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Title: Without Warning

Author: John Birmingham

Description: Advance praise for Without Warning

“John Birmingham’s ability to seamlessly merge the gritty realism of Tom Clancy with the raw speculation of Michael Crichton is like no other author I’ve ever read. Brilliant, nail-biting, thoughtful, and excruciatingly pertinent to our times, his latest novel, Without Warning, is simply a tour de force, a true classic in the making. It should be required reading for the entire world.”
–James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Oracle

“What would happen if America vanished? Some would like to find out, but John Birmingham’s Without Warning suggests that the Pax Americana would soon be sorely missed. It’s a gripping story, for Americans and non-Americans alike.”
–Glenn Reynolds, InstaPundit

“Delivers all the action and techno-detail that any Clancy fan could wish for.”
–Robert Buettner, author of Orphanage

“A modern, even postmodern alternate history where the people who wish the United States would go away get what they wished for, and the consequences are meticulously, horrifically worked out in compelling detail through the eyes of a medley of interesting, well-developed characters and tightly plotted action.”
–S. M. Stirling, author of Island in the Sea of Time

Praise for John Birmingham’s Weapons of Choice

“Weapons-grade military techno-thriller . . . [Birmingham] describes military hardware with an exuberance and virtuosity that’s positively Clancyesque.”
–Time

“Birmingham’s enthralling battleground mixes provocative historical fiction and socially conscious futurism.”
–Entertainment Weekly

• Hardcover: 528 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey; First Edition edition (February 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345502892
• ISBN-13: 978-0345502896
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds

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Title: Gone For A Soldier: A Novel Of The Birth Of The United States Of America

Author: Jeffry S. Hepple

Description: Soldiers, Spies, and Women of Easy Virtue, January 16, 2009

By-Wilard Cushman-(San Diego, CA USA)

`Gone For a Soldier’ is a novel set in the time of the American Revolutionary War as seen mostly through the eyes of John Van Buskirk and his wife, Anna. Think you know about the Founding Fathers? Wait until you read the real stories of the political intrigues and personality clashes surrounding the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence! Patriots, Loyalists, British and French officers, women of easy virtue, and spies of all persuasions figure in this story of the turbulent events surrounding the difficult birth of the United States of America.

Is this a perfect book? Of course not- the long direct quotations from historical documents included for accuracy may not be to all reader’s tastes and the detailed battle descriptions may not interest every reader but these are minor faults in a sweeping and colorful tapestry created by Mr. Hepple. He gives us characters we can care about, some based on members of his family in Revolutionary America. The research that went into this novel must have been mind boggling- a labor of love.

This is a story well worth reading and the characters will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

• Paperback: 802 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (October 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440432910
• ISBN-13: 978-1440432910
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.8 inches
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Title: Sword Song (The Saxon Chronicles, Book 4)

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Description: Cornwell’s fourth entry in the popular Saxon Tales (following Lords of the North) is a rousing romp through the celebrated ninth-century reign of Alfred the Great. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a 28-year-old pagan Saxon lord of war, has pledged to serve Alfred by commanding the defensive frontier forts (burhs). Trouble arises when the Norse Viking brothers Sigefrid and Erik Thurgilson capture and occupy London, threatening Alfred’s border and his control of the Thames River port. The Christian Alfred directs Uhtred to raise a Wessex army, expel the pagan Thurgilsons and resecure London. Commanding Uhtred is his vain, abusive cousin Ethelred, who is married to Alfred’s eldest daughter, Ethelflaed. Plying his swords Serpent-Breath and Wasp-Sting, Uhtred is a stirring, larger-than-life action hero conflicted by ambition, fidelity and thirst for violence. All the major characters are well drawn, and the London battle scenes unfold quickly and vividly. A deft mix of historical details and customs authenticates the saga. And Cornwell drops in a slick twist precipitating the climatic battle to wrest control of London for the Saxons, paving the way for the story to continue. (Jan.)
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Praise for ‘The Lords of the North’: ‘Beautifully crafted story-telling, complete with splendid set-piece battles and relentless derring-do, so gripping that it rarely stops to catch a breath. It demonstrates once again Cornwell’s enormous skill as a historical narrator. He would have graced Alfred’s court entertaining the guests with his stories’ Daily Mail ‘Cornwell takes the spectres of ninth century history and puts flesh back on their bones. Here is Alfred’s world restored — impeccably researched and illuminated with the colour and passion of a master storyteller’ Justin Pollard, author of ‘Alfred the Great’ Praise for Bernard Cornwell: ‘Bernard Cornwell is a literary miracle. Year after year, hail, rain, snow, war and political upheavals fail to prevent him from producing the most entertaining and readable historical novels of his generation.’ Daily Mail ‘Cornwell’s narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched’ Observer –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Harper; 1st Thus. edition (January 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060888644
• ISBN-13: 978-0060888640
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
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Title: Martha’s Vine

Author: Sheree Zielke

Description: The Browning pistol lay across her right palm—a vile thing, evil in its silence. Martha’s chest squeezed tight as a memory bubbled up. She struggled to take a breath. She fought the rising emotions, but still her hand shook. Engines roared in the distance. She glanced over her shoulder and then she looked up at her husband. He didn’t know. He couldn’t know. He would never know.

