Invisible

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Book Title: Invisible : a Memoir

Number of Pages: 144 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Atria Books

Topic: Cultural Heritage, Personal Growth / General, People with Disabilities, Personal Memoirs, General, Violence in Society, Ophthalmology, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), European

Item Height: 0.4 in

Publication Year: 2011

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Art, Performing Arts, Social Science, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Medical

Item Weight: 3.5 Oz

Item Length: 7 in

Author: Hugues De Montalembert

Item Width: 4.8 in

Format: Trade Paperback