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  • Still Life Roses, (painting)

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    19th c
  • Military Engagement, (painting)

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    19th c
  • Profession ohne Tradition : 125 Jahre Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen : ein Forschungs- und Ausstellungsprojekt der Berlinischen Galerie in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen / herausgegeben von der Berlinischen Galerie, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur, 1992

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  • War on the savannah : the military collapse of the Sokoto Caliphate under the invasion of the British Empire, 1897-1903 / Risto Marjomaa

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    1998
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  • Mr. Du Vall, (painting)

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    1826
  • Storm at Sea, (painting)

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  • The annotated Walden: Walden; or, Life in the woods by Henry D. Thoreau. Together with Civil disobedience, a detailed chronology and various pieces about its author, the writing and publishing of the book. Edited, with an introd., notes, and bibliography by Philip Van Doren Stern

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  • The field of blood violence in Congress and the road to civil war Joanne B. Freeman

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