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Franz Joseph and Elisabeth - Karen B. Owens - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1848, an 18-year-old boy assumed the throne of Austria, one of the most powerful countries in Europe. He would be its last significant emperor, the only monarch to serve two countries, and the last cogent head of the prestigious Habsburg dynasty. Emperor Franz Joseph's reign was marked by revolutions, often fueled by rising liberalism and nationalism, and wars orchestrated by conquering architects such as Napoleon, Metternich, and Bismarck. This book gives attention to these political and cultural events, but it is essentially a biography of Emperor Franz Joseph and his enigmatic wife, Empress Elisabeth. Franz Joseph, with an overwhelming sense of dynastic responsibility, played all the roles assigned to him as Emperor. Elisabeth played none, as a wife, mother or Empress. Many factors played a part in her ""abdication"" and in the decisions Franz Joseph made during his reign - none more enigmatic than the self-proclaimed Peace Emperor's final act of mobilising of Austria-Hungary's armies, detonating World War I at the cost of 16 million lives.

DKK 429.00

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Joseph Smith and the Book of Enoch - Mark Lines - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The sources of Joseph Smith''s literary works remain the most enigmatic aspect of Mormon history. Smith''s "translation projects," the Book of Mormon, Book of Moses, the Inspired Bible and Book of Abraham, include prophecies, visions and allusions to the ancient biblical prophet Enoch. Before Joseph Smith began writing his visions of Enoch, Oxford professor Richard Laurence revived interest in the prophet through his 1821 English translation of the ancient text, the Book of Enoch, known as 1 Enoch . For decades, some historians have denied that Joseph Smith ever had access to the Book of Enoch, but many reserve the possibility that it directly influenced Smith''s works. The author of this book documents the many similarities between the Book of Enoch and Smith''s Mormon texts. Using source analysis and historical context, the author identifies the uniquely Mormon words, storylines, imagery and concepts that appear in Richard Laurence''s translation of the ancient religious text.

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Joseph James Kinyoun - Joseph K. Houts - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In March 1900, Dr. Joseph James Kinyoun, a surgeon with the Marine Hospital Service and the founder of the Hygienic Laboratory, which became the National Institutes of Health, discovered bubonic plague in San Francisco. His finding led to an immediate outcry from the governor, local and state politicians, and the city''s commercial interests. In the hyper-sensationalized journalism of San Francisco''s newspapers, Kinyoun was ridiculed, leading to death threats and a $50,000 bounty on his head. Eventually, California''s quarantine caused an enormous uproar. By the time a special federal commission produced a report (initially withheld from the public, leading to charges of a coverup) that vindicated Kinyoun, a deal had been brokered wherein the pioneering doctor was removed from his post. This book tells a timely story about yellow journalism, coverup, corruption, the struggle between science and politics, and the consequences of blind denial of the truth.

DKK 476.00

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Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads - Myron J. Smith Jr - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia . Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most fer"documents the life and career of Joseph Brown, a miller and steamboat captain who built three ironclad gunboats for the US War Department"ocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, "Captain Joe" became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covers his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Cheryl Bray Lower - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Barefoot Contessa, and All About Eve --just three of the most well-known films of writer, director, and producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz. This work contains critical essays about the man and his work, as well as a guide to resources, an annotated bibliography, and a filmography. The essays on each of his films are categorized under Mankiewicz''s Dark Cinema, The Mankiewicz Woman, Filmed Theatre, and Literary Adaptations. The annotated bibliography includes writings by and about Mankiewicz; the filmography includes full cast and credit information and other data. Information on Mankiewicz''s awards, miscellaneous and unrealized projects, and film festivals honoring him is also provided.

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Joseph F. Lamb - Carol J. Binkowski - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph F. Lamb (1887-1960) composed with enthusiasm and was influenced by a variety of sources, all kinds of music, cultures, traditions and the everyday. Although he is considered one of classic ragtime''s "big three"--along with Scott Joplin and James Scott--he did not fit the usual profile. He was musically self-taught, held a corporate job, and composed in his spare time, yet wrote piano rags Joplin enthusiastically championed and returned to composing and well-deserved recognition long after the end of the ragtime era. This biography focuses on his music and his world, and is drawn from family and research sources. It includes a foreword by two of Lamb''s children.

