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Postmark Vietnam

By: James August

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The ubiquitous transistor radio’s voice cuts through the muggy, stifling, heat of the jungle. When a man loves a woman, Can’t keep his mind on nothing else. He’ll trade the world for the good thing he’s found . If she’s bad he can’t see it, She can do no wrong. Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down. This is I Corps – Vietnam, the year 1968. This is the music of a generation. These young Marines, their friends at home with their hair growing longer and their attitudes changing, are that generation. The music, the times, the war; it is a pivotal moment in history, heralded by Percy Sledge, Simon and Garfunkle, and the Mama’s and the Papas. Here, in the hell that was the Vietnam War in 1968, these boy soldiers are coming of age, listening to their music. Mick Holtzman is a Marine Corporal leading a squad through the jungles and highlands of the I Corps area.. He and his men have one major focus, survival. Survival and the plane ride home. A home that becomes less recognizable with each day endured in Viet Nam. Mick isn’t listening to the music, he has fourteen men he is making decisions for. Holtzman wears the coat of responsibility as if it were a garment tailored just for him. He realizes that he is responsible for the lives and actions of these men both in and out of combat and in return, he feels needed. Through each firefight, pitched battle and confrontation, his connection to these men grows stronger. Letters are the primary method of communication and the most important thread in connection to the world back home. Mick receives a letter from his high school heart throb Lori, which gives him hope that he can repair their damaged relationship. Having someone who cares is important. From the context of the letter he can’t tell if she is romantically interested, or just dutifully writing a Marine she knows. Mick writes back with high hopes. Words, They’re only words. And words are all I have , To take your heart away. Mick and his boys are all in love, there is a girl or woman, somewhere in their past or present. Heck, most of them just graduated from high school a year or so ago. When these young Marines are wounded, the first and often the last words out of their mouth is the name of a woman...their girl, fiancé, or mother. Mick and the men of first squad see the war, its confusion, chaos, heroics, stupidity, and horror up close and personal. Mick and his comrades must make decisions that would paralyze older, more seasoned men. The hard part is that they must live with the outcome of these decisions for the rest of their lives. Where? What? How? How to get there and back without dying! Where does the knowledge come from? Mick questions himself daily. And all his first Fire Team Leader can think of is his fiancé. Joe Sokouski, Mick’s First Fire Team leader is totally enamored with his fiancé Rosemary Antoni. Rosmary’s attitude changes with the times, on the War, soldiers in general, and particularly Marines. Ski “Can’t keep his mind on nothin’ else.” Ski receives a Dear John from Rosemary which he reads, and another letter from a neighbor girl which he does not read. The DJ puts Ski over the edge. While on a night action ordered by Mick, Ski is mortally wounded. Mick drags him to safety where the Corpsman and Mick work on Ski for hours in an attempt to revive him while the medevac chopper circles overhead, refusing to land. The Squad Leader discovers two blood spattered letters in his friends pocket. These letters lead him back to the WORLD, into Ski’s past, and open a window to his own future. Mick is devastated. He has lost men before, but none so close. This is personal, he blames himself. He reads the letters, one damning, one sweet. Heartbroken over his friends death, unsure what to do, he keeps the letters. Mick, angered by the helicopter pilots refusal to land and save his friend, makes inquiries that stir up a political hornet’s nest. Mick’s new Company Commander, Captain Blackwell leads Mick’s persecutors in an attempt to promote his own career. The Corporal is threatened, cajoled, and coerced to “leave it alone.” He can’t; Mick continues his quixotic quest despite the potential consequences. Mick is caught up in the swirl and fog of internal military politics, a battle for which he has no training. Driven by his commitment to his men and the Corps that he loves and hates, he keeps striving. And the beat goes on, The beat goes on. Throughout Mick’s travails’ battles occur, friendships develop, soldiers die, survive, accomplish heroics, or hide in their cowardice. Mick and his squad tell the story of a thousand young men, “The Best of the Best.” The sixties generation, boys on their high school senior trip...the war is the lens that focuses the intensity of a lifetime into a thirteen month tour of duty.

