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War, Exile and the Music of Afghanistan: The Ethnographer’s Tale - John Baily - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=hUz0DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT113
In the 1970s John Baily conducted extensive ethnomusicological research in Afghanistan, principally in the city of Herat but also in Kabul. Then, with Taraki’s coup in 1978, came conflict, war, and the dispersal of many musicians to locations far and wide.…
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A Gendered Approach to the Syrian Refugee Crisis - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=0aE0DgAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PT40
The refugee crisis that began in 2015 has seen thousands of refugees attempting to reach Europe, principally from Syria. The dangers and difficulties of this journey have been highlighted in the media, as have the political disagreements within Europe over…
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Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=xgLslcH9U0IC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Asb%C4%81b+nuz%C5%ABl+al-Qur%CA%BE%C4%81n&source=bl&ots=8Dwm
This definitive sourcebook presents more than sixty authoritative new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by three leading specialists, Classical Islam features eight thematically-linked sections covering the Qur'ān and its…
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The State of Germany Atlas - Bernhard Schafers - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=qSvE5deGnDQC&pg=PA99
The State of Germany Atlas highlights the most significant political, social and economic trends in Germany today.Thirty five maps in double page spreads show how Germany is changing, the impact of unification, and the continuing differences between the…
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Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire - Warwick Ball - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=07pTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT799
This new edition of Rome in the East expands on the seminal work of the first edition, and examines the lasting impact of the near Eastern influence on Rome on our understanding of the development of European culture. Warwick Ball explores modern issues as…
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A Contemporary History of Women's Sport, Part One: Sporting Women, 1850-1960 - Jean Williams - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=YBdxAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT238
This book is an historical survey of women’s sport from 1850-1960. It looks at some of the more recent methodological approaches to writing sports history and raises questions about how the history of women’s sport has so far been shaped by academic…
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Pinhole Photography: From Historic Technique to Digital Application - Eric Renner - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=ixLdPZOOBZwC&pg=PT254&lpg=PT254&dq=marcus+kaiser+pinhole&source=bl&ots=rRjAGbH6L4&sig=WdOtCYvtP
A respected guide for creatives, artists and photographers alike, Pinhole Photography is packed with all the information you need to understand and get underway with this wonderfully quirky, creative technique. Covering pinhole photography from its…
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From Flintlock to Rifle: Infantry Tactics, 1740-1866 - Steven T. Ross - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=H6UyHJgGseMC&pg=PT107
This is a comprehensive study of the major changes in infantry tacticts from the time of Frederick the Great to the beginning of what many see as the era of modern war, in the 1860s. Ross lays social and political change side by side with technical change.…
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Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States: Russia, Belarus, Kazakstan and Ukraine - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=RDRHdvlag6IC&pg=PA112#v=onepage
With the collapse of the USSR, fifteen fledgling sates inherited a massive Soviet arsenal, unstable political systems, and desperate economies. A "sell everything" mentality threatens to result in the largest arms bazaar in human history, and this…
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The Myth of Inevitable US Defeat in Vietnam - Dale Walton - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=5WzV4xB2p2UC&pg=PT24
This book offers a dispassionate strategic examination of the Vietnam conflict that challenges the conventional wisdom that South Vietnam could not survive as an independent non-communist entity over the long term regardless of how the United States…