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Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon, 2d ed. - David Persuitte - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Just as a growing interest in millennialism at the turn of this century has rejuvenated religious debate and questions concerning the fate of the world, so did Mormonism develop from millennial enthusiasm early in the nineteenth century. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and a provocative, even controversial figure in history, declared that he had been given the authority to restore the true church in the latter days. The primary source of Smith''s latter-day revelation is The Book of Mormon, and to fully understand his role as the founder of the Mormon faith, one must also understand The Book of Mormon and how it came to be. Unfortunately, the literature about Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon is permeated with contradiction and controversy. In the first edition of this impressive work, David Persuitte provided a significant amount of revealing biographical information about Smith that resolved many of the controversies concerning his character. He also presented an extensive comparative analysis positing that the probable conceptual source for The Book of Mormon was a book entitled View of the Hebrews; or the Tribes of Israel in America , which was written by an early New England minister named Ethan Smith. Now in an expanded and revised second edition incorporating many new findings relating to the origin of The Book of Mormon , Mr. Persuitte''s book continues to shed much new light on the path Joseph Smith took toward founding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Joseph W. Young, Jr., and the City Beautiful - Joan Mickelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph Young was acknowledged as one of the five or six major city builders in boomtime Florida. From palmetto, bare ground and water in 1920 he created Hollywood By-the-Sea with an elegant Beaux Arts plan of circles and lakes, calling his creation a ""City Beautiful,"" an ideal first propounded by Daniel Burnham of Chicago. The fine bones of Young's original city are the heart of it today. Young's skills included a rare talent for publicity and a knack for making and spending millions--supported by an immense personal charm that is still remembered decades after his death. This first full biography of Young traces his start as city builder in turn-of-the-century California where new cities blossomed and were ballyhooed--thence to Indianapolis, home of Carl Fisher who developed Miami Beach, on his creation of Hollywood and Port Everglades, and then to his Adirondack resort, ending with his dreams to expand Hollywood, fulfilled after his early death.

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Brandy Station, Virginia, June 9, 1863 - Joseph W. Mckinney - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The winter of 1862-63 found Robert E. Lee''s Army of Northern Virginia and Ambrose Burnside''s Army of the Potomac at a standoff along the Rappahannock River in Virginia, following the Union defeat at Fredericksburg. In January 1863 Major General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker relieved the disgraced Burnside, reorganized his troops and instituted company colors, giving his soldiers back their fighting spirit. Lee concentrated on maintaining his strength and fortifications while struggling for supplies. By spring, cavalry units from both sides had taken on increased importance--until the largest cavalry battle of the war was fought, near Brandy Station, Virginia, on June 9, 1863. Researched from numerous contemporary sources, this detailed history recounts the battle that marked the opening of the Gettysburg campaign and Lee''s last offensive into the North. Forces commanded by J.E.B. Stuart and Alfred Pleasanton fought indecisively in an area of 70 square miles: Confederate troops maintained possession and counted fewer casualties, yet Union forces had definitely taken the offensive. Historians still debate the significance of the battle; many view it as a harbinger of change, the beginning of dominance by Union horse soldiers and the decline of Stuart''s Confederate command.

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Glastonbury and the Grail - Justin E. Griffin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Glastonbury, a small town in Somerset, England, stands at the epicenter of a longstanding tradition placing the Holy Grail in Britain. Legend holds that Joseph of Arimathea traveled to Britain, bringing with him both a gathering of followers and the cup that Jesus used at the last supper. He is said to have buried the Grail at Glastonbury, where some claim he founded the first church in England. This volume chronicles one man''s personal quest to find historical evidence supporting the traditional beliefs surrounding Joseph of Arimathea and the Holy Grail in southern England. Bolstered by an abundance of evidence supporting the presence of Joseph in 1st Century Britain, he separates his findings from the fantasy of the Grail Romances, answering questions about the Grail and the origins and progressions of its legend.

