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Contemporary Living
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ryder, Verdene.
Contemporary Living / Verdene Ryder, Marjorie B. Harter. -- 11th ed.
p.cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-60525-131-8
1. Family life education--United States. I. Harter, Marjorie B. II. Title.
HQ10.5.U6R93 2010
646.700835--dc22 2008055096
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