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Conversations on Consciousness
Conversations on Consciousness is just that - a series of twenty lively and challenging conversations between Sue Blackmore and some of the world's leading philosophers and scientists. Written in a colloquial and engaging style, the book records the conversations Sue had when she met these influential thinkers, whether at conferences in Arizona or Antwerp, or in their labs or homes in Oxford or San Diego. The conversations bring out their very different personalities and styles and reveal a wealth of fascinating detail about their theories and beliefs. Why is consciousness such a special and difficult issue for twenty-first century science? Sue, herself a researcher into this controversial and difficult topic, begins by asking each of her colleagues this simple question and is immediately plunged into the depths of the debate: how do the subjective experiences we call consciousness arise from the physical brain? Is this even the right question to ask? Can zombies - people who behave outwardly just like others but have no inner mental life - exist? What can dreams tell us about consciousness? Should we all be learning to meditate?
Do we have free will, and if not is it possible to live without it? With an introduction setting out the broad structure of the debate on consciousness, and an extensive glossary, this book provides an engaging and accessible account of the most challenging problem of all, through the words of some of the leading figures involved in seeking to solve it.
Author:
Susan Blackmore
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192806239
Format: Paperback Book
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Exposure Treatments for Anxiety Disorders
Exposure Treatment for Anxiety Disorders is a unique volume, as it draws together the latest research on the rapidly-expanding field of anxiety disorders and illuminates how to correctly apply the proven methodology of behavioral therapy techniques to the variety of situations that face today's mental health professional. That said, cognitive therapy has in the last 10 years gotten increased attention as an alternative to behavior therapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders. But while it is gaining acceptance among practitioners, cognitive therapy has yet to illustrate substantial benefits above those that behavior therapy can already provide. In light of the aforementioned, coupled with the pressure many practitioners feel from managed care paradigms and shrinking healthcare coverage, this book will be a welcome resource allowing for increased clarity of action, accountability, and ultimately, positive client outcome.
Each chapter is designed to address pivotal aspects in the assessment, formulation and diagnosis, and treatment of anxiety disorders, to a sufficient depth that the generalist practitioner will be comfortable using this book as a guide when working with the anxiety disordered client.
Author:
Johan Rosqvist
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415948470
Format: Paperback Book
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Head Case
Pamela Stephenson shows you how to free yourself of psychological pain and move on to well-deserved happiness in this true follow-up to the bestselling biography Billy, which triggered an overwhelming outpouring from readers suffering from mental health problems. As many as 40 per cent of the British public will undergo these difficulties - such as anguish, depression, anxiety - at some time in their lives, many of which are rooted in childhood trauma. Pamela Stephenson sets out the necessary steps towards freeing oneself from unhealthy constraints of the mind and moving on to enjoy a playful, celebratory life. She shows how early psychological events, as well as biologically-determined traits, affect our adult lives, and suggests courses of action to first work through the past and then leave it where it belongs. Making the jargon of professionals accessible to all, with simple self-diagnosis tools and down-to-earth information about a wide range of mental conditions, she offers a helpful, practical and positive guide that will inspire readers to take manageable steps towards a more joyful life.
Author:
Pamela Stephenson
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780755317219
Format: Paperback Book
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The Method of Levels
Based on Perceptual Control Theory, PCT (explained in the foreword), this therapeutic method leaves the patient in control with no interference from the therapist. The book includes a coupon for a DVD featuring an actual MOL session, to be mailed by the publisher separate from the book. Author Tim Carey shows how you can ask very simple questions about background thoughts to assist a friend in distress. Without offering advice or commentary of any kind, you can help your trusting friend review his or her problem, finding his or her own solution by going up a level, looking at his or her own internal conflict from above and finding ways to resolve it by changing his or her sense of what is important-changing how he or she looks at the internal conflict. From a review by Kalen Hammann: I've just finished the Method of Levels, and I'm astonished, delighted, and inspired. I was a psychotherapist for many years, using a variety of approaches (predominantly Gestalt Therapy, several versions of family therapy, and more recently Psychology of Mind), and while my clients were often happy with the results, I frequently wasn't.My fundamental dissatisfaction arose from the fact that I never knew WHY we were successful when we were, and what had gone wrong or failed to go right when we weren't.
Now I think maybe at last I know. For more, see the publisher's website www.livingcontrolsystems.com.
