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The Japanese Tax System
Hiromitsu Ishi
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This book makes available to English-speakers a comprehensive description and incisive critique of the Japanese tax system. This revised edition contains three new chapters, incorporating tax reforms of the early 1990s. The work details changes to consumption tax and to land tax in order to
understand the recent development of the tax system. Having served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Land Taxation, Ishi has the experience to write about these recent developments. He begins by tracing the development of the Japanese tax system, introducing the system in an historical and
contemporary context and highlighting its main features. Ishi examines individual and corporate tax, as well as indirect, inheritance, gift, and local taxation. The book includes Ishi's appraisal of the system and proposals for further reform measures. The numerous comparative tables have been
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English to Japanese and Japanese to English Dictionary of International Accounting and Taxation
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Japanese International Taxation
Griffith Way
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Kaigai kogaisha no horitsu to zeimu =: Law & tax of foreign subsidiaries
Aritsugu Tashiro
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Takokuseki kigyo no sozei senryaku: Nihon kigyo no Ajia shinshutsu o chushin ni shite (Nagoya Gakuin Daigaku Sangyo Kagaku Kenkyujo kenkyu sosho)
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- The History of Dick Tracy!
- The Bible of All Dick Tracy Books
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The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy, 1931-1951
Chester Gould
Manufacturer: First Glance Books
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Binding: Hardcover
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The Dick Tracy Casebook: Favorite Adventures, 1931-1990
ASIN: 155521620X |
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The History of Dick Tracy!.......2003-08-08
This was an outstanding collection of comic strips that made up the career of my favorite crime fighter Dick Tracy.I began reading Dick Tracy comic strips at the age of 5 in the Beaumont Enterprise. Dick Tracy was the embodiment of forces of good crushing the forces of evil.I am now 50 and I still enjoy Dick Tracy. This book is the best of Dick Tracy. You have an early
history of the beginning of Tracy's crime fighting career.This
book features some of Tracy's most evil villains.You have the Blank,Mary X,Jerome Trohs and Momma,Little Face Finny,the Mole,
B.B. Eyes,88 Keyes,Flattop,the Summer Sisters,the Brow and Gravel Gertie,Breathless Mahoney,B.O. Plenty,Mumbles,and Pear Shape.This is a must buy for the serious Dick Tracy fan.This
is the finest of Dick Tracy.Read this and you will become a fan of Dick Tracy too.
The Bible of All Dick Tracy Books.......2002-02-20
I searched high and low for this book until I found it for sale on line through Amazon. I first read this collection of Dick Tracy comic books at the age of 10 and have been hooked ever since. Reading through it a second time was even better because I now had a historical context to enjoy some of the references and greater awareness of some of the unfortunate racial stereo-types sometimes depicted. The cases include criminal minds like Flat Top, Pear Shape, Gravel Gerty & BO Plenty, The Blank, 88 Keys, Jerome Trohs & Mamma, Little Face Finny, The Mole, The Brow, Breathless Mahoney and Mumbles. Some color pages. This is a must read and must have for all Tracy fans and fans to be.
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The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy 1931-1951
Chester; Edited By: GALEWITZ, Herb; Introduction By: QUEEN, Ellery GOULD
Manufacturer: Wellfleet
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ASIN: B000OPEH3W |
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The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy 1931-1951
Chester Gould
Manufacturer: Bonanza Books
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ASIN: B000JCT2Z8 |
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- Missing Sunday pages
- Classic, if deeply flawed, collection of the legendary comic
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The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy, 1931-1951
Manufacturer: Chartwell House
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0394419642 |
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Missing Sunday pages.......2006-12-10
Contrary to what several reviewers have stated this collection does have the Sunday pages for the last few segments. The early Sunday pages couldn't be reproduced due to technical difficulties at the time of publication. Monday dailies usually gave a summary of what happened on Sunday. This was done as some newspapers did not have Sunday comics.
Classic, if deeply flawed, collection of the legendary comic.......2002-09-13
In its prime, there never was a strip like Dick Tracy. With rare skill and inventiveness driven by a personal fire, this comic blazed a new trail in subject matter. This book contains some of the greatest stories of what mystery luminary Dashal Hammit called the first modern police procedural stories.
