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Mathematics for the Imagination - Peter Higgins - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=v5d5Z664EFUC&pg=PA168
Mathematics for the Imagination provides an accessible and entertaining investigation into mathematical problems in the world around us. From world navigation, family trees, and calendars to patterns, tessellations, and number tricks, this informative and…
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Obscene Modernism: Literary Censorship and Experiment 1900-1940 - Rachel Potter - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=0Yl4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111#v=onepage
During the period 1900-1940 novels and poems in the UK and US were subject to strict forms of censorship and control because of their representation of sex and sexuality. At the same time, however, writers were more interested than ever before in writing…
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The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=hefUAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA622#v=onepage
The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and technological changes took place. Written by expert specialists in the field, the book provides coverage both…
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The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=jr4SDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA271#v=onepage
This volume explores the climates, landscapes, ecosystems and hazards that comprise the Mediterranean world. It traces the development of the Mediterranean landscape over very long timescales and examines modern processes and key environmental issues in a…
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The Pete Seeger Reader - Pete Seeger - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=WYEfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=frank+sinatra+tzena+tzena&source=bl&ots=o8u9gfIBwQ&sig=ACfU3
Perhaps the most widely recognized figure in folk music and one of the most controversial figures in American political activism, Pete Seeger now belongs among the icons of 20th-century American culture. The road to his current status as activist and…
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MacDowell - E. Douglas Bomberger - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=RhEIPVTHIAkC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=Julius+Hainauer+(1827%E2%80%931897)&source=bl&ots=E-wk4j8iMA
Edward MacDowell was born on the eve of the Civil War into a Quaker family in lower Manhattan, where music was a forbidden pleasure. With the help of Latin-American émigré teachers, he became a formidable pianist and composer, spending twelve years in…
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Drugged: The Science and Culture Behind Psychotropic Drugs - Richard J. Miller - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=vddBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false
"Morphine," writes Richard J. Miller, "is the most significant chemical substance mankind has ever encountered." So ancient that remains of poppies have been found in Neolithic tombs, it is the most effective drug ever discovered for treating pain.…
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Ireland and Empire: Colonial Legacies in Irish History and Culture - Stephen Howe - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=5Ll3Bazh66IC&pg=PA92&dq=Niall+Andrews#v=onepage
A growing band of historians, political commentators, and cultural critics has sought to analyse Ireland's past and present in colonial terms. For some, including Irish Republicans, it is the only proper framework for understanding Ireland. Others reject…
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The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=RL2pWCa9Z24C&pg=PA252&lpg=PA797&focus=viewport&vq=252&hl=de
Business groups - large, diversified, often family-controlled organizations with pyramidal ownership structure, such as the Japanese zaibatsu, the Korean chaebol and the grupos economicos in Latin America - have played a significant role in national…
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Minority Rights in the Middle East - Joshua Castellino, Kathleen A. Cavanaugh - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?hl=de&id=9VHRny2tWgcC&dq=shabak+ethnic&q=Shabaks#v=onepage&q&f=false
Within the Middle East there are a wide range of minority groups outside the mainstream religious and ethnic culture. This book provides a detailed examination of their rights as minorities within this region, and their changing status throughout the…