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Book Title: Paid Servant
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.2in
Author: E. R. Braithwaite
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Discrimination & Race Relations, Poverty & Homelessness, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Literary, Social Activists, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 278 Pages