In this book, you will enjoy classic tales like Tracy's first story as well as his cases against great villains like The Blank, 88 Keys, The Brow, Mumbles and Flattop. However, I have to mention that since the sunday strips were not included in this reprint, stories in the strip's prime have gaping holes that those colour ones were supposed to cover. It is not fatal, but it hurts the collection.
Otherwise, if you want to see what this strip at its best was like, then this can be a good example for you. But if you want complete stories, then Dick Tracy Casebook: Favorite Adventures, 1931-1990 could be more for you.
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The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy, 1931-1951
Chester Gould
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The Provincial Lady in Russia: I Visit the Soviets
E. M. Delafield
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ASIN: 0897331567 |
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Misleading title.......2000-06-25
Being a tremendous fan of EM Delafields "Diary of a Provincial Lady", "The Provincial Lady Goes Further", and the two subsequent novels, I was very excited to discover this previously unknown book in the series.
However when I read it, I discoverd that "The Provincial Lady in Russia" is NOT a novel and it is NOT about "Time and Tide" magazine's "Provincial Lady".
It is, actually, a fascinating factual account of EM Delafield's visit to communist Russia in the 1930's. It has been re-titled in the last 20 years by the publisher, presumably to cash in on the current popularity of "The Provincial Lady" series.
Please DO buy this book if you are interested in social history, English attitudes to communist Russia in the 30's, and witty, erudite, informative writing.
But do NOT buy this book if you are looking for more tales about the Provincial Lady, her husband, their two children, Mademoiselle, the vicar's wife and Lady B!
I find it insulting to the memory and work of EM Delafield (and tremendously insulting to us, her readers) that this book has been "re-branded" in such a cynical way.
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I Visit the Soviets The Provincial Lady Looks at Russia
E. M. Delafield
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I Visit The Soviets - The Provincial Lady Looks At Russia
E. M. Delafield
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CONTENTS COMMUNE i THE NEW MRS. TROLLOPE 80 THEY ALSO SERVE 109 MARGARET WAS RIGHT 122 MlSS-BLAKE-AND MlSS BOLTON 147 Moscou D VOILE 1 57 MR. FAIRCHILD IN Moscow 195 CONVERSATION IN ROSTOV 202 WITHOUT COMMENT 215 SAVOYARD 228 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION 267 THE ARISTOCRAT 275 INCIDENT AT ODESSA 302 To SPEAK MY MIND 316 ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page-The worst trial was to see and hear the macaroni being dealt with on the opposite side of the table. 32 One couple danced a very attractive peasant dance. 72 The pavements, like the trams, are thronged. 92 The Park of Rest and Culture. 128 The tram is invariably bunged to the roof with pale, grimy, heavily built Comrades. I often think of the Black Hole of Calcutta. 1 66 The agronome in a towering rage is planted on a chair in the middle of the rooms. 240 The smoke-blackened demons are female. 278 Why are nearly all the male Comrades so thin and all the female ones so stout 308 I VISIT THE SOVIETS COMMUNE IT WAS IN THE INCONGRUOUS SET ting of an expensive London restaurant that an American publisher was moved to exclaim to an astonished dinner-guest whose novels he had pub lished for years I. wish to Heavens youd go and live on a Col lective Farm in Russia for six months, and write a funny book about it 7 Funny Sure. Nobody has been at all funny yet, about Russia. I admitted that I thought I probably might be funny enough in Russia, but that I didnt think I could be very funny about it. Especially not about a Collective Farm. Besides, they wouldnt have me there. I VISIT TJIK SOVIETS That could be arranged he replied firmly and, as I afterwards discovered, without the faintest justification. Theyd expect me to work, and I dont know anything about fanning I dare say you could help about the house said my publisher blithely, Anyhow, you could make plenty of contacts, and get aslant on the womens point of view. Its a grand idea Not only did I not think it a grand idea, but I had no faintest intention of putting it into action. Have some caviar my publisher said per haps with some thought of making me more Soviet-minded and I hope it was from kindness and hospitality only that he also offered me some excellent champagne. Then in the evenings he went on dreamily, they all sit round and talk you know what Russians areand tell you the stories of their Iftcs. That would be perfectly splendid, except that I dont know a word of Russian 7 I dare say you can learn it before you go. Its not as difficult as people think. And anyway, some of them would speak a little English or German or
