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The Oxford Book of Latin Verse: From the Earliest Fragments to the End of the Vth Century A.D.
История, Культурология

The Oxford Book of Latin Verse: From the Earliest Fragments to the End of the Vth Century A.D.

Автор: Garrod H. W.
Язык: английский
Год: 1912
Статус: Закончена
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Latin poetry begins where almost all poetry begins—in the rude ceremonial of a primitive people placating an unknown and dreaded spiritual world. The earliest fragments are priestly incantations. In one of these fragments the Salii placate...
Should the West Engage Putin's Russia?
Политика, Публицистика

Should the West Engage Putin's Russia?

Серия: The Munk Debates
Язык: английский
Год: 2015
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How should the West deal with Putin’s Russia? For the U.S. and some European powers the answer is obvious: isolate Russia with punishing economic sanctions, remove it from global institutions such as the G8, and arm the nations directly threatened...
Geopolitical Exotica
Политика

Geopolitical Exotica

Автор: Anand Dibyesh
Язык: английский
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Geopolitical Exotica examines exoticized Western representations of Tibet and Tibetans and the debate over that land’s status with regard to China. Concentrating on specific cultural images of the twentieth century-promulgated by novels, popular...
Against the Odds: Survival on the Russian Front 1944-1945 [2nd Edition]
Биографии и мемуары, Военная история

Against the Odds: Survival on the Russian Front 1944-1945 [2nd Edition]

Автор: Stieber John
Язык: английский
Год: 2016
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John Stieber was twelve-year-old schoolboy in Ireland when he was sent to secondary school in Germany. Caught there by the outbreak of the Second World War, he was unable to return to his parents for seven years. In due course, he was called to...
Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story
История, Экология

Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story

Автор: Tynan Elizabeth
Язык: английский
Год: 2016
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In September 2016 it will be 60 years since the first British mushroom cloud rose above the plain at Maralinga in South Australia. The atomic weapons test series wreaked havoc on Indigenous communities and turned the land into a radioactive...