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"Panchen Lama" - Google-Suche
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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder - Mark Ribowsky - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=4Ig28Nx-cQoC&pg=PA135&dq=motown+snake+pit&hl=de&sa=X&ei=8sAIUo-cKsSKswb5_4HoCQ&ved=0CGAQ6AEwBTgK
The first definitive biography of music legend Stevie WonderStevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned almost fifty years, he has earned more than thirty Top…
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The Caucasus: An Introduction - Thomas de Waal - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=4JAMMH80Bk4C&pg=PT126&dq=menshevik+guard+ossetians&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3Im8T5DlC6ie6AH9oNhO&redir_esc=
In this fascinating book, noted journalist Thomas de Waal—author of the highly acclaimed Black Garden—makes the case that while the Caucasus is often treated as a sub-plot in the history of Russia, or as a mere gateway to Asia. The five-day war in Georgia,…
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The Story of My Life - Giacomo Casanova - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=-0F8CRLDPv4C&pg=PA528#v=onepage
Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, Good Samaritan, spy, swashbuckler, self-made gentleman, entrepreneur, wit, poet, translator, philosopher, and general bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was not only the most notorious lover the Western world has known,…
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Submarine! - Edward Latimer Beach - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=GXhe4jqWQzoC&pg=PA121&dq=%22USS+Skipjack%22&hl=de&sa=X&ei=J_PeT_yvL8HktQaR1Yy_DQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw
Welcomed as the first book about American submarines in World War II to be written by a man who actually fought them, this compelling personal account of the war beneath the sea firmly established Edward L. Beach's reputation as a writer in the early…
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Great Speeches by Native Americans - Robert Blaisdell - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=C7jxAFiJ8L4C&pg=PA103&dq=Sassamon#v=onepage
Remarkable for their eloquence, depth of feeling, and oratorical mastery, these 82 compelling speeches encompass five centuries of Indian encounters with nonindigenous people. Beginning with a 1540 refusal by a Timucua chief to parley with Hernando de Soto…
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The Bacteriophages - . Stephen T. Abedon - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=6J9vQgBfUK0C&dq=ICTV+Cyanopodoviruses&hl=de&source=gbs_navlinks_s
This authoritative, timely, and comprehensively referenced compendium on the bacteriophages explores current views of how viruses infect bacteria. In combination with classical phage molecular genetics, new structural, genomic, and single-molecule…
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The Anthropology of Extinction: Essays on Culture and Species Death - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=nLk-XSjSQL8C&pg=PA69
We live in an era marked by an accelerating rate of species death, but since the early days of the discipline, anthropology has contemplated the death of languages, cultural groups, and ways of life. The essays in this collection examine processes of—and…
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American Slave Revolts and Conspiracies: A Reference Guide: A Reference Guide - Kerry Walters - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=MhGFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67
Hundreds of slave revolts and conspiracies occurred during the two centuries that North America engaged in slavery. None were successful, but certain campaigns were significant enough to inspire other revolts, fuel a chronic fear of uprising in…
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American Slave Revolts and Conspiracies: A Reference Guide: A Reference Guide - Kerry Walters - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=MhGFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA69
Hundreds of slave revolts and conspiracies occurred during the two centuries that North America engaged in slavery. None were successful, but certain campaigns were significant enough to inspire other revolts, fuel a chronic fear of uprising in…