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Promise Land: My Journey Through America's Self-Help Culture

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Book Title: Promise Land : My JOURNEY Through America's Self-Help Culture

Item Length: 8.4in

Item Height: 0.7in

Item Width: 5.5in

Author: Jessica Lamb-Shapiro

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Personal Memoirs, General, Popular Culture, Healthy Living, Social Psychology, Self-Management / General

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Year: 2015

Genre: Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Health & Fitness, Social Science

Item Weight: 9 Oz

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

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