The Wet And The Dry: A Drinker's Journey

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Book Title: Wet and the Dry : a Drinker's Journey

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.

Topic: Beverages / Alcoholic / General, Personal Memoirs, Asia / General, Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, Essays & Travelogues, Customs & Traditions

Publication Year: 2014

Item Height: 0.5 in

Genre: Travel, Cooking, Social Science, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 6.9 Oz

Author: Lawrence Osborne

Item Length: 8 in

Item Width: 5.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback