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Malin, S. (2004). Love at First Sight. New York: DK.
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Stephen Bertman
Stephen Bertman, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Canada’s University of Windsor. He is the editor of The Conflict of...more