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Book Title: Orthodoxy
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.6in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: G.K. Chesterton
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Christian Theology / Apologetics, Essays, Christianity / Literature & the Arts, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: 1st WORLD Publishing, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism, Religion, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 196 Pages
