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First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling, " the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers--the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason.
9) Engineering
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Surveys the development of engineering and notable achievements in the field, including the Wall of Jericho, the works of Archimedes, Roman roads, and the Panama Canal.
11) Clothing
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A pictorial survey of the way people around the world have dressed over the past 1000 years.
14) Transportation
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A pictorial history of developments in transportation over the last millennium.
15) Weapons of war
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In text and pictures, outlines developments in military weaponry over the last millennium.
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Millennium volume t. 1
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Polish
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The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong end of a libel case, to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance. Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old, pierced, tattooed genius hacker, possessed...