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Book Title: Roger Scruton: The Philosopher On Dover Beach
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Name: Roger Scruton: the Philosopher on Dover Beach : an Intellectual Biography
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Philosophers, General, History & Surveys / Modern
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Author: Mark Dooley
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
