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The Nuosu Book of Origins : A Creation Epic from Southwest China /

Table of Contents: “…Genealogy of sky = Momu cy -- Genealogy of earth = Mudde cy -- Transformation of sky and earth = Momu zzyqo cy -- Genealogy of lightning = Murzyr cy -- Separation of sky and earth = Muvu mudie po -- Great bimo = Awo shubu -- Genealogy of spirit monkey = Anyu ddussy cy -- Zhyge alu = Zhyge alu -- Shooting down suns and moons = Gge nbie hle nbie -- Calling out single sun and single moon = Gge di hle di gu -- Twelve branches of snow = Vonre sse cinyi -- Genealogy of Shyly Wote = Shyly wote ssy -- Ozzu (Tibetan) lineages = Ozzu cy -- Ozzu (Tibetan) migrations = Ozzu muche -- Hxiemga (Han) people's lineage = Hxiemga cy -- Hxiemga (Han) people's migrations = Hxiemga muche -- Foreigner's lineage = Yiery cy -- Migrations of foreigners = Yiery muche -- Nuosu lineages = Nuosu cy -- Emperor vomu and ni and vi genealogies = Vomu ni vi cy -- Genealogy of Ahuo = Ahuo cy -- Migration of ahuo = Ahuo muche -- Genealogy of Nzy clan = Nzyzzur pu -- Highpoints of migrations of the Ggu Ho = Gguho cy bo -- Migrations of Qonie = Qonie cy bo -- Changes in Hxuo villages = Hxuoqo hxeqo -- Genealogy of Gguho = Gguho cy -- Migrations of nine sons of Gguho Durzhy Ddiwo = Kurdie Gguho Durzhy Ddiwo Wo Sse Ggu cy -- Genealogy of Qoni = Qoni cy.…”
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Explorer the life of Richard E. Byrd / by Rose, Lisle Abbott, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…"Danger was all that thrilled him" -- Reaching for the skies -- Breakthrough -- Triumph -- Hero -- Celebrity -- The secret land -- Southward -- Zenith -- Politico -- Jeopardy -- Breakdown -- Stumbling -- Recovery -- "Ever a fighter so".…”
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Explorer the life of Richard E. Byrd / by Rose, Lisle Abbott, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…"Danger was all that thrilled him" -- Reaching for the skies -- Breakthrough -- Triumph -- Hero -- Celebrity -- The secret land -- Southward -- Zenith -- Politico -- Jeopardy -- Breakdown -- Stumbling -- Recovery -- "Ever a fighter so".…”
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Looking for lost lore studies in folklore, ethnology, and iconography / by Lankford, George E., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Losing the lore -- A maze of maize myths -- Red and white -- Saying hello in La Florida -- Saying hello in the Mississippi Valley -- "Reysed after there manner" -- Riders in the sky -- Heads and tales -- A hero's life.…”
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Looking for lost lore studies in folklore, ethnology, and iconography / by Lankford, George E., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Losing the lore -- A maze of maize myths -- Red and white -- Saying hello in La Florida -- Saying hello in the Mississippi Valley -- "Reysed after there manner" -- Riders in the sky -- Heads and tales -- A hero's life.…”
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Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa from Vermont to Italy in the footsteps of George Perkins Marsh / by Elder, John, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Marrying the map -- Headwaters -- Compatriots -- Saint Beech -- After olive picking -- Hunter in the sky -- Gifts of prophecy -- The broken sheepfold -- Mowing -- Dust of snow -- Inheriting Mount Tom -- Forever wild again -- Into the wind -- Maggie Brook.…”
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Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa from Vermont to Italy in the footsteps of George Perkins Marsh / by Elder, John, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Marrying the map -- Headwaters -- Compatriots -- Saint Beech -- After olive picking -- Hunter in the sky -- Gifts of prophecy -- The broken sheepfold -- Mowing -- Dust of snow -- Inheriting Mount Tom -- Forever wild again -- Into the wind -- Maggie Brook.…”
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Morality's muddy waters ethical quandaries in modern America / by Cotkin, George, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Problems of evil -- A sky that never cared less -- The moral mystery of My Lai -- The hate state : empathy and moral luck -- Just rewards? …”
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Morality's muddy waters ethical quandaries in modern America / by Cotkin, George, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Problems of evil -- A sky that never cared less -- The moral mystery of My Lai -- The hate state : empathy and moral luck -- Just rewards? …”
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Playing with fire feminist thought and activism through seven lives in India / by Nagar, Richa

