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Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management (International Computer Science Series)

Computers & Technology

Thomas M. Connolly

Carolyn E. Begg

Software

Addison Wesley Publishing Comp

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Helen Bee

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Pearson

Mathematics

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