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" Twins in the world : "
Alessandra Piontelli
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BL
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596710
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b425929
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| Main Entry
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Piontelli, Alessandra,1945-
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| Title & Author
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Twins in the world : : the legends they inspire and the lives they lead /\ Alessandra Piontelli
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2008
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xii, 253 p. :: ill. ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0230605966
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: 9780230605961
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: 0230605974
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: 9780230605978
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-245) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: a personal journey -- Our twins -- Voodoo twins -- Stone idols -- The big shock -- Keepers and outcasts -- Forced adoption and the sex trade -- Let nature take its course -- The hold of superstition -- Heart of darkness -- One gender and one only -- Abuse and neglect -- Till death us do part -- Conclusion: bringing it all back home
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Twins-- Psychology
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| Dewey Classification
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306.875
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| LC Classification
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HQ777.35P56 2008
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