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Hebrew Hammer - Joseph Wancho - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This first biography of four-time all-star Al Rosen covers the career of perhaps the best player on the fabulous Cleveland Indians'' teams of the 1950s. From 1951 to 1956, the Tribe won one American League pennant (1954) and finished second to New York the other five seasons. Rosen was selected as the League''s Most Valuable Player in 1953, the last Indians player to be so honored. He led the League in home runs (43) and RBI (145). Washington''s Mickey Vernon edged Rosen by a single percentage point (.337 to .336) for the league batting championship. His play between the white lines was not the only place where Rosen left his mark on the game. He spent 14 seasons as a president or general manager for the New York Yankees (1978-1979), Houston Astros (1981-1985) and the San Francisco Giants (1986-1992). Under his guidance, those teams won two pennants and one world championship. Rosen is the only person in Major League Baseball history to win an MVP award as a player and to be recognized as Executive of the Year by The Sporting News (1987).

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Adapting Stephen King - Joseph Maddrey - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Stephen King''s fiction has formed the basis of more motion picture adaptations than any other living author. Over half a century since his earliest publications, Hollywood filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake, and reboot King''s stories, with mixed results. This book, volume 1 in a series, examines the various screen adaptations of King''s first three novels: Carrie, Salem''s Lot , and The Shining . Reaching further than questions of fidelity to the author and adherence to directorial visions, it charts the development of each individual adaptation from first option to final cut. Through old and new interviews with the writers, producers, and directors of these films--as well as in-depth analyses of produced and unproduced screenplays--it illuminates the adaptation process as an intricately collaborative endeavor. Rather than merely synopsize the resulting stories, its goal is to compare, contrast, and contextualize each of these adaptations as the products of their creators.

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Adapting Stephen King - Joseph Maddrey - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Stephen King''s fiction has formed the basis of more motion picture adaptations than any other living author. His earliest short stories, collected in the Night Shift anthology, have been adapted into hit features including Creepshow, Children of the Corn, Cat''s Eye, Maximum Overdrive, Graveyard Shift, Sometimes They Come Back , and The Mangler . Through his "Dollar Baby" program, King licensed several Night Shift stories to aspiring filmmakers for just one dollar each, resulting in numerous student film adaptations. This book critically examines and contextualizes adaptations of the Night Shift short stories, from big box office features to relatively unknown student films. It illuminates how each film is a uniquely and intricately collaborative endeavor, and charts the development of each adaptation from first option to final cut. Through old and new interviews with the creators, the work explores how filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake and reboot King''s stories.

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The Archive Incarnate - Joseph Hurtgen - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

We live in an information economy, a vast archive of data ever at our fingertips. In the pages of science fiction, powerful entities--governments and corporations--attempt to use this archive to control society, enforce conformity or turn citizens into passive consumers. Opposing them are protagonists fighting to liberate the collective mind from those who would enforce top-down control. Archival technology and its depictions in science fiction have developed dramatically since the 1950s. Ray Bradbury discusses archives in terms of books and television media, and Margaret Atwood in terms of magazines and journaling. William Gibson focused on technofuturistic cyberspace and brain-to-computer prosthetics, Bruce Sterling on genetics and society as an archive of social practices. Neal Stephenson has imagined post-cyberpunk matrix space and interactive primers. As the archive is altered, so are the humans that interact with ever-advancing technology.

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Kvetching and Shpritzing - Joseph Dorinson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Jewish humor, with its rational skepticism and cutting social criticism, permeates American popular culture. Scholars of humor--from Sigmund Freud to Woody Allen--have studied the essence of the Jewish joke, at once a defense mechanism against a hostile world and a means of cultural affirmation. Where did this wit originate? Why do Jewish humorists work at the margins of so many diverse cultures? What accounts for the longevity of the Jewish joke? Do oppressed people, as African American author Ralph Ellison suggested, slip their yoke when they change the joke? Citing examples from prominent humorists and stand-up comics, this book examines the phenomenon of Jewish humor from its biblical origins to its prevalence in the modern diaspora, revealing a mother lode of wit in language, literature, folklore, music and history.

