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Book Title: Typhoon
Number of Pages: 94 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.2 in
Topic: Sea Stories
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 6.9 Oz
Author: Joseph. Conrad
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