Author:
Timothy A. Carey
Publisher: Living Control Systems Publishing
ISBN: 9780974015545
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When Your Sex Drives Don't Match
Do your partner's sexual needs, expectations, or desires vary widely from your own? While the differences between the two of you can be confusing and stressful, a break-up doesn't have to be imminent. Now, for the first time, When Your Sex Drives Don't Match introduces the ten libido types from the emotionally intimate Sensual type to the physically passionate Erotic libido. Longtime sex therapist Dr. Sandra Pertot presents her groundbreaking, highly practical discoveries and insights about: How your libido types affect both you and your partner Quizzes and exercises to help pinpoint the basis of your concerns, and how to remedy them Rational ways for couples to understand, manage, and overcome sexual incompatibilities Understanding and overcoming the Cycle of Misunderstanding that causes so much conflict Tips on building and maintaining your intimate relationship. With clear, straightforward diagnostic tools and remedies, When Your Sex Drives Don't Match will help you and your partner identify, understand, and work through your problems for a mutually satisfying sex life.
Author:
Sandra Pertot
Publisher: Marlowe & Co
ISBN: 9781569242711
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London
London has a long history as a vibrant sexual marketplace with a staggering array of sexual wares on offer. This book surveys a thousand years of commercial sex in London, from the Bishop of Bankside's licensed brothels on Bankside to the sleazy massage parlours and suburban brothels of today's city. The author takes us on a tour of the city's colourful past where all sexual desires were catered for. There were brothels with classical paintings and fine cuisine, accommodation houses where one could take one's choice of the pretty street girls, and the bagnios or bath houses in Covent Garden, which were praised by no less an authority than Casanova. For homosexuals there were mollies' houses. Expensively equipped flagellation establishments catered for the many passionate adherents of what was described as the 'English vice'. There were many attempts to suppress the sex industry, particularly under the puritans, but it always emerged strengthened. It was flexible enough to respond to peaks in demand (such as the Restoration and two world wars) and reached an accommodation with gangsters, crooked magistrates and police.
With vivid portraits of the enterprising bawds and whores who engaged in the oldest profession in the world, this is a fascinating look at the underside of life in the capital.
Author:
Fergus Linnane
Publisher: Anova Books
ISBN: 9781861059901
Format: Paperback Book
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder for Dummies
As Dr. Mark Goulston tells his patients who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 'The fact that you're still afraid doesn't mean you're in any danger. It just takes the will and the way for your heart and soul to accept what the logical part of your mind already knows'. In Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies, Dr. Goulston helps you find the will and shows you the way. A traumatic event can turn your world upside down, but there is a path out of PTSD. This reassuring guide presents the latest on effective treatments that help you combat fear, stop stress in its tracks, and bring joy back into your life.You'll learn how to: identify PTSD symptoms and get a diagnosis understand PTSD and the nature of trauma develop a PTSD treatment plan choose the ideal therapist for you decide whether cognitive behavior therapy is right for you weight the pros and cons of PTSD medications cope with flashbacks, nightmares, and disruptive thoughts maximize your healing manage your recovery, both during and after treatment help a partner, child or other loved one triumph over PTSD know when you're getting better and, get your life back on track.
Whether you're a trauma survivor with PTSD or the caregiver of a PTSD sufferer, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies, gives you the tools you need to win the battle against this disabling condition.
Author:
Oscar Gillespie & Nikki Moustaki
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780470049228
Format: Paperback Book
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Integrated Treatment for Mood and Substance Use Disorders
People with mood disorders often have simultaneous problems with addiction, and those with substance abuse problems are especially susceptible to mood disorder. The treatment of such patients can be particularly complicated, and many receive treatment for only one of their disorders. In this book, fourteen clinicians discuss the extent of the problem, methods of assessment, typical courses, and treatments--including both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. They address the all-too-frequent necessity of proceeding with treatment before a clear diagnosis is known, and they claim that distinguishing between primary and secondary disorders is initially less critical than previously assumed. Contending that clinicians treating comorbid mood / substance problems must be both more flexible and more watchful than those treating either disorder alone, the authors also describe various models of care. Throughout the book, they provide differing points of view on such issues as the value of pharmacotherapy for those still abusing psychoactive substances.
Written for those who treat addictions, including counselors, clergy, and employee assistance staff, as well as for traditional mental health professionals, Integrating Treatment for Mood and Substance Use Disorders is an invaluable reference for any clinician who works with dually diagnosed clients. As a clinician, Integrated Treatment for Mood and Substance Use Disorders has made me more aware of factors that need to be considered when treating people with these complicated, but common, disorders. This book is a timely, relevant, and much-needed resource that provides valuable information about an issue that many clinicians do not fully understand, and I was able to integrate what I learned from it into my clinical work almost immediately after finishing it. I plan to refer to this book often, as well as share it with my coworkers.--Elisabeth W. Morrel, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Med
Author:
Roger D. Weiss & Douglas M. Ziedonis Joseph Westermeyer
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9780801871993
Format: Hardback Book
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Untethered Soul
Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more you than any of these can define. In this book, spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, Singer show how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.Divided in to five parts, the book offers a frank and friendly discussion of consciousness and how we can develop it. In part one, he examines the notion of self and the inner dialogue that all of use live with. Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us and works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives.
Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three. Enlightenment and the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four. And finally, in part five, Singer returns to daily life and the pursuit of unconditional happiness. Throughout, the book maintains a light and engaging tone, free from heavy dogma and prescriptive religious references. The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents.
Author:
Michael Singer
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications,U.S.
ISBN: 9781572245372
Format: Paperback Book
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Applied Behavior Analysis
The long-awaited second edition of the classic textbook, Applied Behavior Analysis, provides a comprehensive, in-depth discussion of the field, providing a complete description of the principles and procedures needed to systematically change socially significant behavior and to understand the reasons for that change. The authors' goal in revising this best-selling text was to introduce students to ABA in as complete, technically accurate, and contemporary manner as possible. As a result, the book's scope, treatment of various principles, procedures, and issues suggest that it is intended for concentrated and serious study.Readers of the new second edition will appreciate the inclusion of: more than 1,400 citations to primary-source literature, including both classic and contemporary studies a glossary of more than 400 technical terms and concepts more than 100 graphs displaying original data from peer-reviewed research, with detailed descriptions of the procedures used to collect the data represented five new chapters written by leading scholars in the field of behavior analysis and the addition of The Behavior Analyst Certification Board(R) BCBA(R) and BCABA(R) Behavior Analyst Task List, Third Edition.
First published in 1987, Applied Behavior Analysis remains the top-choice primary text for appropriate courses at universities in the United States and abroad with leading programs in behavior analysis. This comprehensive text, best-suited for all upper-level courses in basic principles, applications, and behavioral research methods, helps students, educators, and practitioners appreciate and begin to acquire the conceptual and technical skills necessary to foster socially adaptive behavior in diverse individuals.
Author:
Timothy E. Heron & William L. Heward John O. Cooper
Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
ISBN: 9780131293274
Format: Paperback Book
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Psychological Symptoms
If you or someone you love is suffering from any of the following, you can now find out why - and what you can do about it * Anxiety* Loss of pleasure* Irrational fears* Obsessional thoughts* Erratic mood swings* Procrastination* Compulsive overeating* Extreme shyness* Depression* Self-destructive behavior* Phobias* Excessive anger* Perfectionism* Drug abuse Psychological Symptoms Now, in this indispensable reference, Dr. Frank J. Bruno helps you understand the origins of and treatment available for several common psychological symptoms, which can impinge on your daily life and even signal deeper emotional trouble. A comprehensive sourcebook, Psychological Symptoms provides a detailed description of 27 symptom groups, each complete with an analysis of possible biological and psychological causes, as well as concrete everyday examples of characteristic self-defeating, self-destructive thinking and acting.
Containing over 150 specific, self-directed strategies for dealing with an array of troubling, debilitating behaviors, as well as a guide to the various forms of psychological and psychiatric therapies available, Psychological Symptoms lets you finally gain perspective and control over problems that can impair your emotional health and well-being.
Author:
Frank J. Bruno
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780471016106
Format: Paperback Book
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Working with Anger
Client anger is a perennial problem for a range of professionals working in clinical settings. Working with Anger presents an alternative strategy to the most common approach, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), exploring instead how anger can be tackled from a personal constructivist perspective. It provides a conceptual framework and practical advice on the clinical issues of working with anger, including case study examples, service user perspective, a philosophical and developmental underpinning, and suggested ways of preventing anger development.Ways of working with anger are illustrated, including: group-based treatments individual treatment working with adults working with children and adolescents working with families gender and anger and methods of evaluating anger programmes. This practical volume will enable clinicians to set up, run and evaluate their own anger programmes using the constructivist approach. It will therefore be a valuable resource for professionals such as clinical and forensic psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, nurses and social workers.
