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    Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq by Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1002-1071

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's introduction -- The meaning of "party-crashing" in the language and the first person named after it -- Early party-crashing -- Going to a meal without being invited is deemed rude -- Those who cast aspersions on party-crashing and its practitioners and satirize and denounce them -- Those who praise, make excuses for, or speak well of party-crashing -- Party-crashers from among the notables, the noble, the learned, and the cultured -- Those who engage in very subtle acts of party-crashing -- Those who love people to sponge and facilitate it -- Anecdotes about party-crashers who exert themselves in party-crashing and make it a trade and occupation -- Accounts of the ones that the guards would refuse, but who outwit the guards with a lie or a ruse -- Mention of the party-crashers' conversations, advice, and poetry -- Accounts of Bunan, the party-crasher -- A document pertaining to party-crashing.…”
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    Anna Haag and her secret diary of the Second World War : a democratic German feminist's response to the catastrophe of National Socialism / by Timms, Edward, Haag, Anna

    Published 2015
    Table of Contents: “…-- Matrix of democracy: the diarist's political vision -- Epilogue: the legacy of a Swabian internationalist -- Chronology of Anna Haag's career -- Bibliography of her writings -- Index of personal names.…”
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    Selections from the art of party-crashing in medieval Iraq by Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 1002-1071

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…al-Khatib al-Baghdadi's introduction -- The meaning of "party-crashing" in the language and the first person named after it -- Early party-crashing -- Going to a meal without being invited is deemed rude -- Those who cast aspersions on party-crashing and its practitioners and satirize and denounce them -- Those who praise, make excuses for, or speak well of party-crashing -- Party-crashers from among the notables, the noble, the learned, and the cultured -- Those who engage in very subtle acts of party-crashing -- Those who love people to sponge and facilitate it -- Anecdotes about party-crashers who exert themselves in party-crashing and make it a trade and occupation -- Accounts of the ones that the guards would refuse, but who outwit the guards with a lie or a ruse -- Mention of the party-crashers' conversations, advice, and poetry -- Accounts of Bunan, the party-crasher -- A document pertaining to party-crashing.…”
    An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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    Anna Haag and her secret diary of the Second World War : a democratic German feminist's response to the catastrophe of National Socialism / by Timms, Edward, Haag, Anna

    Published 2015
    Table of Contents: “…-- Matrix of democracy: the diarist's political vision -- Epilogue: the legacy of a Swabian internationalist -- Chronology of Anna Haag's career -- Bibliography of her writings -- Index of personal names.…”
    An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
    Electronic eBook