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Book Title: Don't Believe Everything You Think : the 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Thomas E. Kida
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Epistemology, Personality, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Logic
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Psychology, Philosophy
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 286 Pages
