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The War on Terror Encyclopedia: From the Rise of Al-Qaeda to 9/11 and Beyond ... - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=bjeaBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3
The War on Terror is more than a political movement to identify and prosecute terrorists ... it has become a cornerstone of economic and military importance. This campaign has shaped policy in the Middle East, prompted uprisings of Islamic fundamentalists…
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Etiquette and Taboos around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Social ... - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=r4I2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113
Readers of this one-volume reference will gain useful knowledge of what travelers should and shouldn't do when in countries outside of the United States. After a general introduction, approximately 100 alphabetically arranged entries cover topics such as…
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Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors: Upstanders ... - Paul R. Bartrop - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=CXgiDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=%221905-1993%22+Smolar&source=bl&ots=OyljXU29u9&sig=bEfgSzzN
What did those who resisted the Nazis during the 1930s through 1945—known now as "the Righteous"—do when confronted with the Holocaust? How did those who resorted to physical acts of resistance to fight the Nazis in the ghettos, the concentration camps,…
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Irish Americans: The History and Culture of a People: The History and ... - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=ujm2BQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover
The Irish have had a significant impact on America across three centuries, helping to shape politics, law, labor, war, literature, journalism, entertainment, business, sports, and science. This encyclopedia explores why the Irish came to America, where…
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Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: An ... - Bruce Kraig, Colleen Taylor Sen Ph.D. - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=9XCjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq=Sekuwa&source=bl&ots=jrCI7u2hQH&sig=EI6lrMVavp1rnVVKf3PSV1i6
Street foods run deep throughout human history and show the movements of peoples and their foods across the globe. For example, mandoo, manti, momo, and bāozi: all of these types of dumplings originated in Central Asia and spread across the Old World…
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Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: An ... - Timothy G. Roufs Ph.D., Kathleen Smyth Roufs - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=M_eCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98#v=onepage
Few things represent a culture as well as food. Because sweets are universal foods, they are the perfect basis for a comparative study of the intersection of history, geography, social class, religion, politics, and other key aspects of life. With that in…
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Music and Riddle Culture in the Renaissance - Katelijne Schiltz - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=fNTDCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=fulgentio+valesi&source=bl&ots=1UG4ovERsq&sig=ACfU3U2jGGuF-O
Throughout the Renaissance, composers often expressed themselves in a language of riddles and puzzles, which they embedded within the music and lyrics of their compositions. This is the first book on the theory, practice and cultural context of musical…
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America's First Ladies: A Historical Encyclopedia and Primary Document ... - Nancy Hendricks - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=KqeXCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA110
More than simply serving as America's "hostesses," many of the nation's First Ladies played vital roles in shaping their husband's presidency and serving as political activists in their own right. From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, their inspiring…
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Divination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece - Lisa Raphals - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=MQpCAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT449&lpg=PT449&dq=Li+Ji++Xiqi&source=bl&ots=AwMbg7oB8-&sig=qLYpxBHXDsUa7jijrJH
Divination was an important and distinctive aspect of religion in both ancient China and ancient Greece, and this book will provide the first systematic account and analysis of the two side by side. Who practised divination in these cultures and who…
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Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors: Upstanders ... - Paul R. Bartrop - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=CXgiDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA295&lpg=PA295&dq=refik+veseli&source=bl&ots=Ozei_R17B2&sig=YDDMZgBdLYpupzKXcu
What did those who resisted the Nazis during the 1930s through 1945—known now as "the Righteous"—do when confronted with the Holocaust? How did those who resorted to physical acts of resistance to fight the Nazis in the ghettos, the concentration camps,…