across a desert of hope and despair / by Thayer, Helen.;
Gobi -- Sandstorm -- Canyons -- Interrogations -- Wildlife -- Silence -- Thirst -- Ice -- Hospitality -- Bride -- Friends -- Smugglers.
Subjects: Hiking; Hiking; Thayer, Helen;
© 2007., Mountaineers Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur's odyssey to educate the world's children / by Wood, John,1964 Jan. 29-;
GDPLBestbets1215200620061006 mht
Subjects: Wood, John, 1964 Jan. 29-; Room to Read (Organization); Education, Rural; Education, Rural;
© c2006., Collins,
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Running with scissors : a memoir / by Burroughs, Augusten.;
ULSAlso: Pbk. ed. (315 p.)20020711 kl / 20050616 rc (020, 593)
Subjects: Burroughs, Augusten; Burroughs, Augusten; Novelists, American;
© 2002., St. Martin's Press,
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 12
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Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia / by Gilbert, Elizabeth,1969-;
Italy, or, "Say it like you eat it," or, 36 tales about the pursuit of pleasure -- India, or, "Congratulations to meet you," or, 36 tales about the pursuit of devotion -- Indonesia, or, "Even in my underpants, I feel different," or, 36 tales about the pursuit of balance.GDPLBestbets04062007May07sNFJan08gNFWHot20060320 kl
Subjects: Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-; Travel writers;
© 2006., Viking,
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 60
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Pyongyang : a journey in North Korea / by Delisle, Guy.; Dascher, Helge,1965-;
20051019 neb / 20061222 neb reclass / 20070131 msc reclass / 20071126 nmo
Subjects: Canadian wit and humor, Pictorial.; Graphic non-fiction.; Comic books, strips, etc.;
© 2005., Drawn & Quarterly ; Distributed in the USA by Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cesar's way : the natural, everyday guide to understanding and correcting common dog problems / by Millan, Cesar.; Peltier, Melissa Jo.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-286) and index.Learn what goes on inside your dog's mind and develop a positive, fulfilling relationship with your best friend. "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan is America's most sought-after dog-behavior expert, but he is not a trainer in the traditional sense--his expertise lies in his ability to comprehend dog psychology. Tracing his own journey from a clay-walled farm in Mexico to the celebrity palaces of Los Angeles, Cesar recounts how he learned what makes dogs tick. Here, he shares this wisdom. Cesar's formula for a contented and balanced dog seems impossibly simple: exercise, discipline, and affection, in that order. Whether you're having issues with your dog or just want to make a good bond even stronger, this book will give you a deeper appreciation of how your dog sees the world, and it will help make your relationship with your beloved pet a richer and more rewarding one.--From publisher description.GDPLBestbets09292006Oct06sNFOrginal GMD: [text] :ULS20060614 jll
Subjects: Dogs; Dogs; Human-animal communication.;
© c2006., Harmony Books,
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 22
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The dogs who found me : what I've learned from pets who were left behind / by Foster, Ken.;
How they find me -- On being rescued -- Getting rid of Rocco -- How to lose your best friend -- Abandoning Sinatra -- How dogs correct us -- The four-hour custody limit -- How to read a dog -- Two halves of a bone -- Two or three things about heartworms -- Endings and beginnings -- The folk art of lost pet flyers -- Wonder when you'll miss me -- Pit bull puppies -- The paradox of the no-kill shelter -- Valentino -- The dog who found me -- What zephyr dogs do when they need some attention -- The problem with my heart -- Dogs I reunited with their people -- Things that return -- How to prepare for the unexpected -- The unexpected.20061107 jll
Subjects: Foster, Ken.; Dogs; Feral dogs; Human-animal relationships;
© c2006., Lyons Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Merle's door : lessons from a freethinking dog / by Kerasote, Ted.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog--a Labrador mix--who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle's native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in. This portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the author explores the issues that animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior as well as insights into the origins and evolution of the human-dog partnership. Merle showed Kerasote how dogs might live if they were allowed to make more of their own decisions, and Kerasote suggests how these lessons can be applied universally.Sept07sNF20080121 kl
