The Definition of a king : with the cure of a king wilfully mad, and the way to prevent tyranny : also papistical ceremonies that now are used in baptisme and buriall which ought to be abhorred and forsaken.

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Turning right in the sixties : the conservative capture of the GOP / by Brennan, Mary C.

Table of Contents: “…An uneasy alliance -- Challenging the politics of consensus: conservative Republicans and the election of 1960 -- Seizing the moment -- Baptism by fire -- Biding their time -- Victory?…”
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Democracy or Bonapartism : two centuries of war on democracy / by Losurdo, Domenico

Table of Contents: “…The fight for the vote: A tortuous and still-unfinished history -- A new tutor for the 'childlike' multitude -- An alternative to property qualifications: The origins of Bonapartism, from America to France -- The trumpets of the ruling classes and the bells of the subaltern -- The Bonapartist regime's baptism of fire -- Universal suffrage, proportional representation and the reaction against it -- The twentieth century: Between emancipation and disemancipation -- The triumph of soft Bonapartism.…”
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Emblems in Scotland : motifs and meanings / by Bath, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The fool at Fowlis -- A city of famous women: Esther Inglis, Georgette de Montenay, and Christine de Pisan -- Protestant emblems: Building the house -- 'Rare shewes and singular inventions': Court festivals and royal baptisms -- Alexander Seton's suburban villa: National emblems and united nations -- Presbyterian preaching: Hieroglyphical paintings in Stirling -- Quarles comes north: Scottish reception of the emblemes -- Mobilising the gap: Ian Hamilton Finlay's inheritance.…”
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Flawed patriot : the rise and fall of CIA legend Bill Harvey / by Stockton, Bayard

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Berlin vignette -- Growing up Midwestern -- The secret world: tangling with Buddha -- The heartlander: building the legend -- Baptism in Berlin -- Harvey's hole: the Berlin tunnel operation -- Harvey's support system: married with children -- Into the cauldron: mongoose and task force W -- Plotting assassination: zrrifle -- Bill and Johnny -- Bill Harvey and the assassination of President Kennedy -- Rome: decline and fall -- The doldrums -- Back home in Indiana -- A murky passage : Bill Harvey and the death of Michael Chinigo -- The conscience -- Indianapolis and death -- Afterlife.…”
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On the abolition of all political parties / by Weil, Simone, 1909-1943

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