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Item Weight: 0.6 lbs
Book Title: Person of the Millennium : the Unique
Item Length: 9in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Manfred Weidhorn
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Western, History, Science & Technology
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Science, History
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