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Modernity and Metropolis: Writing, Film and Urban Formations
Peter Brooker
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This study of urban identity and community looks at selected twentieth century literary and film texts in the contexts of theorizations modernism, postmodernism, post-coloniality and globalization. Brooker draws on Beck and Giddens and Rem Koolhasas, amongst others, to propose a 'reflexive modernism' which rewrites and re-imagines the urban scene. Cities included are London and New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Writers and artists considered are: in the modernist period, Ezra Poun and T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes and Melvin B. Tolson, and in the contemporary period, Hanif Kureishi, Bernadine Evaristo and Salman Rushdie, Iain Sinclair and Patrick Keiller, Paul Auster and Sarah Schulman, William Gibson, Wong Kar-Wai and Lawrence Chua, and Alex Proyas, Latife Tekin and John Berger.
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Modernity and Metropolis: Writing, Film and Urban Formations.(Book Review) : An article from: The Modern Language Review
Jonathan Bignell
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Release Date: 2005-09-03 |
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This digital document is an article from The Modern Language Review, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2004. The length of the article is 831 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Modernity and Metropolis: Writing, Film and Urban Formations.(Book Review)
Author: Jonathan Bignell
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Date: April 1, 2004
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Volume: 99
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- American Soul
- Good Introduction to Bike History
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Outlaw Machine: Harley Davidson and the Search for the American Soul
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The Harley-Davidson motorcycle, writes Brock Yates, is a quintessentially American machine: "flawed but honest and forthright, bombastic and audacious like the nation that produced it." Anyone who has pulled off the road to let a pack of Hells Angels roar by, or who has watched an executive trade in his Rolex for leather chaps and a custom Softail, also knows that the allure of the Harley is its rebellious, bad-guy mystique. In Outlaw Machine, Yates sets out to document the history of Harley-Davidson, as a company and as a symbol that helped create--and now sustains--American motorcycle culture.
What Yates gives us, in prose that aims for the sound and fury of his subject but sometimes suffers from a lack of agility, is a modern American success story--"the long ride of the Harley-Davidson into the mainstream." It is the story of how the Harley became the vehicle of choice for rebels and outlaw bikers; how the company distanced itself from this media-enhanced, antiestablishment image as it suffered the onslaught of Japanese imports; how the company stumbled, close to bankruptcy, into the '80s when it realized that the hard-core biker contingent exhibited unequaled brand loyalty. "If this rebelliousness, this sheer vitality and off-the-wall lust for the elemental life could somehow be tapped to offset the seamless onslaught of the Japanese, perhaps ... Harley-Davidson could survive."
Harley-Davidson has capitalized on its "reputation of veiled menace" to establish a marketing niche for the record books, and its classically styled, gleaming machines have become one of the most sought-after status symbols of the '90s. Yet Yates suggests that the Harley's power transcends the mainstream's co-option of its renegade image. "If that rumble, that ungodly roar, that death threat to collectivism and convention dies away, it will be time to turn out the lights." --Svenja Soldovieri
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For decades, motorcycles have been the ultimate symbol of danger, rebellion, and freedom, and Harley-Davidson bikes have always been the baddest of them all. Now, with Outlaw Machine, noted automotive writer Brock Yates tells the definitive history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Harleys from their relatively wholesome prewar image to the birth of the Hells Angels, and their current worldwide status as the ultimate in style and attitude. He also tells the success story of the company itself, a small family business that transformed itself into the industry leader.
Customer Reviews:
American Soul.......2007-03-09
I found this read to be just great.It gives you a brief history of the begining of the company and brings you right through the culture of the biker and the attraction of the Harley Davidson.A true motorcyclist will be totally engrossed.
