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Dictionary of Irish Biography
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Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States
Handbook of International Rivalries
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Political History of America’s Wars
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Separatist Movements: A Global Reference
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New Book of Knowledge by Scholastic Library Publishing and Grolier
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