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Trailblazers: The Tragic Lives of Gram Parsons, Nick Drake & Jeff Buckley - David Bret - Google Books
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Parsons, Drake and Buckley were three young musicians who died before they had made their mark on the musical world, yet left behind them a legacy that was as rich as it was beautiful. Ex-preacher Parsons was outrageous, outspoken but impeccably polite.…
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Empire of Difference: The Ottomans in Comparative Perspective - Karen Barkey - Google Books
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This book is a comparative study of imperial organization and longevity that assesses Ottoman successes as well as failures against those of other empires with similar characteristics. Barkey examines the Ottoman Empire's social organization and mechanisms…
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Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen - Google Books
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This single-volume dictionary presents the lives ofindividual Scottish women from earliest times to the present. Drawing on newscholarship and a wide network of professional and amateur historians, itthrows light on the experience of women from every class…
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Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science - Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont - Google Books
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In 1996 physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in Social Text--an influential academic journal of cultural studies--touting the deep similarities between quantum gravitational theory and postmodern philosophy. Soon thereafter, the essay was revealed as a…
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Memory in Dispute - Google Books
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'This is a much-needed book - experienced clinicians writing intelligently about one of the most fraught and complex clinical problems facing psychotherapy today. We have patients who are suffering - suffering because of memories of experiences with which…
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Corporations and Criminal Responsibility - Celia Wells - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=w21CAgAAQBAJ
Contemporary concern about technological hazards posed by business enterprises has intensified interest in the criminality of corporations. Incorporating ideas from a wide range of literature, the book argues that there is no magic answer to corporate…
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Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism - Sheila Jeffreys - Google Books
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It is only recently that transgenderism has been accepted as a disorder for which treatment is available. In the 1990s, a political movement of transgender activism coalesced to campaign for transgender rights. Considerable social, political and legal…
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The First Anglo-Afghan Wars: A Reader - Google Books
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Designed for classroom use, The First Anglo-Afghan Wars gathers in one volume primary source materials related to the first two wars that Great Britain launched against native leaders of the Afghan region. From 1839 to 1842, and again from 1878 to 1880,…
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Nuclear and Particle Physics: An Introduction - Brian R. Martin - Google Books
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An accessible introduction to nuclear and particle physics with equal coverage of both topics, this text covers all the standard topics in particle and nuclear physics thoroughly and provides a few extras, including chapters on experimental methods;…
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100 Most Infamous Criminals - Jo Durden Smith - Google Books
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100 Most Infamous Criminals is an astounding compendium of crimes and their perpetrators. The range of crimes is extraordinary, from the bizarre to the horrific, and from the heartbreaking to the ridiculous. The book includes some of history's most…