Good Introduction to Bike History.......2004-07-19
Having started with a minibike at age 5, and eventually moving up through dirt bikes, Japanese bikes and eventually to Harley's by the time I was 30, I wanted to know a bit of motorcycle history.
I picked up the book on a whim thinking it would have a good bit of history without taking the rest of my life to read, and wasn't disappointed. The book, though not a detailed account of every facet of motorcycling, served its purpose well. It's a good and entertaining introduction into the history of the Harley Davidson.
Several of its points rang true. For instance the fact that Japanese bikes, though undoubtedly technologically superior, just don't have the soul of a Harley sums up the reasons I eventually abandoned the former bikes for the American brand (the difference in price tags had a bit to do with buying one later in life as well, come to think of it).
I truly enjoyed the book, and would suggest it to anyone who is looking for an introduction into Harley history.
Take it for a ride.......2004-01-24
Brock Yates provides a compelling overview of the Harley-Davidson history, and interesting thoughts on what Harley means to America. In some cases his philsophical pronouncements exceed his grasp, and in a few spots he becomes repetitive. Still, as a Harley owner, I greatly enjoyed the book. It does not get mired in tech specs, nor in meaningless detail of the Davidson family lineage. It is definitely not a hagiography -- he strikes the balance between pointing out flaws and giving credit where due. Others here say he stumbled on some history, but I value his writing that quickly moved me from cover to cover. It hits the high spots, and entertainingly tells me more about the Harley company and history than I knew before.
A journalist wrote this?.......2002-11-13
Incredible. Almost never has a book shown such a lack of research, and an abundance of inacuraccies.
For an author to make such incredible mistakes in his material is bad. For a journalist? Inexcusable. Mr.Yates proved time and time again that his research was lacking.
Even without those, Mr.Yates' Holier-than-thou, know-it-all attitude was off-putting at best. For example, a statement which wasn't even related to bikes (about Daytona Bike Week):
"A visitor to Bike Week might conclude that this is a lilly white crowd. There are no blacks and no Hispanics, no minorities of any kind."
Obviously, ol' Brock has looked at every visitor to Bike Week, and has also asked them all about their lineage. This last statement is so ridiculous, it's almost funny.
The only reason I gave this book 2 stars instead of 1 is because some of the pictures were interesting. The text added absolutely nothing of interest, for the innacuracies were just overbearing.
Save your money. There are many other books with much more details about the history of Harley-Davidson. I wouldn't consider this one "research"!
Another author cashing in on us.......2001-05-02
I would have thought that someone with the credentials of Mr. Yates would have done better. Instead, he serves up a book that is full of errors that should have been corrected with entry-level research. When something as basic as the correct year for the 50th anniversary of Sturgis is mis-stated, the complete lack of any interest in factual information is evident. I would dare say that Mr. Yates would never tolerate repeated mis-statements of fact without researching the subject in his magazine. He should be ashamed of this. Unfortunately, what he have is just another author whipping up a book without regard to content in the sole search for profit. Please don't waste your money as I did.
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100 Blackboard Games Revised
Leslie Landin
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- Huh?
- Great revision to this classic book
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Photoshop CS for Dummies
Deke McClelland , and
Phyllis Davis
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ASIN: 0764543563 |
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- Covers the main features of Photoshop-the industry standard software package for image creation, correction, and enhancement
- Explores the essentials: menu bar, tool palette, modifying images, retouching images, painting and drawing, creating type, adding special effects, creating and managing layers, preparing images for the Web, and much more
- Updated to cover all the new features in both the Mac and Windows versions of the latest Photoshop release
- A ready reference that helps Photoshop novices become productive quickly and introduces experienced Photoshop users to the latest Photoshop tricks and techniques
- Authored by Deke McClelland, a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame, who has published more than sixty books on computer graphics and electronic publishing
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Huh?.......2004-01-24
According to the authors the RAW file format is mainly for use in transferring graphics between Apple and PC computers and loses a great deal of detail. In other words they wrote a book about Photoshop CS but they know little if anything about the subject.
