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Albert Bergesen, Ou-Byung Chae, Andy Clarno, Raewyn Connell, Ilya Gerasimov, Julian Go, Daniel Goh, Chandan Gowda, Krishan Kumar, Fuyuki Kurasawa, Michael Mann, Marina Mogilner, Besnik Pula, Anne Raffin, Emmanuelle Saada, Marco Santoro, Kim Scheppele, George Steinmetz, Alexander Semyonov, Andrew Zimmerman","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53139657818385,"sku":"NGR9780822352792","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53613849346321,"sku":"NIN9780822352792","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780822352792.jpg?v=1771505113"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-george-steinmetz.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}