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The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology - Yasir Suleiman - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=cAJwWEQpsmwC&pg=PA210&dq=Kamal+al-Hajj#v=onepage
"A very useful addition to courses on Arab nationalism, nationalism in general, and Arabic linguistics."Professor Clive Holes FBA, Professor for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World, University of Oxford"Masterfully combines his profound familiarity…
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Hemingway: The Postwar Years and the Posthumous Novels - Rose Marie Burwell - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=wa5yC5CMCGYC
When Ernest Hemingway committed suicide in 1961 he left four unfinished works - A Moveable Feast, Islands in the Stream, The Garden of Eden, and an untitled work on his travels in Africa. The edited versions of the three novels that were published between…
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Clothing: A Global History - Robert Ross - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=iwprGRt3XkMC
In virtually all the countries of the world, men, and to a lesser extent women, are today dressed in very similar clothing. This book gives a compelling account and analysis of the process by which this has come about. At the same time it takes seriously…
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Daschle Vs. Thune: Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race - Jon K. Lauck - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=FLwCDAAAQBAJ&pp=PA28
The story behind the unseating of a Senate majority leader the race between Tom Daschle and John Thune in South Dakota was widely acknowledged as “the other big race of 2004.” Second in prominence only to the presidential race, the Daschle-Thune contest…
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Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings - A.G. Mohan - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=E6nQQQ0OWo8C
Here is a personal tribute to "the father of modern yoga" Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888–1989), written by one of his longtime disciples. Krishnamacharya was a renowned Indian yoga master, Ayurvedic healer, and scholar who modernized yoga practice and…
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Elizabeth von Arnim: Beyond the German Garden - Isobel Maddison - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=mp0WDAAAQBAJ&pg=
In the first book-length treatment of Elizabeth von Arnim's fiction, Isobel Maddison examines her work in its historical and intellectual contexts, demonstrating that von Arnim's fine comic writing and complex and compelling narrative style reward close…
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Dangerous Knowledge - Art Simon - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=hynlm5Aaa3EC&pg=PA1
Association of American University Presses Book Jacket Award, 1996 "Beginning with a description of a poster for a punk band and ending with a critique of the movie JFK, this work marshals an impressive array of cultural information in attempting to…
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The Oh Really? Factor: Unspinning Fox News Channel's Bill 0'Reilly - Peter Hart, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (Organization) - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=K5z9EAxDqC8C&dq=Fox+News&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBpq3asdTOAhXJCMAKHdYQCO44ChDoAQglMAE
Since emerging from tabloid-television infamy as the former host of Inside Edition, Bill O’Reilly has taken his brand of provocative rhetoric to the next level: from shock-TV to the No Spin Zone. Despite his outspoken support for Bush’s tax cuts and a war…
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The Undiscovered Paul Robeson , An Artist's Journey, 1898-1939 - Paul Robeson - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=H0k2fhNWzwAC&pg=PA286
The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist. The first volume of this major biography breaks new ground.The greatest scholar-athlete-performing artist in U.S. history, Paul Robeson was one of the…
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Phaeton (Phaéthon) – Atlantisforschung.de
http://atlantisforschung.de/index.php?title=Phaeton_(Pha%C3%A9thon)
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