The world has changed. The power grid has vanished. No electricity. No computers. A world in chaos. The Change demands new rules, old violence and unlikely heroes.

Murderous bikers—modern-day pirates—have invaded the Canadian province of Alberta. An enigmatic survivalist, Matthew—the “Gatekeeper,” stands against their hordes, while Meteor—a blue-eyed rogue—refuses to choose sides. A biker king, “The Man,” unites the motorcycle clubs and builds his army, with a goal towards—domination.

None of these men are prepared for the wild card that is Martha—a woman with a will of iron, and a spirit of steel that will challenge and change each of their lives.

But Martha has a deadly secret. . . .

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1015 KB
• Publisher: Creeping Ivy Publishing House; 1 edition (June 1, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003SE7MNI

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Title: The Malacca Conspiracy

Author: Don Brown

Description: Brown, author of the Navy Justice Series and a former U.S. Navy lawyer, has written a book destined to top Christian fiction lists. A rogue Indonesian general and his army of terrorists attack oil tankers in the Strait of Malacca in order to profit from oil futures and buy nuclear weapons to establish an Islamic superpower. Navy JAG officers Zack Brewer and Diane Colcernian race against the odds and a 24-hour deadline before nuclear attacks hit the United States. Departing from the sea of books barely better than soap opera romance and using the frantic pacing of suspense fiction, Brown glides flawlessly among global hotspots of terrorism–including the United States–and the book’s principal settings in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The plot surges headlong with energy; characters–from various cultures–are both believable and accessible; rich dialogue flows. A Bible-quoting evangelical Christian president in the war room is over the top, and while evangelical hot-button issues may please some readers and turn others off, Brown has penned another winner.
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• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 749 KB
• Print Length: 352 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
• Publisher: Zondervan (June 4, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003OUXB68

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Title: The Avenger (Casca The Eternal Mercenary)

Author: Tony Roberts

Description: Tony Roberts latest book in Barry Sadler’s Casca The Eternal Mercenary Series. Casca returns to Constantinople seeking revenge on the Brotherhood of the Lamb for the deaths of his woman and child.

• Paperback
• Publisher: Americana Books; #28 edition (2008)
• ISBN-10: 1607027488
• ISBN-13: 978-1607027485

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Title: Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile (Book 2)

Author: J. L. Bourne

Description: The first book of Day by Day Armageddon took us deep into the mind of a military officer and survivor as he made a New Year’s resolution to start keeping a journal. The man kept his resolution and brought to us the fall of humanity, day by day. We see the man transition from the life that you and I live to the prospect of fighting for his very survival against the overwhelming hordes of the dead. We see him bleed, we see him make mistakes, we witness him evolve. The highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling underground cult classic, Day by Day Armageddon begins where the first novel left off.

BEGIN INTERCEPT

Armies of undead have risen up across the U.S. and around the globe;there is no safe haven from the diseased corpses hungering for human flesh. But in the heat of a Texas wasteland, a small band of survivors attempt to counter the millions closing in around them.

INTERCEPT COMPLETE

Day by day, the handwritten journal entries of one man caught in a worldwide cataclysm capture the desperation–and the will to survive–as he joins forces with a handful of refugees to battle soulless enemies both human and inhuman from inside an abandoned strategic missile facility.

But in the world of the undead, is mere survival enough?

(edited by author)

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; Original edition (July 13, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143917752X
• ISBN-13: 978-1439177525
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
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Title: The Triangle’s Will

Author: Edmond John

Description: The capitalists will to survive is pitted against The Triangle’s Will to control in this winner-takes-all battle to secure a new energy source to fuel the world’s insatiable appetite. Oil and gas reserves have depleted at an exponential rate suffocating the world economy. Military dominance has been replaced by The Triangle. Three powerful multinational consortiums sharing a common mission: To stop anyone trying to gain an economic advantage and disrupting the status quo. Ben Crenshaw’s team on the Accipiter space station is racing against time, politics, and an international team returning from a seven year deep space mission. The two teams separated from the rest of the world have relied on each other and trusted each other … a trust that is about to be broken. With tensions rising on the ground a new transgressor emerges, one that is not afraid to use force.

