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Book Title: This Last House : a Retirement Memoir
Item Length: 9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Janis P. Stout
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Gerontology, Buildings / Residential, General, Educators, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, House & Home, Architecture, Education, Social Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
