Ūdenszeme
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9789984409344 (9984409341)
Publish date: 2008
Publisher: Zvaigzne ABC
Pages no: 360
Edition language: Latvian
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Modern,
English Literature
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