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Book Title: The Road To Tolerance: The Philosophy Of Rational Emotive Be...
Number of Pages: 271 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Road to Tolerance : the Philosophy of RATIONAL Emotive Behavior Therapy
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication Year: 2004
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Movements / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Cbt), Psychiatry / General, Movements / Behaviorism
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.5 Oz
Author: Albert Ellis
Subject Area: Psychology, Medical
Item Length: 8.6 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Psychology Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
