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Book Title: Babel: Around The World In Twenty Languages
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5.3in
Author: Gaston Dorren
Publication Name: Babel : Around the WORLD in Twenty Languages
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
