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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 362.292089972 EAN: 9780195136159 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0195136152 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 262 Publication Date: March 15, 2000 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items:
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 Rating: - From Experience...I read this book from cover to cover during one of my frequent retreats to the local sweat lodge. After a few too many cans of Kylon Arcylic (gold is my fav!), my resulting state of mind and body will instruct me to take refuge there. I feel that the basic thrust of the book is right on - we basically are a spiritual type of people who, when drinking alcohol, will often take great delight in running our almost new automobiles, bought with our casino revenue, out of gas and oil, only to abondon ... Read More 
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