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Anthrax: A History - Richard M. Swiderski - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=O32ru6K9nCIC&pg=PA86#v=onepage
Bacillus anthracis—anthrax—had largely faded from public consciousness until it resurfaced as a terrorist weapon in 2001. It was always with us, lurking in the soil and hosted by our livestock. Long before it was identified as a specific bacterium in the…
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North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea - Andrei Lankov - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=hmKiUkUE_p8C&pg=PA144#v=onepage
The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea for over 60 years. Most of that period has found the country suffering under mature Stalinism characterized by manipulation, brutality and tight social control. Nevertheless, some citizens of Kim Jong Il’s regime…
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Tales from the Cult Film Trenches: Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror ... - Louis Paul - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=6NQ-Y8lbGAsC&pg=PT125
From movie villains to scream queens, here are interviews with 36 actors and actresses familiar to fans of sixties and seventies cult cinema. Interviewees include the well-known (David Carradine, Christopher Lee), the relatively obscure (Marrie Lee), sex…
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Cape Fear Confederates: The 18th North Carolina Regiment in the Civil War - James Gillispie - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=_jSpJP7nBb0C&pg=PA193
The 18th North Carolina Regiment has the dubious distinction of firing the volley at Chancellorsville, Virginia, that mortally wounded General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. This tragic accident has overshadowed the regiment’s otherwise valiant service during…
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Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious - Barna William Donovan - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=bJkhqU1IXHAC&pg=PA184
For many years, conspiracy theories have been among the most popular story elements in Hollywood films. According to the “conspiracy culture,” Government, Big Business, the Church, even aliens—all of which, bundled together, comprise the ubiquitous…
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Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious - Barna William Donovan - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=bJkhqU1IXHAC&pg=PA202
For many years, conspiracy theories have been among the most popular story elements in Hollywood films. According to the “conspiracy culture,” Government, Big Business, the Church, even aliens—all of which, bundled together, comprise the ubiquitous…
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General George H. Thomas: A Biography of the Union's "Rock of Chickamauga" - Robert P. Broadwater - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=CXHkzuvMspwC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq,#v=onepage&q&f=false
One of the Civil War’s most successful generals is heralded by military historians but never achieved the lasting fame of Grant, Lee, Jackson or Sherman. George Thomas’s Southern birth, the ambition of fellow officers, and his action in the less-publicized…
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A Socioeconomic History of North Korea - Daniel Schwekendiek - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=6kFVdjkcXZYC&pg=PA87&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Even as its rise as a nuclear power unfolds on the nightly news, North Korea remains arguably the most mysterious country in the world. A virtual blackout of statistical information coming from the reclusive regime has shrouded the day-to-day lives of its…
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Harry Langdon: His Life and Films, 2d ed. - William Schelly - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=uq_f5Br4cCAC&pg=PA32&dq=%22Arthur+Ripley%22#v=onepage
A top vaudeville comedian for the first quarter of the 20th century, Harry Langdon rose from performing in Midwest traveling shows to headlining at the Palace Theatre in New York City. He was compared to Chaplin for his work in the classic silent films…
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Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. - Adrian Room - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA494&dq=%22Florence+Vidor%22#v=onepage
Substantially revised and enlarged, this new edition of the Dictionary of Pseudonyms includes more than 2,000 new entries, bringing the volume's total to approximately 13,000 assumed names, nicknames, stage names, and aliases. The introduction has been…