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- Publisher: Basic Books
- Number of Pages: 432
- ISBN: 0465020402
- WAPI (Tower ID): 114106701
- Release Date: August 3, 2010
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #23442 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #518 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
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