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Primo Carnera - Joseph S. Page - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

At over six and a half feet tall and nearly 300 pounds, heavyweight champion Primo Carnera was a giant for his times, but today "the Ambling Alp" is too often written off as an unskilled oaf and a product of the mob dealings that plagued boxing during the 1930s. He may not have been a natural in the ring, but he worked as hard as any boxer to learn his craft, to be in top condition, and he repeatedly showed that he was tougher than nails. This biography details Carnera''s early life and boxing career, his success as a fighter as well as accusations of fight fixing, his strengths and limitations in the ring, and his later career as a wrestler.

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Dan Mason - Joseph P. Eckhardt - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In a career that spanned 57 years, Dan Mason (1853-1929) went from performing German dialect routines in variety halls to appearing in Broadway musicals to playing character roles in silent films. Along the way he also wrote, produced, directed and starred in his own plays. Best remembered for his role as the irascible "Skipper" in the Toonerville Trolley silent comedies, Mason created dozens of unique and colorful characters on stage and screen. This first-ever biography of the American comedian explores the roots of his craft and the challenges he faced navigating the rapidly changing world of popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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The Psycho File - Joseph W. Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

An examination of the groundbreaking 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, including the story''s origins in real-life graverobber Ed Gein. The book presents material from the script and how it was adapted from Robert Bloch''s novel; details of the film''s production, particularly the shower scene and other technical difficulties; actors and the challenges of their roles; extended literary analysis of the film covering such devices as irony, symbol, theme, motif and foil; and the film''s effect on audiences. Features 16 photographs, notes, bibliography and index.

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The Ten Commandments - Joseph P. Hester - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The founders of the United States were well aware of religious differences in the new nation. Oppression had forced varied European religious groups to seek homes elsewhere, some in the new world of America. Governmental pressures toward conformity in religion had in the past led to corruption and civil strife. Thus, Congress made a dual assertion in its First Amendment to the Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." However, the ethical foundations of American society--and therefore its laws--intermingle with the moral codes of religions, including the Judeo-Christian Ten Commandments. This handbook helps bring understanding and meaning to the controversies that have arisen in present day society over the application of the Ten Commandments to public law and moral problems. Applications can be logical and legal, or can violate the separation of church and state called for in the First Amendment. Part One provides background on the Ten Commandments. It gives the various versions found in the Old Testament, and explains the non-Israelite influences on those versions (the Hammurabi Code, for example). The moral thinking of the ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Hebrew cultures is examined. The modern Jewish tradition is detailed, as well as the different interpretations placed on the Ten Commandments by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans and other Protestants. Part Two focuses on the modern controversies, assessing the differing sides of each. Among the many controversies covered are government funding of faith-based charities, posting the Ten Commandments in public buildings, science versus religion in schools, prayer in public places, blue laws, stem cell research, cloning, euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion and war, racial profiling and covenant marriages.

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Nonpareil Jack Dempsey - Joseph S. Page - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Hall of Fame middleweight prizefighter John Edward Kelly, better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, was one of the most popular athletes in the United States during the late 19th century. To many observers, Dempsey is one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in ring history. Inside the ropes, he was fearless, poised, quick, agile, and had terrific punching power with both hands. His story is rich--full of amazing highs and terrible lows. He was a poor immigrant Irish boy who scaled great heights to become one of this nation''s first sports celebrities. He became a household name, wealthy and popular. But much too soon, it all came crashing down. His violent profession, alcoholism, mental illness, and tuberculosis left little to recognize of the valiant hero of so many battles.

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Deconstructing Organized Crime - Joseph L. Albini - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

What is organized crime? This question has generated many responses over the decades from scholars, governments, the media, pop culture, and organized criminals themselves. Layered one on top of the other, these answers cumulatively created a ""Mafia Mystique"" that dominated discourse until after the end of the Cold War, when transnational organized crime emerged as a pronounced, if nebulous, threat to global security and stability. The authors untangle this discourse by providing an interdisciplinary analysis of the subject. By focusing on the American experience that dominated organized crime scholarship during the second half of the 20th century as well as more recent global manifestations of transnational organized crime, they illustrate through a series of case studies that organized crime is best understood not as a series of famous gangsters and events but as a method, a structure, of everyday life formed by numerous evolving political, social, economic, and anthropological variables.

