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Book Title: News of the Day
Item Length: 9in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: John Peterson
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: General
Publisher: Poetic Matrix Press
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 140 Pages
