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Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926 - Jonathan D. Smele - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=QwquCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1048&lpg=PA1048&dq=Movses+Silikyan&source=bl&ots=c601VulF3P&sig=AV1CsPJUsqkgO
This book is a detailed reference of the twentieth century struggles that were waged across and beyond the decaying Russian Empire at the end of the First World War, as tsarism and democratic alternatives to it collapsed and the world’s first Communist…
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Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=-WGaDtnHUOYC&pg=PA172&dq=noldorin&hl=de&ei=lQzHTMT6EIGUjAfkq5Fy&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&re
Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and author of a considerably smaller body of work. Though unquestionably very different writers, the two have…
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Jungle Bugs: Masters of Camouflage and Mimicry - Bruce Purser - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=zjvoPJseDT4C&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=Umbonia++mimicry&source=bl&ots=2UiCesq_EY&sig=ioAes12VbqMx-d
During roughly 400 million years on this planet, one million species of insects have developed with a great diversity of shape and color to protect them from predators.Bruce Purser spent years traveling through tropical forests studying insects and…
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Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship - Marcus Borg - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=b9yUSgselrgC&pg=PA3
Who was Jesus? A cynic-like figure? A political activist? Professor Marcus Borg, a nationally known Jesus scholar, here offers an accessible guide through the growing maze of literature and research on Jesus. This state-of the art volume will be a welcome…
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American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism - Nancy Ordover - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=7blyBKLTr_0C&pg=PA60
Traces the history of eugenics ideology in the United States and its ongoing presence in contemporary life. The Nazis may have given eugenics its negative connotations, but the practice--and the "science" that supports it--is still disturbingly alive in…
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Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia [4 volumes]: An Encyclopedia - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=arfWRW5OFVgC&pg=PA55
The greatness of America is right under our feet. The American past—the people, battles, industry and homes—can be found not only in libraries and museums, but also in hundreds of archaeological sites that scientists investigate with great care. These…
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The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs ... - Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=fuJEHNjvRSQC&pg=PA103
The Vietnam War was one of the most painful and divisive events in American history. The conflict, which ultimately took the lives of 58,000 Americans and more than three million Vietnamese, became a subject of bitter and impassioned debate. The most…
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Secret Intelligence: A Reader - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=Ad-hUh93rE8C&pg=PA231
This Reader in the field of intelligence studies focuses on policy, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing with current issues and the ongoing debate about the future of intelligence. The subject of secret…
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Pop Song Piracy: Disobedient Music Distribution since 1929 - Barry Kernfeld - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=9AK28kNS4O0C&pg=PA151
The music industry’s ongoing battle against digital piracy is just the latest skirmish in a long conflict over who has the right to distribute music. Starting with music publishers’ efforts to stamp out bootleg compilations of lyric sheets in 1929, Barry…