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I Testamenti dei Cardinali: Giovanni Archinto (1736-1799)Trascrizione commentata del Testamento fiduciario e della spiegazione di Fiducia (1799) del Cardinal Giovanni Archinto, versione integrale dall'Archivio di Stato di Roma.Author: Maria Gemma PavioloPublisher: Lulu.comPublished: 10/17/2017Pages: 56Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.12dISBN: 9780244640316Language: ItalianThis title is not returnable
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Nuking Alaska: Notes of an Atomic FugitiveAn autobiographical account, in graphic novel format, of growing up in Cold War Alaska in the shadow of a nuclear arsenal. From the creator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson's comes an unnervingly funny tale of life in...
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The Story of Camperdown High School[Ivy Grant] believed in the supreme worth of the individual and his (her) right to an education that would allow for the development of the full potential of the individual. So many of us benefitted from that belief and we are grateful. [Irene Walter]...
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The Third Chopstick: Tracks through the Vietnam WarTHE VIETNAM WAR ROCKED AUSTRALIA TO ITS CORE...The Third Chopstick transports us back to those days. In starkly beautiful prose Biff Ward, herself a protester, seeks to understand the war from multiple angles. She balances the heartfelt motivations of the protest movement with candid...
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The Vanishing Indian Upper Class: Life History of Raza Mohammed KhanThe Vanishing Indian Upper Class is a story necessary to the life, the times and the action as told and provides a basic narrative tension by what I refer to as an ethnographic excavation, because it begins to answer the basic question of how...
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Commodore 64 Games Book 2This is the collector's hardback edition of the Commodore 64 Games Book 2First published in 1984, this was the second in Melbourne House's series of books that aimed to help owners of the much-loved Commodore 64 learn more about their machines, including how to...
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Crowning Glory: A history of African hair traditionAfrican queens? Woven baskets? Indigo dyed Adire? Cupcakes ? Queenie has to figure out an exciting topic to present to her history class ! She accompanies Mummy to Mrs Ojo's Salon and is fascinated by the photographs of indigenous African hairstyles. Would the history...
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Footprints In The Sand: A MemoirAs I walk down the path of life, I find that many things around me affect the way I think and the decisions I make. One of the biggest effects of my life was the night of the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in 1968....
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Stories from Small MuseumsDuring the late twentieth century, the number of museums in the UK dramatically increased. Typically small and independent, the new museums concentrated on local history, war and transport. This book asks who founded them, how and why. In order to find out more, Fiona...
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Postcolonial Configurations: Dictatorship, the Racial Cold War, and Filipino AmericaIn Postcolonial Configurations Josen Masangkay Diaz examines the making of Filipino America through the dynamics of dictatorship, coloniality, and subjectivity. Diaz explores how the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship and US policies during the Cold War that supported the regime defined the relationship between "Filipino" and...
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Palace GreenThe beautiful, ancient city of Durham, its breath-taking views, medieval Cathedral, bridges, cobblestone lanes and quiet, lilting river as well as its university and unpredictable students create the romance, humour and drama of this story. Wander back to the sixties and allow yourself to...
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Azulillo Oriental (Eastern Bluebirds)This title is a simple introduction to the Eastern bluebird, its common characteristics, habitat, and habits. A map in the back matter shows the states where Eastern bluebirds are the official birds (Missouri, New York). Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Rome: An Empire of Many Nations: New Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Cultural IdentityThe center of gravity in Roman studies has shifted far from the upper echelons of government and administration in Rome or the Emperor's court to the provinces and the individual. The multi-disciplinary studies presented in this volume reflect the turn in Roman history to...
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Kemetan Calendar and Zodiac, First EditionAside from providing us with a better understanding of who we are in relation to God, one of the chief purposes of the (Kemetan) Calendar and Zodiac is to facilitate the harmonization of human activity not only with the Will of God, but also...
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Saint Benedict in his CommunityThis book looks at the life and work of Saint Benedict through the history of sixth-century Italy, throwing fresh light on Benedict's Rule and Pope Gregory the Great's Life of Benedict (his second Dialogue). Commentaries on the Rule concentrate-quite naturally-on Benedict's spirituality but rarely...
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Yellamundie: Voices and faces of First Nations People in SydneyIn the Dharug language, yellamundie means 'storyteller'.This collection of stories from 30 of Sydney's Indigenous people will bring all Australians closer to the truth about the impact that colonisation has had on our First Nations people and how that impact continues today.Truth Telling is...
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Mussolini's Nature: An Environmental History of Italian FascismThis exploration of the environmental practices of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime invites readers to consider the ecological connections of all political projects. "We might think we see a mountain while it was a war; a forest can actually be an engine; a monument to...
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ESCAPE! Englishman takes family to America in 1635 for religious freedom.Matthew Mitchell makes the biggest decision of his life. He will take his wife and eight children to America. A religious war is starting and factions are heating up. England is too dangerous for survival. Soon they will knock on his door. Traveling by...
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Jewish Chaplaincy in the British Armed Forces: Captains of the Souls of Men 1892-2021General Montgomery famously said that the most important people in the army are the nursing sisters, who tell the men that they matter to us, and the padres, that they matter to God. The first British Jewish chaplain was appointed in 1892 and ministered...
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Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians': Asymmetrical Concepts in European DiscourseForty years ago, German historian Reinhart Koselleck coined the notion of 'asymmetrical concepts', pointing at the asymmetry between standard self-ascriptions, such as 'Hellenes' or 'Christians', and pejorative other-references ('Barbarians' or 'Pagans') as a powerful weapon of cultural and political domination. Advancing and refining Koselleck's...
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