J. R. Ackerley

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Lawrence A. Oxley

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Preston Washington

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Keene Springs Hotel

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Music for Torching

Music for Torching is a 1999 novel by American writer A. M. Homes. It is about a dysfunctional suburban family in the contemporary United States. The book deals with issues including sex, infidelity, social consciousness, and school violence. It is one of

Naomi Drake

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The Liberators (Suvorov book)

The Liberators: My Life in the Soviet Army (1981) by Viktor Suvorov is a non-fiction, personal account of the Soviet Army during the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing from his own experiences, Suvorov provides insight into the brutality of a military machine in

Zaleszany, Hajnówka County

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Death Whoop

Death Whoop is an oil on canvas painting by American artist and career Army officer Seth Eastman. It depicts a Native American warrior holding up the scalp of a white person

Edward Parmelee Smith

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Margaret Leshikar-Denton

Margaret E. "Peggy" Leshikar-Denton is an archaeologist specialising in underwater archaeology, and director of the Cayman Islands National Museum