Games wrap: Celski gave U.S. historic ‘boost’
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Even after the American flag was hoisted and the bronze medal dangled around his neck, J.R. Celski didn’t realize the full significance of his push. He knew he’d pushed his hero and fellow Federal Way short-track speedskater Apolo Ohno from fourth to third on the final exchange of the 5,000-meter relay. What he didn’t know was that he’d also shoved the United States to top of …
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World Music Discoveries: The Art of Attraction – Vietnam Hmong $19.97 In the mountainous northern areas of Vietnam, the Hmong are a living illustration of the level of refinement that can be attained in the cultivation of beauty and the art of attraction in a society with a traditional way of life. Their aim is to charm–the living, the spirits, and their ancestors. This music is very important culturally and ethnographically, as the Hmong are some of the more igno… |
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La Maldicion de Nostradamus $6.98 … |
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The Vampire Happening $24.99 Sexy American movie star Betty Williams (Pia Degermark from Elvira Madigan) flies to Transylvania to get a gander at her ancestral castle. While touring the torture chamber (which inspires kinky fantasies) and the family vault, she inadvertently unleashes her randy grandmother, Clairamonda, an ancient vampire and a brunette double to blonde Betty. A clumsy wig-swapping, door-slamming farce ensues,… |
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Finding Your German Ancestors : A Beginner’s Guide $8.19 Introducing the first true beginner’s guide to German ancestral research. If you haven’t worked with German records before, this compact guide will warm up your cold feet quickly and make intimidating foreign sources seem like old friends in no time. Anyone who has worked with foreign records knows that the language can be intimidating. In order to overcome this research barrier, author K… |
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The Language of Nazi Genocide: Linguistic Violence and the Struggle of Germans of Jewish Ancestry $40.00 In the Nazi genocide of European Jews, words preceded, accompanied, and made mass murder possible. Using a multilayered approach to connect official language to everyday life, historian Thomas Pegelow Kaplan analyzes the role of language in genocide. This study seeks to comprehend how the perpetrators constructed difference, race, and their perceived enemies; how Nazi agencies communicated to the… |
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Ancestry and descendants of the Nassau-Siegen immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750 (Germanna record) … |