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Badgley Publishing Company

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0615920659

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Negotiating for the Past

Archaeology, Nationalism, and Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1919-1941

By: James F. Goode

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Negotiating for the Past

Archaeology, Nationalism, and Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1919-1941

By: James F. Goode

The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 was a landmark event in Egyptology that was celebrated around the world. Had Howard Carter found his prize a few years earlier, however, the treasures of Tut might now be in the British Museum in London rather than the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. That's because the years between World War I and World War II were a transitional period in Middle Eastern archaeology, as nationalists in Egypt and elsewhere asserted their claims to antiquities discovered within their borders. These claims were motivated by politics as much as by scholarship, with nationalists seeking to unite citizens through pride in their ancient past as they challenged Western powers that still exercised considerable influence over local governments and economies. James Goode's analysis of archaeological affairs in Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq during this period offers fascinating new insight into the rise of nationalism in the Middle East, as well as archaeological and diplomatic history. The first such work to compare archaeological-nationalistic developments in more than one country, Negotiating for the Past draws on published and archival sources in Arabic, English, French, German, Persian, and Turkish. Those sources reveal how nationalists in Iraq and Iran observed the success of their counterparts in Egypt and Turkey, and were able to hold onto discoveries at legendary sites such as Khorsabad and Persepolis. Retaining artifacts allowed nationalists to build museums and control cultural heritage. As Goode writes, "Going to the national museum became a ritual of citizenship." Western archaeologists became identified (in the eyes of many) as agents of imperialism, thus making their work more difficult, and often necessitating diplomatic intervention. The resulting "negotiations for the past" pulled patrons (such as John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Lord Carnarvon), archaeologists (James Breasted and Howard Carter), nationalist leaders (Ataturk and Sa'd Zaghlul), and Western officials (Charles Evan Hughes and Lord Curzon) into intractable historical debates with international implications that still resonate today.

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University of Texas Press

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0292779011

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The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi

By: James M Robinson

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The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi

By: James M Robinson

The seven Manichaean papyrus codices of the fourth or fifth century were discovered in illicit excavation in 1929 in the Egyptian desert. They were acquired in about equal halves by A. Chester Beatty for his library and by Carl Schmidt for the papyrus collection of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin. Having had access to the inventories, correspondence, and files in Berlin, Robinson provides translations of the German and French documents to increase access to information previously unavailable tothe scholarly community. He narrates the slow and problem-ridden path of the acquisition, conservation, and editing of these important works, including their movements between dealers, collectors, scholars, and the military in Egypt, London, Dublin,Berlin, Schondorf, Gottingen, Warsaw, Leningrad, Los Angeles, Claremont, and Copenhagen.

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James Clarke & Company

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0227903897

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Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Volume VI: Northern Yorkshire

By: James Lang

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Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Volume VI: Northern Yorkshire

By: James Lang

The visual heritage of Northern Yorkshire in the pre-Conquest period is revealed in this addition to the Corpus series. This volume surveys the sculpture in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire (excluding those parts covered in Volume three).

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0197262562

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Paul Tillich

Theologian of Nature, Culture and Politics

By: A. James Reimer

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Paul Tillich

Theologian of Nature, Culture and Politics

By: A. James Reimer

This collection of essays considers various aspects of Paul Tillich's theology of nature, culture, and politics in relation to major theological movements, thinkers, and events of the twentieth century. These essays are not purely an exercise in historical theology but an apology for Tillich's theological, philosophical, and ethical project. The underlying assumption is that Tillich's theology, both in form and content, is worth reading and learning from in the modern and postmodern era, even though we inhabit today an intellectual environment not very amenable to Tillich's form of mediation.

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3825852644

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9783825852641

Mammalogy

By: Terry A. Vaughan,James M. Ryan,Nicholas J. Czaplewski

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Mammalogy

By: Terry A. Vaughan,James M. Ryan,Nicholas J. Czaplewski

Mammalogy is the study of mammals from the diverse biological viewpoints of structure, function, evolutionary history, behavior, ecology, classification, and economics. Newly revised and updated, the fifth edition of Mammalogy aims to explain and clarify the subject as a unified whole. In recent years we have witnessed significant changes in the taxonomy of mammals. The authors have kept pace with such changes in the field and have revised each chapter to reflect the most current data available. New pedagogical elements, including chapter outlines and further reading sections, help readers grasp key concepts and explore additional content on their own. Two new chapters on domestication and mammal diseases are available on the Mammalogy website.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449644376

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Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes

Part 9, Volume 1

By: Eugenia B. Böhlke,James E. Böhlke,Mark M. Leiby,John E. McCosker,E. Bertelsen,Catherine H. Robins,C. Richard Robins,David G. Smith,Kenneth A. Tighe,Jørgen G. Nielsen,William H. Hulet

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Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes

Part 9, Volume 1

By: Eugenia B. Böhlke,James E. Böhlke,Mark M. Leiby,John E. McCosker,E. Bertelsen,Catherine H. Robins,C. Richard Robins,David G. Smith,Kenneth A. Tighe,Jørgen G. Nielsen,William H. Hulet

Part Nine in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes in two volumes 180 species in 85 genera (19 families) of eels and related gulper eels found in the western and mid-Atlantic, and the unique larvae known as leptocephali (168 species). Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data.