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (March 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438921977
• ISBN-13: 978-1438921976
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds

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Title: The Cardinal of the Kremlin

Author: Tom Clancy

Description: In his fourth book, Clancy uses nuclear strategies to probe the ambiguities of fighting the good fightthe Americans vs. the Soviets. By the time familiar hero Jack Ryan steps in to investigate mysterious structures on the Soviet-Afghan border, the Soviets have struck again by zapping a satellite with a free electron laser. The title’s cardinal, an elite, well-placed source in the Kremlin, leaks details of this secret activity to the United States. In the backdrop of technological bravura, spiced by artful espionage and all-too-human mistakes, intelligence is transferred back and forth and there are attacks and counterattacks. It is a mark of Clancy’s growing maturity as a writer that he can bring these subtleties into highly entertaining form. Literary Guild Main. Barbara Conaty, Library of Congress
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

• Mass Market Paperback: 547 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Books; Other Printing Edition edition (August 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425116840
• ISBN-13: 978-0425116845
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces

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Title: Agincourt: A Novel

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Description:

“The greatest writer of historical adventures today” (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet–the heroic tale of Agincourt.

Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past–haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. A wanted man in England, he is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he finds two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, an event that shocks all Christendom. With no options left, Hook heads home to England, where his capture means certain death. Instead he is discovered by the young King of England–Henry V himself–and by royal command he takes up the longbow again and dons the cross of Saint George. Hook returns to France as part of the superb army Henry leads in his quest to claim the French crown. But after the English campaign suffers devastating early losses, it becomes clear that Hook and his fellow archers are their king’s last resort in a desperate fight against an enemy more daunting than they could ever have imagined.

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (January 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061578916
• ISBN-13: 978-0061578915
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
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Title: Larry Bond’s Red Dragon Rising: Shadows of War

Author: Larry Bond

Description: The authors’ first of a projected four-book series takes the reader to a bleak world five years from now. Food is scarce, and gasoline prices are through the roof, making every day a struggle. Josh MacArthur, an American scientist working on the Vietnamese border, watches in horror as his colleagues are slaughtered by an invasion team from China, starting what could become World War III. An elite military operation to rescue the scientist is launched, but special care must be taken to avoid escalating the conflict. So MacArthur waits, hiding in the jungle, and the world watches as the war continues to spread across Asia. The president of the U.S. is desperate to find MacArthur, as he has a videotape of the attack that will prove that the Chinese government is lying to the world about the reason for the U.S. presence in Vietnam. The authors have done their homework, using clips from newspaper reports to heighten the realistic feel and producing a thriller that reads like an account of true events. Fans of military thrillers, especially Clancy’s, are the built-in audience for this one. –Jeff Ayers

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Forge Books (November 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765321378
• ISBN-13: 978-0765321374
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

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Title: The Young Balboas

Author: George C. King

Description: Can love withstand a separation of forty years? This compelling account of innocence lost provides a moving answer. In a brief prologue, the reader learns that Jim Wade’s thirty-year marriage has dissolved because his wife blames him for being emotionally distant. He knows that she’s right; his heart belongs to a girl in a fairy tale. When a mysterious letter invites him to return to that magical environment, the memories come flooding back. The novel itself is a flashback to the Panama Canal Zone of the 1950′s, a jungle paradise for a twelve-year-old boy, but there’s more than one serpent lurking in the grass. Jimmy’s best friend is Bobbi Bartlett, a tomboy who’s never had any romantic interest in boys until now. In their adventures, the buddies cross paths with Randy, a sailor with an abiding hatred of women; Chaplain and Mrs. Martin, Christians concealing profane secrets; Lieutenant Douglas, a black policeman who encounters prejudice at every turn; Esperanza, a maid both beautiful and street-smart; and the powerful Avila family, whose social standing belies their estranged relations. The interweaving stories of these characters converge in a harrowing climax. Can Jim Wade find the girl who stopped his heart so long ago? Can paradise lost become paradise regained?

• Paperback: 428 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris; 1 edition (June 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738822973
• ISBN-13: 978-0738822976
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

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Title: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

Author: Karl Marlantes

Description: Amazon Best Books of the Month, March 2010: Matterhorn is a marvel–a living, breathing book with Lieutenant Waino Mellas and the men of Bravo Company at its raw and battered heart. Karl Marlantes doesn’t introduce you to Vietnam in his brilliant war epic–he unceremoniously drops you into the jungle, disoriented and dripping with leeches, with only the newbie lieutenant as your guide. Mellas is a bundle of anxiety and ambition, a college kid who never imagined being part of a “war that none of his friends thought was worth fighting,” who realized too late that “because of his desire to look good coming home from a war, he might never come home at all.” A highly decorated Vietnam veteran himself, Marlantes brings the horrors and heroism of war to life with the finesse of a seasoned writer, exposing not just the things they carry, but the fears they bury, the friends they lose, and the men they follow. Matterhorn is as much about the development of Mellas from boy to man, from the kind of man you fight beside to the man you fight for, as it is about the war itself. Through his untrained eyes, readers gain a new perspective on the ravages of war, the politics and bureaucracy of the military, and the peculiar beauty of brotherhood. –Daphne Durham

• Hardcover: 592 pages
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; 1 edition (March 23, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080211928X
• ISBN-13: 978-0802119285
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds

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Title: Red Storm Rising

Author: Tom Clancy

Description: Using the latest advancements in military technology, the world’s superpowers battle it out on land, sea, and air for the ultimate global control. A chillingly authentic vision of modern war, Red Storm Rising is as powerful as it is ambitious. It’s a story you will never forget.

