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- Number of Pages: 384
- ISBN: 1400096383
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112181793
- Release Date: February 10, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #100183 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #1056 in Psychology (See Top 100 Psychology Bestsellers)
- #55 in Social Psychology (See Top 100 Social Psychology Bestsellers)
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