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The Making of T.S. Eliot - Joseph Maddrey - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This chronological survey of major influences on T.S. Eliot''s worldview covers the poet''s spiritual and intellectual evolution in stages, by trying to see the world as Eliot did. It examines his childhood influences as well as the literary influences that inspired him to write his earliest poetry; his life as an American expatriate living in London from 1915 to 1930, including his ill-fated marriage and his intellectual engagement with the literary traditions of his new country; and the ways in which his intellectual pursuits fostered a spiritual rebirth that simultaneously reflected his past and revealed his future, demonstrating how the early Romantic revolutionary became a staunch defender of tradition.

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Irish Masculinity on Screen - Joseph Paul Moser - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Examining images of gender and violence, this book analyzes selected works of three influential artists of the Irish cinema--Ford, Sheridan and Greengrass--whose careers, taken together, span the period from 1939 to the present. These three explore fundamental questions about identity, patriarchy and violence within Irish and Irish-American contexts, and in the process upset conventional notions of masculine authority. Furthermore, Ford''s later films interestingly depart from the egalitarian ideals that distinguish his pre-World War II films.

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Voices from the Easter Rising - Joseph Mckenna - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This work records a week in Dublin during April 1916 when in a forlorn hope 2,000 Irish Volunteers rose up in armed rebellion against the British Empire in a bid to establish an independent Irish state. The Rising is recalled in the words of those who took part. It traces the establishment of the various organizations that eventually came together that Easter week. The work then leads on to a day-to-day narrative of the men and women who took part. There are details of the highs and lows; of the triumphs and the little unexpected things that are sometimes lost in the noise of battle. In parts the narrative is intensely personal when participants record the deaths of those close to them. The work does not shy away from the atrocities and murders that took place on both sides; recorded in the Coroner`s reports. Then the work gives a personal account of the trial and, perhaps unnecessary, execution of the leaders, and the imprisonment of the surviving Volunteers.

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Microbreweries, Nanobreweries, and Brewpubs - Joseph Peter Klapatch - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In the mid-1980s, the American beer market offered far fewer options than what is available today. When microbreweries began to come onto the scene, distributors and retailers were skeptical of their new beers and did not believe that these new American brews would be able to compete with imports. Newer, smaller brewers also had to overcome antiquated laws and strong consumer brand loyalty to major domestic beers. After years of struggles, microbrewers established a foothold in the American beer market, popularized new and previously underappreciated styles, and set the stage for a massive proliferation of nanobreweries across the country. This book takes a look at these microbreweries--prime examples of American enterprise and innovation--from an industry outsider''s perspective. The author explores a select number of small breweries from around the United States, covering their signature brews, histories, and what it took for them to claim their niches in the marketplace.

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Franz Joseph and Elisabeth - Karen B. Owens - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph Smith and the Book of Enoch - Mark Lines - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph James Kinyoun - Joseph K. Houts - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads - Myron J. Smith Jr - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Cheryl Bray Lower - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph F. Lamb - Carol J. Binkowski - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon, 2d ed. - David Persuitte - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph W. Young, Jr., and the City Beautiful - Joan Mickelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Brandy Station, Virginia, June 9, 1863 - Joseph W. Mckinney - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Glastonbury and the Grail - Justin E. Griffin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Hebrew Hammer - Joseph Wancho - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Adapting Stephen King - Joseph Maddrey - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Adapting Stephen King - Joseph Maddrey - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Archive Incarnate - Joseph Hurtgen - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Kvetching and Shpritzing - Joseph Dorinson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Primo Carnera - Joseph S. Page - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Dan Mason - Joseph P. Eckhardt - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Psycho File - Joseph W. Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Ten Commandments - Joseph P. Hester - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Nonpareil Jack Dempsey - Joseph S. Page - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Deconstructing Organized Crime - Joseph L. Albini - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Making of T.S. Eliot - Joseph Maddrey - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Irish Masculinity on Screen - Joseph Paul Moser - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Voices from the Easter Rising - Joseph Mckenna - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Microbreweries, Nanobreweries, and Brewpubs - Joseph Peter Klapatch - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

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