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    Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

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    ISBN: 9780141986302
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    AuthorHaidt, Jonathan
    Pub Date06/06/2019
    BindingPaperback
    Pages352
    Publisher: Penguin Books
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