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O personalitate covarsitoare   In istoria politica Nicolae Iorga stie atat de multe, a calcat cu mintea lui atatea documente, incat memoria lui insasi va

Re-descoperim Clujul II. Re-discovering Cluj II - Vladimir-Alexandru Bogosavlievici

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Caragiale. Tragicul destin al unui mare scriitor

Tone de hartie s-au scris, de-a lungul timpului, despre Caragiale, lucruri povestite de el, de familie sau consemnate de prieteni si relatate de biografi si

Povesti despre Cluj Vol.6

Primele scoli ale Ordinului Iezuit au fost destinate educarii propriilor membri. Dar succesul lor din punct de vedere didactic si posibilitatile existente in aceste institutii

Copilul marii - Marius Mihai Lungu

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Istoria Clujului Vol.4 - Jakab Elek

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Adele. Biografia - Chas Newkey-Burden

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Sissi. Imparateasa Austriei - Maurice Paleologue

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Academia romana (1866-2016). Temeiuri, traditii si valori juridice - Mircea Dutu

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Dosarul Marin Preda - Mariana Sipos

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Caragiale. Tragicul destin al unui mare scriitor - B. Jordan, Lucian Predescu

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In oglinda amintirii. Texte despre cantul coral - Adrian Pop

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Pascal - Pierre Lyraud

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Maresalul Antonescu - Harald Laeuen

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Noi, romii si restul lumii - Elena Dumitrescu-Nentwig

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Gheorghe Simotta, intre noblete si arhitectura - Cornel Samara

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Panoramic maierean - Iacob Naros

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Louis Soutter, probabil - Michel Layaz

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Asociatia „Vechiul Cluj” se afla in fata unui nou demers dus la bun sfarsit, un nou volum dedicat Clujului, orasul pe care il iubim cu

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Dupa ce esuase in incercarea de-a cuceri Sibiul, unde se intarise pretendentul sustinut de turci, Acatiu Barcsai, Gheorghe Rakoczi al II-lea se retrage spre Campia

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Shakespeare in a Divided America

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Lady Fanshawe's Receipt Book

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Notes for the Everlost

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Conan Doyle's Wide World

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The Secret Train Robber

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Forgotten Women: The Writers

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'A fascinating biography of Freda Bedi, an English woman who broke all the rules of gender, race, and religious background to become both a revolutionary

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New York in the Fifties was the most interesting, the most vibrant city in the world. As American culture burst into life - it gave