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Book Title: Five Stages of Collapse : Survivors' Tool Kit
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Dmitry Orlov
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Public Policy / General, Economic History, WORLD / General, Sociology / General, Environmental Economics, Social History
Publisher: New Society Publishers, The Limited
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 15 oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages