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Book Title: Practice For Life: Making Decisions In College
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Practice for Life : Making Decisions in College
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Subject: Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Student Life & Student Affairs, Higher, Counseling / Academic Development
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.1 in
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Suzanne Lovett, Lee Cuba, Nancy Jennings, Joseph Swingle
Item Length: 1 in
Subject Area: Education
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