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Yale University Press

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1933789328

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D.C. Noir 2

The Classics

By: Edward P. Jones,Marita Golden,Paul Laurence Dunbar,Julian Mayfield,Elizabeth Hand,James Grady,Ward Just

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D.C. Noir 2

The Classics

By: Edward P. Jones,Marita Golden,Paul Laurence Dunbar,Julian Mayfield,Elizabeth Hand,James Grady,Ward Just

In this anthology, uncover a century of dark mystery stories set in America’s mighty capital. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of city-based noir anthologies launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city in the book. The original D.C. Noir, a groundbreaking collection of new fiction by sixteen different writers, displayed the curatorial prowess of bestselling author George Pelecanos. In D.C. Noir 2: The Classics, Pelecanos once again assembles an enchanting array of dark and subversive stories, this time selecting the very best of Washington’s historical literary legacy. Classic reprints from: Edward P. Jones, George Pelecanos, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, James Grady, Julian Mayfield, Marita Golden, Elizabeth Hand, Julian Mazor, Ward Just, Jean Toomer, Roach Brown, Larry Neal, and others. Praise for D.C. Noir 2 “By broadly interpreting what constitutes noir, Pelecanos has been able to include writers as diverse as Langston Hughes and Ward Just in this high-quality reprint anthology. In his introduction, Pelecanos describes his vision of “a century-long overview of D.C. fiction that would focus on issues of race, ethnicity, politics, class, and the attendant struggles and changes that occurred in various eras of our history.” —Publishers Weekly

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1617752142

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The Study of European Ethnology in Austria

By: James R. Dow,Olaf Bockhorn

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The Study of European Ethnology in Austria

By: James R. Dow,Olaf Bockhorn

The study of ethnology or ’Volkskunde’ in Austria had a somewhat murky reputation last century with prominent scholars carrying out dubious research on behalf of the National Socialist government. This volume examines this research, along with its political, sociological and cultural implications and sets it in context with an analysis of ethnology in Austria from the turn of the last century to the present.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351881450

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Nazis in Pre-War London, 1930-1939

The Fate and Role of German Party Members and British Sympathizers

By: James J Barnes,Patience P Barnes

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Nazis in Pre-War London, 1930-1939

The Fate and Role of German Party Members and British Sympathizers

By: James J Barnes,Patience P Barnes

Once war broke out in September 1930 the Nazi Party newspaper, Völkischer Beobachter, sent its first representative to London. Soon afterwards, German residents in London established an Ortsgruppe, or local Nazi group, which provided Party members with a place to congregate and support the new movement. By 1933, more than 100 members belonged to the London group. The Nazis in pre-war London created a dilemma for the Foreign Office and the Home Office, who were divided as to how best to treat residents whose allegiance was to the German Reich. Some felt that all Nazi organizations should be banned, and Party Members should not be allowed to enter the UK. Others, including MI5, argued that it would be easier to keep track of Nazis if they were in-country. Previously unpublished German documents reveal the fate of German diplomats, journalists, and professionals, many of whom were interned in Britain or deported to Nazi Germany once war broke out on 3 September 1939. Nazis in Pre-War London is the first book to study the history of the Nazis in Britain. An Appendix lists the details concerning the nearly 400 German Party members, as well as Nazi journalists, who spent time in Britain prior to the war.

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Liverpool University Press

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1837642095

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Overdrive

Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace

By: James Wallace

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Overdrive

Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace

By: James Wallace

Praise for Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace "James Wallace offers many tales of . . . temper tantrums, antitrust tussles with the Justice Department, and general dirty tricks Microsoft has allegedly played on its competitors." -The New York Times Book Review Praise for James Wallace's Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire "A stupendous success story. This is the most informative book yet on Bill Gates and Microsoft." -the Washington Post "Remarkable . . . This book will make you wonder why you didn't buy Microsoft stock when it went public." -The Wall Street Journal "An engaging, almost classic tale of a boy who finds power in gadgets and then won't let go." -Los Angeles Times

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Turner Publishing Company

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0471358177

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Fallen Glory

The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings

By: James Crawford

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Fallen Glory

The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings

By: James Crawford

An inviting, fascinating compendium of twenty-one of history's most famous lost places, from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers Buildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents—gods, kings and emperors, governments, visionaries and madmen—as well as friends and enemies. They have duties and responsibilities. They can endure crises of faith and purpose. They can succeed or fail. They can live. And, sooner or later, they die. In Fallen Glory, James Crawford uncovers the biographies of some of the world’s most fascinating lost and ruined buildings, from the dawn of civilization to the cyber era. The lives of these iconic structures are packed with drama and intrigue. Soap operas on the grandest scale, they feature war and religion, politics and art, love and betrayal, catastrophe and hope. Frequently their afterlives have been no less dramatic—their memories used and abused down the millennia for purposes both sacred and profane. They provide the stage for a startling array of characters, including Gilgamesh, the Cretan Minotaur, Agamemnon, Nefertiti, Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, Adolf Hitler, and even Bruce Springsteen. The twenty-one structures Crawford focuses on include The Tower of Babel, The Temple of Jerusalem, The Library of Alexandria, The Bastille, Kowloon Walled City, the Berlin Wall, and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Ranging from the deserts of Iraq, the banks of the Nile and the cloud forests of Peru, to the great cities of Jerusalem, Istanbul, Paris, Rome, London and New York, Fallen Glory is a unique guide to a world of vanished architecture. And, by picking through the fragments of our past, it asks what history’s scattered ruins can tell us about our own future.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250118301