Hard-hitting, suspenseful, and frighteningly real.

–This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; First edition (July 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042510107X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425101070
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

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Title: Land of the Free (Gone for Soldiers)

Author: Jeffry S. Hepple

Description: The Van Buskirk family saga continues with the exploration of the Louisiana Territory and the War of 1812.

Held captive by the British aboard the warship HMS Surprise, American lawyer, Francis Scott Key, witnessed the British bombardment of American Fort McHenry through the long, rainy night of September 13th and 14th, 1814. As the sun rose the following morning, illuminating the American flag, still flying, he wrote these words on the back of an envelope:

O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 747 KB
• Print Length: 420 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0032FPYQ0

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Title: The Fly Caster Who Tried to Make Peace with the World

Author: Randy Kadish

Editorial Reviews:

“I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I highly recommend it …” –John Pitarresi, Utica Observer-Dispatch

“I simply enjoyed the heck out of it.”

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Saw Mill River Press (March 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879628260
• ISBN-13: 978-1879628267
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

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Title: A Hard Place: A Sergeants

Author: Jacamo Peterson

Description: “A Hard Place” A story of combat operations in South Vietnam,Republic of, with the men of a small unit known as a Mobile Reaction or “Mike Force”. They operated out of Chu Lai the sprawling base camp on the coast of South Vietnam, home to the 23rd Infantry Division and the 75th Rangers. Their missions were conducted in the northern provinces, dubbed by the military as 1st Combat Tactical Zone (1CTZ).From Rosemary’s Point at Chu Lai, to Da Nang, to the Tuy Lon River and the White Mountains, across the Hai Van Pass to Phu Bai.

They were both recon and striker unit, sometimes just looking for intell, sometimes attacking and sometimes being attacked. Often deployed to reinforce a small camp or firebase. Sometimes workng as convoy security.Mostly it was HOT! Life for them was either base camp boring, or “boonie rat” intense in full “battle rattle”.

Sometimes assigned missions to locate or capture specific targets. All of their missions were both classified and clandestine. Even their existence was denied. As much as possible their movements were hidden or camouflaged within larger unit operations and movements.

Their operations were usually conducted with niether back-up, nor support readily available. They were required to move and survive on their bush skills, to adapt, over come, improvise, or if that failed E&E (escape and evade) back to a pick-up or rendezvous point for extraction.

I believe I have written a rollicking good, rough and tumble war story about Vietnam. This is niether a history book nor an “After Action Report”. It is a story about soldiers. If you like war stories you will like this book. Enjoy! It is based upon my service in Vietnam as an NCO during the period 1970-72.  JacamoP (added by author)

This story is about serving in Vietnam as professional soldiers in a “No Such Unit Exists” status. Part of the “other” Army in – South Vietnam, Republic of  ”A HARD PLACE.” (edited by author)

• Paperback: 540 pages
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing (September 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425131778
• ISBN-13: 978-1425131777
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

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Title: Lonely is the Soldier (The Legacy of La Malinche)

Author: Jeffry S. Hepple

Description: Follow the career of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta officer R.A. Lincoln from Delta selection through the start of the War on Terror.

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• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003K16TZQ

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Title: Defiance (Navy Justice, Book 3)

Author: Don Brown

Description: From a murder in Paris to a courtroom in California to a terrorist camp in the Gobi Desert, Don Brown’s follow-up to Treason and Hostage plunges into a suspense-filled journey of danger, duty, and hope. The Commander’s Bodyguard is Shannon McGilverry, a crack NCIS agent assigned to protect Navy JAG Officer Zack Brewer. Zack is being hunted by terrorists, stalked by a psychopath, and is working his way through a perilous, politically-charged trial. When another Navy JAG officer is murdered, it’s clear that Zack is in harm’s way. As his bodyguard, Shannon must do more than protect Zack. She also must set aside her growing feelings for the brilliant attorney and investigate rumors that the love of his life, Diane Colcerninan, may still be alive. Zack finds himself in need of his faith more than ever as Navy SEALS launch a daring rescue attempt that has the potential to trigger World War III.

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (April 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310272130
• ISBN-13: 978-0310272137
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces

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