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Business Law: Text and Cases (West's Business Law)
ISBN: 0324655223
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 11
Author(s): Kenneth W. Clarkson, Roger LeRoy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz, Frank B. Cross
Publisher: South-Western College/West
Number of Pages: 1440
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Statistics for Business and Economics (with Bind-In Printed Access Card)
ISBN: 0324783248
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 11
Author(s): David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Number of Pages: 1024
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ISBN: 0538466251
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 7
Author(s): Mary Ellen Guffey, Dana Loewy
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Number of Pages: 672
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Essentials of Business Communication (with www.meguffey.com Printed Access Card)
ISBN: 0324588003
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 8
Author(s): Mary Ellen Guffey
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Number of Pages: 560
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Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law Today: The Essentials
ISBN: 0324786158
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 9
Author(s): Roger LeRoy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz
Publisher: South-Western College/West
Number of Pages: 864
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Understanding Business
ISBN: 007310597X
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 8
Author(s): William Nickels, James McHugh, Susan McHugh
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Number of Pages: 800
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International Business
ISBN: 0078137195
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 8
Author(s): Charles W. L. Hill
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Number of Pages: 752
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