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A CRACK IN THE EARTH A Journey Up Israel's Rift Valley
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The stored metadata frames A CRACK IN THE EARTH A Journey Up Israel's Rift Valley by Haim Watzman as a creative or cultural title with room for interpretation and craft. On-file edition details point to 2007 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 194 pages, a decent clue for how big a commitment this copy is.
Edition on file: 2007 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 194 pages • ISBN 9780374130589.
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