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Book Title: Iceland Imagined: Nature, Culture, And Storytelling In The N...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Karen Oslund
Publication Name: Iceland Imagined : Nature, Culture, and Storytelling in the North Atlantic
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication Year: 2013
Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Bks.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
