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The end of the world:

a history
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Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1982 - History - 384 pages
Accounts of the apocalyptic endings of previous civilizations, cultures, and peoples--from the sack of Rome to Auschwitz--form an inquiry into disaster, atrocity, and resilience

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The Great Flood
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BARBARIANS AT THE GATES
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THE EYE OF GOD
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TitleThe end of the world: a history
AuthorOtto Friedrich
PublisherCoward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1982
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized3 Aug 2010
ISBN0698111281, 9780698111288
Length384 pages
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History / United States / General
  
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