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	High Performance Responsive Design: Building Faster Sites Across Devices 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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