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  Paris Reborn: Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Quest to Build a Modern ... - Stephane Kirkland - Google Books

  http://books.google.de/books?id=o2srT7oPQwwC&pg=PA127&dq=Boulevard+Saint-Germain+1855&hl=de&sa=X&ei=gayaU9zBOuXC7AazooD4BQ&ved=0

  Stephane Kirkland gives an engrossing account of Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and one of the greatest transformations of a major city in modern historyTraditionally known as a dirty, congested, and dangerous city, 19th Century Paris, France was…

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  The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer - Siddhartha Mukherjee - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=5rF_31RVTnMC

  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the…

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