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Hitler's Private Library: The Books that Shaped his Life - Timothy W. Ryback - Google Books
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He was, of course, a man better known for burning books than collecting them and yet by the time he died, aged 56, Adolf Hitler owned an estimated 16,000 volumes - the works of historians, philosophers, poets, playwrights and novelists. For the first time,…
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The Last Decade of the Cold War: From Conflict Escalation to Conflict ... - Google Books
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The 1980s was a period of almost unprecedented rivalry and tension between the two main actors in the East-West conflict, the United States and the Soviet Union. Why and how that conflict first escalated and thereafter, in an amazingly swift process, was…
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Stars and Relativity - I?A?kov Borisovich Zel?dovich, I. D. Novikov - Google Books
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These authors ranked among the greatest astrophysicists of the 20th century, and their work is remarkable for its deep physical insights and clarity of presentation. Originally published as Volume 1 of Relativistic Astrophysics, this book explores general…
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The Meaning of Yiddish - Benjamin Harshav, Professor Benjamin Harshav - Google Books
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"I know of no single book in any language which [conveys] such a richly textured profile of the nature and dynamics of both the Yiddish language and its literature. It is a remarkable feat of high popularization, written with great flair and without a…
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Cry, The Beloved Country - Alan Paton - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=YrXMCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=Alan+Paton+Odendaalsrus&source=bl&ots=l3DcNdK9TW&sig=2KNfstw
Cry the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its contemporaneity, unforgettable for character and…
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The Meaning of Yiddish - Benjamin Harshav, Professor Benjamin Harshav - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=fvkAt5lv3nYC&pg=PA53#v=onepage
"I know of no single book in any language which [conveys] such a richly textured profile of the nature and dynamics of both the Yiddish language and its literature. It is a remarkable feat of high popularization, written with great flair and without a…
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The Meaning of Yiddish - Benjamin Harshav, Professor Benjamin Harshav - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=fvkAt5lv3nYC&pg=PA54#v=onepage
"I know of no single book in any language which [conveys] such a richly textured profile of the nature and dynamics of both the Yiddish language and its literature. It is a remarkable feat of high popularization, written with great flair and without a…
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The Beatles Book - Hunter Davies - Google Books
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Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, has produced the essential Beatles guide. Divided into four sections – People, Songs, Places and Broadcast and Cinema – it covers all elements of the band’s history and vividly brings to live…
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Revolutionary Ethiopia: From Empire to People's Republic - Edmond J. Keller - Google Books
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"... an excellent, comprehensive account of the Ethiopian revolution... essential for anyone who wishes to understand revolutionary Ethiopia." —Perspective"This masterly history deals with the Emperor and the Dergue... on their own terms.... [Keller]…
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English - Bernadette Hince - Google Books
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The world's most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language and, now, one of the most unique dictionaries. In the space of a mere century, a remarkable vocabulary has evolved to deal with the extraordinary…