Author:
Peter Cummins
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780470090503
Format: Paperback Book
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Knowledge and the Probation Service
This textbook is designed to help trainee probation officers with the Diploma in Probation Studies, especially with the NVQ elements and making the link to the degree programme in probation. Written by Philip Whitehead and Jamie Thompson, each with over 25 years' experience of the probation service, it will also be valuable to those assessing and managing trainees. Opening with an historical overview of training in probation, the book moves on to examine aspects of the NVQ, report writing, information for Practice Development Assessors, how to put training into practice once qualified, and beyond the codification of knowledge to vocational excellence as a probation officer. Teaching and learning features include: chapter menus and summaries further reading glossary and, appendices. Timely and relevant, Knowledge and the Probation Service: Raising Standards for Trainees, Assessors and Practitioners will stimulate and motivate trainees, offer food for thought for those involved in the planning and development of probation training, and will contribute to the wider debate about the nature of probation identity in these changing times for the service.
Author:
Philip Whitehead & Jamie Thompson
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780470092040
Format: Paperback Book
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The Worry Trap
Chronic worry, a strong and persistent inability to tolerate uncertainty, is among the most common emotional problems. Unchecked, it can lead to generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a common and more serious condition. Enter the newest, most exciting development in psychotherapy in the last fifty years. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a revolutionary new approach to resolving a staggeringly wide range of psychological problems - including chronic worry and GAD. ACT paradoxically stresses letting go of attempts to corral, change, and cease negative thinking. Instead, it helps individuals accept their feeling as they occur without judgment. ACT techniques work to de-fuse problematic thoughts from the situations that trigger them. By choosing what they value and committing to how they want to live, people working with ACT can bypass problems like worry entirely. ACT is safe, fast, and, clinical studies prove, very effective. This book is the first for general readers to adapt ACT principles for chronic worry and GAD. It offers a step-by-step approach to learning and practicing ACT, from the first steps of acceptance to a lifetime of rich, values-guided living.
Author:
Chad Lejeune
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications,U.S.
ISBN: 9781572244801
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Organizational Psychology
This title offers a thorough and up-to-date coverage of both the science and practice of organizational psychology. This Second Edition reflects the latest developments and research in the field using a scientist-practitioner model that expertly integrates multicultural and international issues as it addresses the most current knowledge and topics in the practice of organizational psychology. Beginning with a foundation of research methodology, this text examines the behavior of individuals in organizational settings and shows readers how psychological models can be used to improve employee morale, productivity, and quality of service.
Written in an accessible style that brings the material to life, author Steve Jex and new coauthor Thomas Britt use their experiences as consultants and educators to bring new features to the Second Edition, including: updated chapters, particularly those on job attitudes, teams, and leadership new 'People Behind the Research' and 'Illuminating Examples' boxes new coverage of workplace stress, teams, and multicultural socialization more material on personal difference, personality, and considerations of diversity and, extended coverage of financial incentives and executive compensation. Using descriptive cases to illustrate workplace issues, Organizational Psychology, Second Edition thoroughly addresses the major motivational theories in organizational psychology and the mechanisms that organizations use to influence employees' behavior.
Author:
Steve M. Jex & Thomas W. Britt
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780470109762
Format: Hardback Book
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The Well-managed Mental Health Practice
This book offers a step-by-step guide to building and managing a profitable and successful practice or clinic. Beyond your training as a therapist, the skills required to create and build a practice and to supervise others are typically not taught as part of your clinical training. There are myriad decisions you must make, including financial, organizational, and marketing decisions, that will determine the success and profitability of your practice, group practice, or clinic. The Well-Managed Mental Health Practice draws from author Donald Wiger's vast experience as owner and manager of both small and large mental health practices and clinics. This helpful resource provides sound business practices, immediately useful insights into the accrediting process, and other critical information you will need to avoid legal trouble, ensure payment from individuals and third party payors, and create a thriving practice.
