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On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense
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In this catalog, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense by David Brooks lands as a focused backlist selection with a clear entry point for curious readers. Stored edition details show 2004 • Simon & Schuster • 304 pages, which helps set expectations for scope and pacing.
Edition on file: 2004 • Simon & Schuster • 304 pages • ISBN 9780743227384.
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