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Book Title: Search for Meaning : a Short History
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Dennis Ford
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Language, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Political, Ancient & Classical
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 313 Pages
