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Sworn on the Altar of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson - Edwin S. Gaustad - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=jZsvTcwV2wwC&pg=PA69&dq=%22more+than+two+centuries+later%22#v=onepage
This acclaimed biography explores the religious life of Thomas Jefferson and the contribution his strident commitment to religious liberty made to the formation of the nation. Renowned historian Edwin Gaustad chronicles Jefferson's intellectual growth,…
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Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives - Sandra L. Beckett - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=xYSFlVacLJUC&pg=PA145&dq=Phantagon&hl=de&sa=X&ei=NPMSUaCaGIvBtAbwxoDIDQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepag
In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study…
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Film Noir: From Berlin to Sin City - Mark Bould - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=7MLGLRrkw7oC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Ara+Chekmayan&source=bl&ots=LE5fWJrJv7&sig=7u-MDEvSjGt0L-vIAFLA2
Film Noir explores the murky world of a genre responsible for many of film's most enduring images. Mark Bould discusses problems of definition and the often ambiguous nature of film noir and looks at modern films that could be called neo-noir. Iconic and…
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Guide to Ethical Banking - Intelligenthq.Com - Google Books
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Recently a new paradigm in the banking industry has emerged with greater vitality than ever before. That paradigm is the concept of ethical banking. To many this may seem like an alien idea, especially considering that many believe that poor ethics was at…
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Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities ... - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=XymeBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA381&dq=Badger+The+Nestorians+and+their+rituals+94+Behnam&hl=de&sa=X&ei=LocMVd
Sacred Precincts examines non-Muslim religious sites in the Islamic world, revealing how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. It explores urban contexts; issues of identity; design; construction; transformation and the history of…
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Digital Desire: Language, Identity and New Technologies - Cutting Edge Women's Research Group - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=yL7V1R3rfrUC&pg=PA44&dq=haraway+oncomousetm+trademark&hl=de&sa=X&ei=Ls1PT9bTEcLysgbtoYyADA&ved=0
This book explores the ways in which new technologies and scientific discourses are having a radical impact on today’s debates and issues of gender. The writers and creative artists contributing cover a wide terrain, including Cyberfeminism and artificial…
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Louisiana Rocks!: The True Genesis of Rock and Roll - Tom Aswell - Google Books
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An in-depth history of rock and roll's Louisiana roots. Taking the position that rock and roll started in New Orleans in 1947 when Roy Brown recorded "Good Rockin' Tonight," Aswell provides an expansive history of this beloved American music form. By…
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Ethnologie des Tourismus: Zur Entgrenzung von Feldforschung und Reise | Schlehe | PERIPHERIE – Politik • Ökonomie • Kultur
http://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/peripherie/article/view/27232
Ethnologie des Tourismus: Zur Entgrenzung von Feldforschung und Reise
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A Brief Guide to J. R. R. Tolkien: A comprehensive introduction to the ... - Nigel Cawthorne - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=4S-fBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT9&dq=tolkiens+ancestors+%22lower-saxony%22&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiln5buqZ3dAh
A very readable overview of Tolkien and his work, incorporating a brief biography, an examination of the books and a look at the process of filming his work, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings saga. It explores how Tolkien's background as a…