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The Weiser Concise Guide to Practical Astrology - Priscilla Costello - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=qui7nBRK6McC&pg=PA26
In The Weiser Concise Guide to Practical Astrology, Priscilla Costello introduces the reader to the basic principles of modern astrology and unveils the secrets of this elegantly developed language of symbols.Costello shares with the reader both the…
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Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment - Geshe Sonam Rinchen - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=QmSxw5dLLI0C&pg=PA191
Atisha, the eleventh-century Indian Buddhist scholar and saint, came to Tibet at the invitation of the king of Western Tibet, Lha Lama Yeshe Wo, and his nephew, Jangchub Wo. His coming initiated the period of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet,…
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Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders - Denise A. Spellberg - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=Rzxlz64cRiUC&pg=&pg=PT308
In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a surprising role. In 1765, eleven years before composing the Declaration of…
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Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome - Apicius - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=22bOitPwJhwC&pg=PA63&dq=ancient+romans+Omentum+caul&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5mbPMofnaAhUMP5oKHcI
This is the first English translation of Apicius de re Coquinaria, the oldest known cookbook in existence. It is also one of the few translations of this original Roman cookbook prepared by a professional chef. Joseph Vehling's brilliant translation,…
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Travels in Persia, 1673-1677 - Sir John Chardin - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=ZbLCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA285&dq=%22Vakie%22+persia&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI4e62mNvTAhXqK8AKHb1DCp0Q6AE
First inexpensive edition of great travel classic offers detailed, sharply observed portrait of 17th-century Persia. Vivid record of life at court of Shah: lavish banquets and entertainments, diplomatic negotiations, intrigues and cruelty, more. Also, soil…
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The Book of the Sword: With 293 Illustrations - Sir Richard F. Burton - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=GJmrEX63LZUC&pg=PA93
"The history of the sword is the history of humanity." With these words, British author, Victorian scholar, and world traveler Richard Burton begins his eloquent and exceptionally erudite history of the "Queen of Weapons."Spanning the…
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Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins - Diane Diekman - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=jGbogMkLPLYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Diane+Diekman+Twentieth+Century+Drifter&hl=de&sa=X&ei=SvCZU_
Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is the first biography of this legendary country music artist and NASCAR driver who scored sixteen number-one hits and two Grammy awards. Yet even with fame and fortune, Marty Robbins always yearned for…
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Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary - Stephen Calt - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=tKsZr8Jte-MC&pg=PR21&dq=Hepsters+Dictionary&hl=de&ei=h21TTNHsD8uNjAfqpfXCBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&
This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues…
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Alec Wilder - Philip Lambert - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=n9h21q8p-QcC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=Iv%C3%A1n+Santiago-Mercado&source=bl&ots=AmW31plarz&sig=BwxP
The music of Alec Wilder (1907-1980) blends several American musical traditions, such as jazz and the American popular song, with classical European forms and techniques. Stylish and accessible, Wilder's musical oeuvre ranged from sonatas, suites,…
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Emir Kusturica - Giorgio Bertellini - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=QrvQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=Most+(Savage+Bridge)+bella+ciao&source=bl&ots=zKbeEPzGTW&sig=x
Emir Kusturica is one of Eastern Europe's most celebrated and influential filmmakers. Over the course of a thirty-year career, Kusturica has navigated a series of geopolitical fault lines to produce subversive, playful, often satiric works. On the way he…