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Harry potter and the chamber of secrets by chris columbus visual 285 editions published between 2001 and 2017 in 12 languages and held by 4,417 worldcat member libraries worldwide. Columbus is known for such movies as gremlins, the goonies, mrs. Clash of the worlds by chris columbus, ned vizzini and chris rylander just when the walker kids thought life would finally go back to. When he later directed adventures in babysitting 1987, one of the characters, sara is also a big marvel fan.
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