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Searchable video clips from 460 international fashion designers represented in almost 3,000 catwalk shows from Paris, London, New York and Milan across the years 1979 - 2003. Regular supplementary article updates to ensure material is kept current and up to date.

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Building Types Online is a resource for the study and practice of architectural design, based on Birkhäuser’s high international standing in professional architecture books, on the knowledge of the authors and editors who are leading experts in their fields, as well as on the technical quality of the illustrations. Search and browse access to the contents of the Birkhäuser program on building types. Content includes a large international collection of contemporary buildings — from housing and offices to museums, schools and other building types — and a focus on floor plans and other architectural drawings in unrivalled quality. A large part of the drawings are vector-based.

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Established initially as a Russian-language daily newspaper in the early 20th century, Demokratychna Ukraina (Демократична Україна, Democratic Ukraine) underwent dramatic transformation in the wake of the August 1991 coup attempt against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. In addition to changing the name of the newspaper, Demokratychna Ukraina began publishing in Ukrainian and altered its editorial policies to allow and, in fact, encourage a new kind of journalism that valued democratic ideas and ideals. Over the years, building upon its Soviet-era reputation as a solid news outlet, the newspaper would grow to become one of the most important print media in the newly independent Ukraine. The Demokratychna Ukraina Digital Archive is an important resource in charting the rise of an independent media landscape in Ukraine and for studying the country’s checkered democratic transition since independence.

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The Donetsk and Luhansk Newspaper Collection incorporates 10 rare newspapers from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk (Lugansk, in local spelling) republics of Ukraine. With sources primarily in Russian, this database allows analysts and researchers unprecedented access to articles and reports from these insurgent regions at the most important and critical junctures. Coverage includes the period of military hostilities between the unrecognized states and the government of Ukraine (2013-2015) and contains valuable research material for anyone studying the development of separatist movements in this part of the world.

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The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) offers a comprehensive and in-depth rendering of the current state of knowledge on the origins and development of the Bible according to its different canonic forms in Judaism and Christianity. At the same time, EBR also documents the history of the Bible's reception in Judaism and Christianity as evident in exegetical literature, theological and philosophical writings of various genres, literature, liturgy, music, the visual arts, dance, and film, as well as in Islam and other religious traditions and contemporary movements.