The Mediterranean: Its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins by Ball, E. A. R.

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Venerable Philippine Duchesne A Brief Sketch of the Life and Work of the Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart in America by G. E. M.

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USS Los Angeles the navy's venerable airship and aviation technology by Althoff, William F.

Sex, sin and suffering venereal disease and European society since 1870

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, 673-735

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Urban Sketches by Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

“…A venerable impostor -- From a balcony -- Melons -- Surprising adventures of Master Charles Summerton -- Sidewalkings -- A boy's dog -- Charitable reminiscences -- "Seeing the steamer off" -- Neighborhoods I have moved from -- My suburban reside…”
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The globalization of martyrdom Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the diffusion of suicide attacks by Moghadam, Assaf 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The global proliferation of suicide missions -- Al Qaeda and the primacy of suicide attacks -- Salafi Jihad and the veneration of martyrdom -- From Al Qaeda to global jihad -- Suicide missions from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan -- The United Kingdom and the 7/7 bombings -- The rise of suicide attacks in Iraq…”

Wilfred Thesiger the life of the great explorer by Maitland, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…The Emperor Menelik's 'new flower' -- Hope and fortune -- Gorgeous barbarity -- 'One handsome rajah' -- Passages to India and England -- The cold, bleak English Downs -- Eton: lasting respect and veneration -- Shrine of my youth -- The mountains of Arussi -- Across the Sultanate of Aussa -- Savage Sudan -- The Nuer -- Rape of my homeland -- Among the Druze -- The flowering desert -- Palestine: shifting lights and shades -- Prelude to Arabia -- Arabian sands -- Marsh and mountain -- Among the mountains -- A winter in Copenhagen -- Camel journeys to the Jade Sea -- With nomadic tribes in other lands -- Kenya days…”

Witnesses to faith? martyrdom in Christianity and Islam

Table of Contents: “…/ Brian Wicker -- 5. The veneration of martyrs : a Muslim-Christian dialogue / Harfiyah Haleem and Brian Wicker -- 6. …”

Lat my life and cartoons by Mohammad Nor Khalid Datuk 1951-, Syed Nadzri Syed Harun

Rediscovering the Islamic classics how editors and print culture transformed an intellectual tradition by El Shamsy, Ahmed 1976-