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9781250118301

Making the European Monetary Union

By: Harold James

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Making the European Monetary Union

By: Harold James

Europe’s financial crisis cannot be blamed on the Euro, James contends in this probing exploration of the whys, whens, whos, and what-ifs of European monetary union. The current crisis goes deeper, to conundrums that were debated but not resolved at the time of the Euro’s invention. And, Euro or no Euro, these clashes will continue into the future.

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Harvard University Press

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0674068084

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Confronting the Horror

The Novels of Nelson Algren

By: James Richard Giles

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Confronting the Horror

The Novels of Nelson Algren

By: James Richard Giles

Giles (English, Northern Illinois U.) examines the novels of the American author, Nelson Algren, and places them in the traditions of American literary naturalism, existential modernism, and the American urban novel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Kent State University Press

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0873383788

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9780873383783

Supernova Search Charts and Handbook Pack/Set ICL

By: Gregg D. Thompson,James T. Bryan

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Supernova Search Charts and Handbook Pack/Set ICL

By: Gregg D. Thompson,James T. Bryan

This unique atlas contains 248 charts of more than 300 of the brightest galaxies, each specially prepared to facilitate the discovery of supernovae. The comparison of these charts with the field seen in a telescope enables any extragalactic supernova to be spotted immediately. The charts include 345 galaxies printed on translucent paper for use on a light-box, each one carrying an explanation of the constellation in which the galaxy lies, special characteristics of the galaxy, observing instructions, expected maximum brightness for the supernovae in each galaxy, and the reference for the sequence. A handbook accompanies the charts advising on their use, on how to make and record supernova discoveries, and reviewing the present understanding of supernovae. Published for an international market, these charts carry real potential for numerous discoveries of supernovae. Supernova Search Charts are is a must for both serious observers and the growing number of deep sky enthusiasts around the world.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521267218

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9780521267212

Who's Who in Plastics Polymers, First Edition

By: James P. Harrington

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Who's Who in Plastics Polymers, First Edition

By: James P. Harrington

This is the first edition of a unique new plastics industry resource: Who's Who in Plastics & Polymers. It is the only biographical directory of its kind and includes contact, affiliation and background information on more than 3300 individuals who are active leaders in this industry and related organizations. The biographical directory is in alphabetical order by individual name. After each individual name, current affiliation and contact information is provided. This includes job title, full name of affiliation (e.g., business, university, association, research institute), business address, and electronic contacts-telephone, fax, e-mail and Web site. Home addresses and contacts are also provided for most of the entries. In the biographical summary section for each individual, the following information is provided: date and place of birth, education and educational achievements, work experience including company or other organization names, positions held and time periods. Also included in this section are the number of patents awarded, articles, and book chapters authored, and conference sessions chaired. Other information includes titles of books edited or written by the individual, listing of conferences where the person had a leadership position, and listing of memberships and positions held in professional organizations. Finally, professional and civic awards are listed. Indexes provide listings of individuals by company or other organization name, and also by geographical location. Who's Who in Plastics & Polymers is now published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. This edition will not be reprinted. To be sure of receiving your copy, please act now. Information on ordering follows sample pages on the reverse.

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1566769221

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Postmark Vietnam

Postmark Vietnam

Negotiating for the Past

Negotiating for the Past

The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi

The Manichaean Codices of Medinet Madi

Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Volume VI: Northern Yorkshire

Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Volume VI: Northern Yorkshire

Paul Tillich

Paul Tillich

Mammalogy

Mammalogy

Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes

Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes

D.C. Noir 2

D.C. Noir 2

The Study of European Ethnology in Austria

The Study of European Ethnology in Austria

Nazis in Pre-War London, 1930-1939

Nazis in Pre-War London, 1930-1939

Overdrive

Overdrive

Fallen Glory

Fallen Glory

Making the European Monetary Union

Making the European Monetary Union

Confronting the Horror

Confronting the Horror

Supernova Search Charts and Handbook Pack/Set ICL

Supernova Search Charts and Handbook Pack/Set ICL

Who's Who in Plastics Polymers, First Edition

Who's Who in Plastics Polymers, First Edition

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