Subjects: Kerasote, Ted.; Dogs; Dogs; Human-animal relationships; Dog owners;
© c2007., Harcourt, Inc.,
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 22
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Dog man : an uncommon life on a faraway mountain / by Sherrill, Martha. ;
Morie Sawataishi lives a life that is radically unconventional by any standard but almost absurd in blatantly conformist Japan. Journalist Martha Sherrill provides a profound look at what it takes to be an individualist in a culture where rebels are rare. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, there were only sixteen Akita dogs left in the country. The magnificent hunting dogs had been donated to help in the war effort, or had been eaten, and their pelts used by the military to line the winter coats of the soldiers. Morie became obsessed with preventing the extinction of the breed, and he did it in a very un-Japanese way: defying convention, breaking the law, giving up the opportunity to hold prestigious engineering jobs in Tokyo, and choosing instead to take his new wife, Kitako--a sheltered sophisticate from Tokyo--to Japan's forbidding snow country to start a family.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Akita dog; Sawataishi, Morie.; Human-animal relationships;
© 2008., Penguin Press,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Day of empire : how hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall / by Chua, Amy.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-382) and index.The first hegemon : the great Persian empire from Cyrus to Alexander -- Tolerance in Rome's high empire : gladiators, togas, and imperial glue -- China's golden age : the mix-blooded Tang dynasty -- The great Mongol empire : cosmopolitan barbarians -- The "purification" of medieval Spain : inquisition, expulsion, and the price of intolerance -- The Dutch world empire : diamonds, damask, and every "mongrel sect in Christendom" -- Tolerance and intolerance in the East : the Ottoman, Ming, and Mughal empires -- The British empire : "rebel buggers" and the "white man's burden" -- The American hyperpower : tolerance and the microchip -- The rise and fall of the Axis Powers : the strategic price of intolerance -- The challengers : China, the European Union, and India in the twenty-first century -- The day of empire : lessons of history.Historians have long debated the rise and fall of empires. To date, however, no one has studied the far rarer phenomenon of hyperpowers--those few societies that amassed such extraordinary military and economic might that they essentially dominated the world. Here, globalization expert Chua explains how hyperpowers rise and why they fall. She examines history's hyperpowers--Persia, Rome, Tang China, the Mongols, the Dutch, the British, and the United States--and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise. For all their differences, she argues, every one of these world-dominant powers was, at least by the standards of its time, extraordinarily pluralistic and tolerant, succeeding by harnessing the skills and energies of individuals from very different backgrounds. But Chua also uncovers a great historical irony: in virtually every instance, multicultural tolerance eventually sowed the seeds of decline, and diversity became a liability.--From publisher description.20080109 msc
Subjects: Imperialism; Hegemony;
© c2007., Doubleday,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The sushi economy : globalization and the making of a modern delicacy / by Issenberg, Sasha.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-308) and index.Jun07sNF20070718 vh
Subjects: Sushi.; Cookery (Fish);
© c2007., Gotham,
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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My China : a feast for all the senses / by Kwong, Kylie.; Griffiths, Simon,1966-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 480) and index.
Subjects: Cookery, Chinese.;
© 2007., Viking Studio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Miracle in the Andes : 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home / by Parrado, Nando,1949-; Rause, Vince.;
June 2006 SecPL_NFGDPLBestbets03162007ULS20061019 msc/ 20070227 vh class with similar wks
Subjects: Parrado, Nando, 1949-; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.; Aircraft accidents; Cannibalism; Aircraft accident victims;
© c2006., Crown Publishers,
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 15
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Hitching rides with Buddha : a journey across Japan / by Ferguson, Will.;
Subjects: Ferguson, Will; Ferguson, Will;
© 2005., A.A. Knopf Canada,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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