Designed for practices or clinics of any size and at any stage of development - from start-up through mature business - this easy-to-follow book looks at all the issues involved with starting and running a mental health practice and offers: practical advice on how to increase business, develop your professional reputation, and set priorities, as well as helpful insights on customer service, employee relations, time management, and coping with stress indispensable tools for developing business and management skills to ensure smooth operation and maximum profitability useful tips for handling problems encountered by clinic directors and clinic decision-makers and, numerous sample forms and procedural documents. A vital reference for a wide range of mental health professionals, The Well-Managed Mental Health Practice is an important guide that will equip you with the skills necessary to develop a financially successful practice that survives and thrives.
Author:
Donald E. Wiger
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780470125168
Format: Paperback Book
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Think Good - Feel Good
Think Good, Feel Good is an exciting and pioneering new practical resource in print and on the internet for undertaking CBT with children and young people. The materials have been developed by the author and trialled extensively in clinical work with children and young people presenting with a range of psychological problems. Paul Stallard introduces his resource by covering the basic theory and rationale behind CBT and how the workbook should be used. An attractive and lively workbook follows which covers the core elements used in CBT programmes but conveys these ideas to children and young people in an understandable way and uses real life examples familiar to them. The concepts introduced to the children can be applied to their own unique set of problems through the series of practical exercises and worksheets. 10 modules can be used as a complete programme, or adapted for individual use Little else available for this age range Can be used as homework or self-help material Available in print and as a downloadable resource on the internet.
Author:
Paul Stallard
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780470842904
Format: Paperback Book
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History on the Couch
Highlights the ways in which the emotional life, identity formation and the relationship between self and society can inform histories both of individuals and of nations. 'memory is the bridge shared by both psychoanalysis and history, for the processes of remembering and forgetting are central to both' So why have historians been reluctant to use the tools of psychoanalysis, one of the most influential developments in thought of the last century? This collection of essays puts history on the couch, exploring how psychoanalytic thought might enhance our exploration of the past. Drawing on the work of Freud and later theorists, the authors tackle this complex and sometimes uneasy relationship through theory and historical practice. Such issues as class, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality are inextricably tied up in this dialogue between disciplines. History on the Couch highlights the ways in which the emotional life, identity formation and the relationship between self and society can inform histories both of individuals and of nations.
Author:
Joy Damousi & Robert Reynolds
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
ISBN: 9780522850574
Format: Paperback Book
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Managing Children's Disruptive Behaviour
Managing Children's Disruptive Behavior is a comprehensive guide designed for professionals and parents who care for children whose behavior problems are beyond those encountered normally. Arranged in three parts, the book opens by setting out the theoretical background to conduct disorders in a range of settings. Part Two discusses issues in assessment and treatment and explains the background to the Child Wise programs devised by the authors. Four versions of the Child Wise program follow, complete with useful materials for evaluation and homework purposes. This flexible set of resources has been designed for use with children aged between 2 and 10 years and includes versions for use: in group settings at home in the classroom with typical and special needs children. Devised for use by a wide range of professionals, the programmes reduce fraught interactions and restore mutually enjoyable relationships between the carer/parent and the child. There are also further resources available to download from a supporting website.
Managing Children's Disruptive Behaviour is an invaluable tool for psychologists, health visitors, social workers, teachers, and all those whose work involves children and their careers.
Author:
Martin Herbert & Jenny Wookey
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780470849453
Format: Paperback Book
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Personality Disorder and Community Mental Health Teams
Practitioners in Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) frequently find that traditional forms of support are ineffective when offered to patients with personality disorder. This book considers the various difficulties encountered, with reference to current thinking about the origins, maintenance and treatment of personality disorder. Written by practitioners for practitioners, it provides a framework for developing effective care plans with minimal use of technical terms and jargon. Rather than promote an approach based on a single theoretical model, consideration is given to ways in which different approaches can be effectively combined within a multi disciplinary team. The book is divided into two sections. The first outlines recent government initiatives relating to personality disorder and introduces key theories underlying psychological and biological treatments.
The second focuses specifically on the role of the CMHT in relation to patients with these difficulties, including: the assessment of personality functioning developing coherent plans for treatment and support optimising the therapeutic relationship managing self harming behaviour particular challenges faced by CMHTs, and how to overcome them the views of service users and involving family, friends and carers. Personality Disorder and Community Mental Health Teams deals with the reality of services today. It is essential reading for all mental health practitioners in CMHTs working with people with personality disorder.
Author:
Remy McCubbin & Peter Tyrer Mark Sampson
Publisher: John Wiley and Son
ISBN: 9780470011713
Format: Hardback Book
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