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- ↑ The Lomborg Deception at Yale University Press, Yale University Press website
- ↑ Review of The Lomborg Deception at Newsweek by Sharon Begley, February 2010, Newsweek
- ↑ Begley, Sharon (Feb 21, 2010). "Book Review: The Lomborg Deception". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ↑ Bowman, John C. (December 2010). "The Lomborg Deception - Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming (Review)". Biologist. 57 (4): 221.
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- ↑ Guns and the Constitution: The Myth of Second Amendment Protection for Firearms in America. 1996: Aletheia Press. 1995. ISBN 1-880831-14-7.CS1 maint: location (link)
