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The Dean's Diaries - Being a True & Factual Account of the Doings & Dealings of the Dean & Dons of St Andrews College Edinburgh - cover
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The Dean's Diaries - Being a True & Factual Account of the Doings & Dealings of the Dean & Dons of St Andrews College Edinburgh

David Purdie

Editora: Luath Press

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A collection of diary entries from the dean of the fictional St. Andrews College, Edinburgh. Longsuffering and cantankerous, he documents the comings and goings of eccentric professors, academic triumphs and failures and the disastrous outcome of a physics department's experiment resulting in the magnetisation of the number 42 bus.
Disponível desde: 01/10/2015.
Comprimento de impressão: 160 páginas.

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