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Paul Griffin

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2020
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9780244852320
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In a series of essays, Paul Griffin explores some of the lessons he learned from being an independent school headmaster in the Sixties, a time of rapid social change and challenge.

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