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There and back again : J R R Tolkien and the origins of the Hobbit / by Atherton, Mark

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John Brown still lives! America's long reckoning with violence, equality, & change / by Gilpin, R. Blakeslee

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : cause and consequence : John Brown in nineteenth-century America -- Some definite plan : the early life of John Brown -- The final arbiter : Bleeding Kansas and the creation of the old hero -- Not buried but planted : cultivating the legend of John Brown -- A saint in suspense : competing visions of John Brown -- Discrimination and destiny : John Brown and the NAACP -- The soul rests : Stephen Vincent Benét and the silencing of John Brown's body -- The fugitive imagination : a John Brown for the old South -- Revising Kansas : John Steuart Curry and the fanaticism of John Brown -- Together under arms : Jacob Lawrence paints Black history -- Epilogue. …”
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There and back again : J R R Tolkien and the origins of the Hobbit / by Atherton, Mark

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Comment comprendre l'actualité : Communication et mise en scène / by Stoiciu, Gina

Table of Contents: “…Partie 5_La scene de l'imaginaire nationalChapitre 9_L'imaginaire du pluralisme au Quebec; Chapitre 10_Le nationalisme et la biere; Partie 6_Legendes contemporaines; Chapitre 11_Les funerailles de Lady Diana; Chapitre 12_La legende de Lady Diana; Chapitre 13_Maurice Richard; Conclusion_La reinvention de la vie sociale.…”
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Comment comprendre l'actualité : Communication et mise en scène / by Stoiciu, Gina

Table of Contents: “…Partie 5_La scene de l'imaginaire nationalChapitre 9_L'imaginaire du pluralisme au Quebec; Chapitre 10_Le nationalisme et la biere; Partie 6_Legendes contemporaines; Chapitre 11_Les funerailles de Lady Diana; Chapitre 12_La legende de Lady Diana; Chapitre 13_Maurice Richard; Conclusion_La reinvention de la vie sociale.…”
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900 miles on the Butterfield Trail by Greene, A. C., 1923-

Table of Contents: “…Epilogue : the dream ends, but legends abide.…”
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900 miles on the Butterfield Trail by Greene, A. C., 1923-

Table of Contents: “…Epilogue : the dream ends, but legends abide.…”
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Empress Wu the Great Tang dynasty China / by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Wu's sponsor becomes the second emperor of the tang dynasty -- Empress Changsun and a few of the courtiers -- Miss Wu becomes an imperial concubine -- The sons vie for the succession -- Selecting the crown prince -- Introduction to the crown prince -- Sent to a nunnery -- The new emperor reigns -- Empress Wang gets Wu back to the palace -- Empress Wang and concubine Xiao unite against concubine Wu -- Concubine Wu fights back -- The courtiers take sides -- Empress Wang and her supporters take a mis-step -- Empress Wang and the crown prince are removed -- Wu becomes empress -- From empress to empress dowager -- Advancing supporters and annihilating opponents -- Taking part in politics -- The pleasures of traveling -- Relationship with her children -- The empress dowager consolidates her power -- Standing at the top -- View from the summit -- Rebellions -- The largest rebellion -- The rebellions of the Princes Li -- Other rebellions -- Abuse of power at every level -- Picking favorites -- Naming a successor -- Empress Wu's favorites -- Relations with other nations -- Tibet -- Korea -- The Tujue clan -- Japan and Arabia -- Famous legends about Empress Wu -- Face reading -- Flowers blooming in winter -- Other legends.…”
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Empress Wu the Great Tang dynasty China / by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Wu's sponsor becomes the second emperor of the tang dynasty -- Empress Changsun and a few of the courtiers -- Miss Wu becomes an imperial concubine -- The sons vie for the succession -- Selecting the crown prince -- Introduction to the crown prince -- Sent to a nunnery -- The new emperor reigns -- Empress Wang gets Wu back to the palace -- Empress Wang and concubine Xiao unite against concubine Wu -- Concubine Wu fights back -- The courtiers take sides -- Empress Wang and her supporters take a mis-step -- Empress Wang and the crown prince are removed -- Wu becomes empress -- From empress to empress dowager -- Advancing supporters and annihilating opponents -- Taking part in politics -- The pleasures of traveling -- Relationship with her children -- The empress dowager consolidates her power -- Standing at the top -- View from the summit -- Rebellions -- The largest rebellion -- The rebellions of the Princes Li -- Other rebellions -- Abuse of power at every level -- Picking favorites -- Naming a successor -- Empress Wu's favorites -- Relations with other nations -- Tibet -- Korea -- The Tujue clan -- Japan and Arabia -- Famous legends about Empress Wu -- Face reading -- Flowers blooming in winter -- Other legends.…”
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The games presidents play sports and the presidency / by Watterson, John Sayle

