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As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two c
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This handbook offers an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful for specialists and accessi
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Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge
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