
43a The History of the Book in Southeast Asia (1): The Islands Reference library
Edwin Paul Wieringa
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ABDA (American-British-Dutch-Australian) command Reference library
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covering Burma, Malaya, the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines (with the north-western part of Australia included from 24 January

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a term used in sailing, meaning across the wind in relation to the bow of a sailing vessel. Thus, when a ship ...

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Africa: An Interpretation Reference library
Encyclopedia of Africa
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal disease caused by the slow-acting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Acre, Siege of Reference library
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The epic siege of Acre began on 27/8 August 1189 and lasted until 12 July 1191; it was the

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Afghanistan, Australian Deployment to Reference library
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Within days of the al‐Qaeda attack of 11 September 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York and the

African Oral Literature Reference library
Encyclopedia of Africa
Artistic forms of expression are deeply ingrained in the black cultural experience and in the lives of African peoples, providing

African Religions: An Interpretation Reference library
Encyclopedia of Africa
African peoples have created hundreds of distinct religions that, despite centuries of contact with Islam and Christianity, remain important both

Agincourt, Battle of Reference library
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The most famous battle of the Hundred Years’ War saw an English expeditionary force under Henry V defeat a much

air gap, mid-Atlantic Reference library
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area south of Greenland in which Allied convoys could not be given air cover against U-boat attacks during much of

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Like the French roman du gare (railway station novel), an engrossing but not particularly weighty work of fiction intended to divert travellers flying from one city to another. ...

air power Reference library
Denis Richards
The Oxford Companion to World War II
Before the Second World War, there was no general agreement about the importance or capabilities of air power. In the

Alamein, Battle of El Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (2 ed.)
In 1942 the pivotal battles of the Desert War were fought around the El Alamein area in Egypt. The German

Aleutian Islands campaigns Reference library
The Oxford Companion to World War II
Kiska and Attu, two of the most westerly of these US-owned islands, which stretch across the north Pacific between Alaska

Alexandria and Grecian Africa: An Interpretation Reference library
Encyclopedia of Africa
Alexandria flourished for more than a thousand years as the intellectual and cultural center and the greatest city of the

Algeria Reference library
Encyclopedia of Africa
To many outside observers, Algeria has been a preeminent symbol of postcolonial independence, a nation that waged a highly visible