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		<title>Book Review: Wired for War</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/10/06/book-review-wired-for-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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When the book is about robotics and advanced military technology, the reader might expect a more technical writing style – the author offering the full list of specs without too much thought on the art of writing. This is certainly not the case for Wired for War. P. W. Singer actually tells the fascinating story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2009/09/29/the-occupation-war-and-resistance-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Cockburn is a journalist and a veteran war correspondent. He began his carrier as a Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times and the Independent in 1979 and he concentrated on Iraq ever since.]]></description>
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		<title>Magic and everyday life. Andalusia, 16th-18th century</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2008/12/15/magic-and-everyday-life-andalusia-16th-18th-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Andalusian Studies Centre and the Renacimiento publishing house publish a unique essay which offers an exhaustive study of the mentality and practice of magic from the 15th to the 18th century in Andalusia.]]></description>
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		<title>Londinium and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2008/12/05/londinium-and-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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(Astigan.com) &#8212; Londinium was one of the greatest cities that the Romans built in Britannia. Its military importance as well as its riches, both material and cultural, has enkindled the curiosity of many researchers. Thus, since the birth of archaeology, the greatest city in Roman Britain has been constantly excavated. The result, Londinium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Atlas of Endangered Species</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2008/10/27/the-atlas-of-endangered-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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(Astigan.com) &#8212; Human activity has seriously damaged nature. Due to unconscious exploiting of natural resources including excessive hunting and deforestation, many animal and plant species have been annihilated.
The Atlas of Endangered Species, superbly illustrated and thoughtfully written, serves as a guide for the general public in our world’s serious ecological problems. It may also be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unveiling Reality Through Fiction - Heart of Diamonds by Dave Donelson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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 (Astigan.com) &#8211; Unveiling reality through fiction, Heart of Diamonds is a brilliant story that contours in words the ongoing internal strife of the Congo as caused by human greed.
The book offers the thrilling story of an American TV journalist that discovers a collaboration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Republican Alternative - The Netherlands and Switzerland Compared</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2008/09/08/the-republican-alternative-the-netherlands-and-switzerland-compared/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Netherlands and Switzerland are among the world's most economically successful societies. Their inhabitants enjoy high standards of living and express great satisfaction with their lives according to surveys.]]></description>
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		<title>Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2008/09/07/killing-rommel-by-steven-pressfield/</link>
		<comments>http://www.astigan.com/2008/09/07/killing-rommel-by-steven-pressfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Autumn, 1942. Hitler&#8217;s legions have swept across Europe; France has fallen; Churchill and the English are isolated on their island. In North Africa, Rommel and his Panzers have routed the British Eighth Army and stand poised to overrun Egypt, Suez, and the oilfields of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you catch cancer?</title>
		<link>http://www.astigan.com/2008/09/07/can-you-catch-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several human viruses are strongly associated with cancer – can in fact be tumor causing – and therefore represent significant health concerns.]]></description>
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