Table of Contents: “…Kennedy : swimming into politics -- Lyndon Johnson : the games he didn't play -- Richard Nixon : show me a good loser-- -- Gerald Ford : the pigskin president -- Jimmy Carter : more than meets the eye -- Ronald Reagan : creating a sports legend -- George H.W. Bush : TR revisted -- Bill Clinton : oh, how he played the game -- George W. …”
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To repair the world Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation / by Farmer, Paul, 1959-

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Pilgrims and travellers in search of the holy

Table of Contents: “…Andreyev -- Pilgrimage as business in traditional India / Klaus Karttunen -- Pouring water on Śiva : the case of Tarakeswar pilgrims / Rikka Uuksulainen -- The way is the goal : Buddhist circulatory pilgrimage in Japan with special reference to selected artefacts / Michael Pye -- Traditional Tibetan pilgrimage and the eight holy sites of Rebgong / Wuqi Chenaktsang -- A dead man's pilgrimage : the legend of the Wutun people in Amdo / Juha A. Janhunen -- Tourism, pilgrimage, and the fluidity of material culture in Labrang/Xiahe / Juha Komppa -- Tibetan Buddhist nuns : Damcho Pema's prostrating pilgrimage to Lhasa / Lhundrub Dorji -- Some remarks on understanding the motives of Tibetan nuns / Mitra Hirkinen.…”
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To repair the world Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation / by Farmer, Paul, 1959-

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Pilgrims and travellers in search of the holy

Table of Contents: “…Andreyev -- Pilgrimage as business in traditional India / Klaus Karttunen -- Pouring water on Śiva : the case of Tarakeswar pilgrims / Rikka Uuksulainen -- The way is the goal : Buddhist circulatory pilgrimage in Japan with special reference to selected artefacts / Michael Pye -- Traditional Tibetan pilgrimage and the eight holy sites of Rebgong / Wuqi Chenaktsang -- A dead man's pilgrimage : the legend of the Wutun people in Amdo / Juha A. Janhunen -- Tourism, pilgrimage, and the fluidity of material culture in Labrang/Xiahe / Juha Komppa -- Tibetan Buddhist nuns : Damcho Pema's prostrating pilgrimage to Lhasa / Lhundrub Dorji -- Some remarks on understanding the motives of Tibetan nuns / Mitra Hirkinen.…”
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The games presidents play sports and the presidency / by Watterson, John Sayle

Table of Contents: “…Kennedy : swimming into politics -- Lyndon Johnson : the games he didn't play -- Richard Nixon : show me a good loser-- -- Gerald Ford : the pigskin president -- Jimmy Carter : more than meets the eye -- Ronald Reagan : creating a sports legend -- George H.W. Bush : TR revisted -- Bill Clinton : oh, how he played the game -- George W. …”
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From Hell to Breakfast /

Table of Contents: “…--Some odd Mexican customs, by O.W. Nolen.--Legend of the Tengo Frío Bird, by H. Yelvington.--Leaves of mesquite grass, by D. …”
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From Hell to Breakfast /

Table of Contents: “…--Some odd Mexican customs, by O.W. Nolen.--Legend of the Tengo Frío Bird, by H. Yelvington.--Leaves of mesquite grass, by D. …”
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The Martians have landed! a history of media-driven panics and hoaxes / by Bartholomew, Robert E.

Table of Contents: “…-- Katrina evacuee myths -- The e-mail virus panic / Bill Ellis -- It came from a friend of a friend-media-spread urban legends. Urban legends and the media -- The curse of the crying boy / David Clarke -- Photos of the gods / David Clarke -- It came from everywhere. …”
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The Martians have landed! a history of media-driven panics and hoaxes / by Bartholomew, Robert E.

Table of Contents: “…-- Katrina evacuee myths -- The e-mail virus panic / Bill Ellis -- It came from a friend of a friend-media-spread urban legends. Urban legends and the media -- The curse of the crying boy / David Clarke -- Photos of the gods / David Clarke -- It came from everywhere. …”
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Horror after 9/11 world of fear, cinema of terror /

Table of Contents: “…: consumerism and horror / Aviva Briefel -- Horror in action -- Historicizing the Bush years: politics, horror film, and Francis Lawrence's I am legend / Steffen Hantke -- "I am the devil and I'm here to do the devil's work": Rob Zombie, George W. …”
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