Table of Contents: “…The beginnings of a collective journey -- A very short childhood -- From the streets of Babul to the wetness of Aanchal -- Prisons within prisons : battles stretching from the courtyard to the mind -- Cracking cages, new skies -- Challenges of NGOization and dreams of Sangtin.…”
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Dance of the furies Europe and the outbreak of World War I / by Neiberg, Michael S.

Table of Contents: “…A clap of thunder in the summer sky -- Background to Sarajevo, 1905-1914 -- The delivery of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum -- Drifting into war against her will -- The coming of a great storm -- Our families will be their victims -- Hardening attitudes -- An evil dance of the furies.…”
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Dance of the furies Europe and the outbreak of World War I / by Neiberg, Michael S.

Table of Contents: “…A clap of thunder in the summer sky -- Background to Sarajevo, 1905-1914 -- The delivery of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum -- Drifting into war against her will -- The coming of a great storm -- Our families will be their victims -- Hardening attitudes -- An evil dance of the furies.…”
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A photographic atlas of selected regions of the Milky Way by Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Gerald Orin Dobek; Preface from the original Atlas; Introduction from the original Atlas; Bibliography from the original Atlas; Catalogue of 349 dark objects in the sky; Biography of Edward Emerson Barnard.…”
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Playing with fire feminist thought and activism through seven lives in India / by Nagar, Richa

Table of Contents: “…The beginnings of a collective journey -- A very short childhood -- From the streets of Babul to the wetness of Aanchal -- Prisons within prisons : battles stretching from the courtyard to the mind -- Cracking cages, new skies -- Challenges of NGOization and dreams of Sangtin.…”
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A photographic atlas of selected regions of the Milky Way by Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Gerald Orin Dobek; Preface from the original Atlas; Introduction from the original Atlas; Bibliography from the original Atlas; Catalogue of 349 dark objects in the sky; Biography of Edward Emerson Barnard.…”
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Boomburbs the rise of America's accidental cities / by Lang, Robert, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Legoland -- From settlements to super suburbs -- Who live in the boomburbs -- The business of boomburbs -- Big skies, small lots : boomburb housing and master-planned development -- The small town politics of big cities -- Boomburbs at buildout -- Emerging urban realms and the boomburbs of 2030.…”
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"Dew on the grass" the poetics of inbetweenness in Chekhov / by Lapushin, Radislav

Table of Contents: “…Between the "ocean" and the "sky" : Chekhov's spatial rhymes.…”
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"Dew on the grass" the poetics of inbetweenness in Chekhov / by Lapushin, Radislav

Table of Contents: “…Between the "ocean" and the "sky" : Chekhov's spatial rhymes.…”
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Boomburbs the rise of America's accidental cities / by Lang, Robert, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Legoland -- From settlements to super suburbs -- Who live in the boomburbs -- The business of boomburbs -- Big skies, small lots : boomburb housing and master-planned development -- The small town politics of big cities -- Boomburbs at buildout -- Emerging urban realms and the boomburbs of 2030.…”
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Designing modern America Broadway to Main Street / by Innes, Christopher, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Styling for the modern age -- Egos at work -- Theatrical fashions -- Stage and screen -- Society scenery -- A century of progress -- Riding into the future -- The world of tomorrow -- Car culture -- Street scenes -- Reaching for the sky -- Suburban heaven -- Lifestyle begins in the kitchen -- Selling modernity -- Afterword : then and now.…”
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