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The Naval Miscellany - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=M4moSQxpbL4C&pg=PA385#v=onepage
The seventh volume in 'The Naval Miscellany' series illustrates and illuminates almost every aspect of naval life. It offers a unique and invaluable resource for serving officers, scholars and all those interested in the naval history of Great…
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Enlightened Reform in Southern Europe and Its Atlantic Colonies, C. 1750-1830 - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=-b5m5pkR3-8C&pg=PA345&dq=%22On+Bolivar's+orders,+Daniel+O'Leary+commanded%22&hl=de&ei=8uegTIOEB4
This volume broadens the debate about the connections which link enlightenment thought and government reform in the 18th century. It brings together historians of Southern Europe and its ultramarine empires to reappraise a specific aspect of…
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Music in Seventeenth-century Naples: Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704) - Dinko Fabris - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=2nkbed1W8xgC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=christmas+cantata+Cristoforo+Caresana&source=bl&ots=JWYtlaWiK
The most important figure of 17th-century Neapolitan music, Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704) spent his long life in the service of a number of Neapolitan conservatories and churches, culminating in his appointment as maestro of the Tesoro di S. Gennaro and…
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Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques - Peter Hill - Google Books
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What makes Oiseaux exotiques so important is that it is arguably the first of Messiaen's major works to create a successful synthesis between his music and his passion for ornithology. The earliest composition to use birdsong to a significant extent…
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Crusades: Volume 14 - Google Libri
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Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) drawing together scholars working on war, theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history. It publishes both…
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The Sidneys of Penshurst and the Monarchy, 1500-1700 - Michael G. Brennan - Google Books
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The Sidneys rank amongst the most influential families in early modern England, and can count amongst their number many of leading lights of the Tudor and Stuart period. From the Elizabethan poet and soldier Philip, to the republican Algernon, the Sidney…
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Standard Languages and Language Standards: Greek, Past and Present - Google Books
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This collection brings together scholars from different disciplines to address issues of control, prescription, planning and perceptions of value over the long history of the Greek language, from the age of Homer to the present day.
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Diasporas and Homeland Conflicts: A Comparative Perspective - Dr Bahar Baser - Google Books
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As violent conflicts become increasingly intra-state rather than inter-state, international migration has rendered them increasingly transnational, as protagonists from each side find themselves in new countries of residence. In spite of leaving their…
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War as Business: Technological Change and Military Service Contracting - Dr Armin Krishnan - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=ydB9AsAvyBkC&pg=PA78
The privatization of defence assets and the outsourcing of military services from the armed forces to the private sector is an increasing trend. This book approaches the issue of military privatization by linking it to the transformation of the defence…
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Collective Decisions and Voting: The Potential for Public Choice - Nicolaus Tideman - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=RN5q_LuByUoC&pg=PA228
Voting is often the most public and visible example of mass collective decision-making. But how do we define a collective decision? And how do we classify and evaluate the modes by which collective decisions are made? This book examines these crucial ques