Great revision to this classic book.......2003-11-06
Whether you be new Photoshop user or experienced, you'll find great information in this good book.
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Photoshop CS All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies
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- The complete For Dummies Photoshop resource-ten minibooks with more than 800 pages of tips, techniques, and plain-English explanations
- Covers Photoshop fundamentals, image essentials, selections, painting, drawing and typing, working with layers, channels and masks, filters and distortions, retouching and restoration, Photoshop and the Web, and Photoshop and print
- Explains how to create and manage layers, use channels and masks, make corrections with filters, fix flaws and imperfections, and much more
- Updated and revised throughout for Photoshop "X," which Adobe expects to release in Fall 2003
- Features sixteen pages of full-color examples
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- Without a single redeeming quality.
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Book Description
This guide will probably change your image of Photoshop. Many users tend to use it to do certain things in certain ways and don’t even explore additional features and capabilities. Photoshop cs Timesaving Techniques For Dummies gives you more than 60 timesaving techniques that will speed up the way you do the things you do now and inspire you to do lots more. You’ll discover how to:
- Install and use peripheral devices such as digital cameras, scanners, tablets, and printers
- Customize Photoshop to fit your needs with custom keyboard shortcuts, a color management system, presets, and more
- Create custom palette groups and workspaces
- Use a drawing tablet and stylus to easily double your output
- Create sketches, water colors, and silkscreens and paint with oils
- Create professional-quality separations for high-quality offset printing, including using the CMYK prepress settings, soft proofing, adding printer’s marks and more
- Create action sets so you can perform repetitive tasks that would take an hour in seconds
- Organize, color code, and lock layers and create layer sets
- Use Blending Modes (there are more than 20 to choose from) to enhance images
Written by Phyllis Davis, a writer, graphics and Web designer, teacher, and graphics software expert , this guide features a Color Insert so you can see the results of many of the techniques explained, and a companion Web site (www.dummies.com/go/photoshopcstt
) where you can download many of the images and follow along and experiment. You’ll discover how to get results like a pro as you experiment with:
- Creating great effects with layer styles, using the five types of bevel and emboss, inner and outer glows, blending, and more
- Using the Brush and Pencil painting tools and the Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, Burn, and Sponge editing tools
- Enhancing photos, creating montages and panoramas, recoloring, retouching, and more
- Creating shadow type, knock-out type, liquid type, metal type, and more
- Creating GIF animations, hotspots, and rollovers for the Web
You’ll save steps and discover exciting new possibilities with these 60-plus timesaving, image-saving techniques.
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* Veteran author Phyllis Davis provides readers with a comprehensive overview of Photoshop, the industry standard software package for image creation, correction, and enhancement
* Breaks topics into easily-understood, hands-on, insider techniques that give readers the most efficient means of completing a task
* Designed to encourage quick reading, with two-column format and multiple screen shots in each technique, plus an enticing thirty-two-page color insert
* Explores intermediate and advanced topics, ranging from creating custom brushes and painting to working with channels, correcting color and tone, using curves and levels, and applying advanced blending mode techniques
Customer Reviews:
Without a single redeeming quality........2004-11-12
There is little here that you can't find better described and illustrated in other more worth books on Photoshop. Most of the techniques are adequately described in Photoshop's own online help manual.
For example, Davis spends two pages describing color calibration for Windows machines. Her material is literally a lift of the Photoshop help file and fails to point out the crucial importance of truly accurate color calibration.
This is typical of the book as a whole: instruction without explanation.
A waste of money in my opinion. Anyone interested in increasing their Photoshop skills should spend considerable time either reading reviews of other books on the subject or thumbing through other tomes at the library or local bookstore.
Jerry
Best Photoshop book!.......2004-05-28
If you know a little Photoshop and have done a few things with and want to move to the next step, this is the perfect book for you. Directions are clear and concise and step by step. You'll become a much better, more expert, and faster Photoshop worker following the reading of this very good book.
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Photoshop CS Fur Dummies, XXL-Edition (Fur Dummies)
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