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Book Title: My Fathers Compass
Item Length: 9.1in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Howard Goldenberg
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Personal Memoirs, Religious, General, AU & New Zealand
Publisher: Hybrid Publishers
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
