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Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:
Hitchens, Christopher.
God is not great : how religion poisons everything.
Includes index.
ISBN 978 1 74175 222 9.
1. Irreligion and sociology. 2. Religion and civilization.
3. Religion and culture. I. Title.
201.5
Printed and bound in Australia by Griffin Press
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