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The Mekong: Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future - Milton E. Osborne - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=hswX7i0s4cwC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=Bouillevaux+milton+osborne&source=bl&ots=yKvRivCWgv&sig=Q7khWSp
A compelling, lively narrative history of the peoples and cultures of the great river of Southeast Asia, The Mekong spans two thousand years--from the dawn of civilization on the Mekong Delta to the political and environmental challenges the region faces…
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The Places and Spaces of Fashion, 1800-2007 - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=Zet72wOyPnIC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=%22Philipp+Freudenberg%22+Gerson&source=bl&ots=U5s3lRExrv&si
The Places and Spaces of Fashion, 1800-2007 brings together art, design, fashion, and a much neglected concern for its spatial realities. The spaces and places of fashion have often been overlooked in the writing of fashion history and visual culture. More…
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Afghanistan: Political Frailty and External Interference - Nabi Misdaq - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=Zvm9dxavH-IC&pg=PA102&dq=%22Karmal+was+beaten+most+severely+of+all,+and+spent+some+time+in+hospi
Afghan society is analyzed from a fresh standpoint in this book which discusses the country’s two and a half centuries of socio-political disquiet and outside interference. The author explores the continuous struggle between the central government and the…
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Ottoman Wars 1700-1870: An Empire Besieged - Virginia H. Aksan - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=cjbYxqoJyZoC&pg=PA479&dq=population&lr=&cd=55#v=onepage&q=population&f=false
The Ottoman Empire had reached the peak of its power, presenting a very real threat to Western Christendom when in 1683 it suffered its first major defeat, at the Siege of Vienna. Tracing the empire's conflicts of the next two centuries, The Ottoman Wars:…
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Events of This Day: Facts of Interest to Montpelier Folks Briefly Told - Michael R. Doyle - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=5JhLCSY9CiEC&pg=PA95&dq=Herbert+G.+Barber&hl=de&sa=X&ei=FBy8VJLODYOxPNfxgYAJ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=
From June 28, 1933 to June 27, 1934, every day for a year, Dorman B. E. Kent wrote an article for the Montpelier Evening Argus about the people, places and events of late 19th and early 20th century Montpelier and many surrounding towns. In these articles…
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James Hunt: The Biography - Gerald Donaldson - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=3VCzauAOCGsC&pg=PA71&dq=Roger+Williamson+formula&hl=de&sa=X&ei=MPXwUe_lGNDasgaB6ICQAQ&ved=0CEQQ6
James Hunt was a towering personality with a commanding presence, a hugely glamorous public figure who brought Formula One motor racing to the attention of a whole new audience.Triumphing against all odds to become World Drivers' Champion with McLaren in…
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Hitler's Commanders: Officers of the Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe, the ... - Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Gene Mueller - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=AYadmPJudNMC&pg=PA203&dq=Flakartillerie+Andersen+1898&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQwcmE6OzQAhWLKsAKH
Despite huge odds against them, Hitler’s commanders—the elite of the Wehrmacht—almost succeeded in conquering Europe. Now in an expanded edition that includes biographies of the generals of Stalingrad and a new chapter on the panzer commanders, this book…
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The Mongols - David Morgan - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=AZdK54YuEPsC
The revised second edition of this highly praised introduction to the Mongol Empire takes account of recent scholarship in the field.Provides an overview of the government, religion, and politics of the Mongolian Empire Considers the effects of Mongol…
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Education of a Felon: A Memoir - Edward Bunker - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=j3341cQckbMC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=charlie+chaplin+chinese+theater+imprint&source=bl&ots=IZtaFB7Fp5
In Education of a Felon, the reigning champion of prison novelists finally tells his own story. The son of an alcoholic stagehand father and a Busby Berkeley chorus girl, Bunker was--at seventeen--the youngest inmate ever in San Quentin. His hard-won…
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A Mind for Murder: The Education of the Unabomber and the Origins of Modern ... - Alston Chase - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=av5iRXPoXZYC&pg=PA370#v=onepage
This is a radically new interpretation of the life and motives of the infamous Unabomber. Alston Chase's gripping account follows Ted Kaczynski from an unhappy adolescence in Illinois to Harvard, where he was subject not only to the despairing intellectual…