Historical Asian Biographies
epub |nld | 2012-12-13 | Author:William de Lange [Lange, William de]

Matsunaga Hisahide, the warlord who had made his fortune as a tea merchant A decade after Yoshimasa’s death, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Miyoshi had responded to ...
( Category: Military August 6,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Eknath Easwaran

* * * 7: Wisdom from Realization KRISHNA 1 With your mind intent on me, Arjuna, discipline yourself with the practice of yoga. Depend on me completely. Listen, and I ...
( Category: Bhagavad Gita August 6,2020 )
epub |eng | 2009-09-03 | Author:Joyce Tyldesley

Notes 1 This piece is illustrated and described in Freed, R. E. (1987), Ramesses the Great; his life and world, Memphis: 136. 2 Discussed, with the history of the development ...
( Category: Asia August 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2001-04-25 | Author:Joyce A. Tyldesley [Tyldesley, Joyce A.]

Notes 1 This piece is illustrated and described in Freed, R. E. (1987), Ramesses the Great; his life and world, Memphis: 136. 2 Discussed, with the history of the development ...
( Category: Asia July 20,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:Pang-Mei Chang [Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha]

As early as London, I suspected that Hsü Chih-mo had a girlfriend. We were on a bus—I think it was the one we took to Southampton for a visit—and I ...
( Category: Ethnic Studies July 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-02-01 | Author:Allison, Graham & Blackwill, Robert D. & Wyne, Ali & Kissinger, Henry A. [Allison, Graham]

CHAPTER 7 The Future of Geopolitics and Globalization What are some of the biggest problems that the world faces over the next decade? What are Russia’s long-term prospects? