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Warning! this product contains nuttiness : a fun look at the bizarre world in which we live /

As seen through the eyes of the author, the world is indeed bizarre and filled with nuttiness. The archives of the Knoxville News Sentinel offer ample evidence that the author is a bit of the former and has made a career out of drawing attention to the latter. For this book, he gathered and organize...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Venable, Sam
Otros Autores: Smith, Tommy, 1974- (Ilustrador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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