Playing the French

468 Pages·2013·9.054 MB·English

by  Jacob Aagaard, Nikolaos Ntirlis

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Contents
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Preface 5
Biobglriaphy 6
Inrtoduction 9
TheA dvaVnarciea tion 13
2 TheE uwSey stem 27
3 6.3a 53
4 6�.e2 75
5 TheE xchVaanrgiea tion 95
6 TheS mymetarVlair ciation 190
7 Brenagtk hiSey mmetry 142
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