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Review of: The Lie Detectors—The History of an American Obsession

✍ Scribed by Frank Horvath

Book ID
109280163
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
40 KB
Volume
53
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-1198

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