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HAPPINESS WILLIAM LEITH DISCOVERS WHY MORE PEOPLE HAS ALWAYS MEANT MERRIER PEOPLE
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Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
BY BARBARA EHRENREICH
GRANTA, pounds 16.99, 320 ppT pounds 14.99 ( pounds 1.25 p&p)
0870 428 4115
This is a book about the history of festivals, the history of
people collecting together in groups and going wild, wearing masks,
painting their faces, taking their clothes off, getting drunk and
shouting. The history, in brief, is this: in ancient times, people
used to go wild in groups. Then civilisation came along. Since then,
with a few exceptions, people don't go wild in groups any more;
instead, they take their pleasures quietly, or in ...
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How Can We Forget Rudolf II?(The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Social Studies
; ...Peter. 2006. The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance...history standards and textbooks mention Rudolf II (1576-1612), Holy Roman Emperor? And what about Prague, Rudolf II's capital, and arguably the most...
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Caesar vive! Prague 1609. Music for Emperor Rudolf II.(Sound recording review)
Magazine article from: Czech Music
; ...Prague 1609. Music for Emperor Rudolf II. (Luython, Monte, de Santa Maria...repeated reports of the eccentricity of Rudolf II (1552-1612), whether in connection...pose the question of "What could Rudolf II have heard?" if then rather sidelining...
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14: A bumbled flight.(Rudolf Hess's flight to Britain during World War II)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; ...Captain) Albert Horn. Horn turned out to be Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy. Fifty...of the strangest episodes of World War II. Imprisoned until he committed suicide...who last year coauthored The Flight of Rudolf Hess: Myths and Reality. Nesbit says...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Rudolf returns: an exhibition on Imperial Prague.(art and odditities on exhibition at 'Rudolf II and Prague: the Imperial court as the residential city and cultural and spiritual center of Central Europe,' Prague, Czech Republic)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...trading with Satan and persuaded Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia...into an "academy of the occult". Rudolf's life and times are the subject...massive and ambitious exhibition, "Rudolf II and Prague: the Imperial court as...
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Metropolitan Opera Impresario Rudolf Bing Dies at 95
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Met since World War II, because she had performed for Nazis. Sir Rudolf also opened the ranks...several years. Sir Rudolf was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1971. In addition...During World War II, when the opera was suspended, Sir Rudolf worked for a bookstore...
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TALBOTS - THE BACK STORY FIFTY - FIVE YEARS AGO, NANCY TALBOT AND HER HUSBAND, RUDOLF, STARTED A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT GREW INTO A NATIONAL CLOTHING CHAIN.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...retailer that she and her husband, Rudolf, founded in 1947 and sold to...left Radcliffe during World War II to join the Red Cross and found...intelligence officer, Captain Rudolf Talbot, a Hingham native...to the soldiers. Nancy and Rudolf were married after the war and...
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Rudolf, Eugene J.
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...Rudolf (Michael Kaiser), Leo Rudolf (Nancy Baker), Janet Miner (Dennis), Raymond (Joy) Rudolf, Shirley (Steven) Kluender...and the late Ralph (Evelyn) Rudolf. Further survived by 35 dearly...Corps veteran serving during WW II. PRASSER-KLECZKA BAY VIEW...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Rudolf Vrba, 81; one of few to escape Auschwitz
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 04-12-2006 Rudolf Vrba, 81; one of few to escape...Edtion: Two Star P Biographical: Rudolf Vrba Rudolf Vrba, one of a handful of prisoners...escape from Auschwitz during World War II and the co-author of the first...
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Rudolf, Evelyn
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Rudolf, Evelyn (Nee Falkowski) Passed...Beloved wife of the late Ralph Robert Rudolf. Loving mother of Rudy (Elaine...Schmidt, Russell (Julie) and Bette Rudolf. Loving grandmother of Amy, Sara, Ralph II, Douglas Jr., Michael, Daniel...
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Wittner metronomes celebrates 100th year. (Rudolf Wittner Co.)(Company Profile)
Magazine article from: Music Trades
; ...its 100th anniversary, the Rudolf Wittner Company has not only...World War I, Gustav's son Rudolf took over the firm and transformed...Wittner operations, World War II left the company in near rains...present location in Isny. In 1967 Rudolf's sons, Horst, with a background...
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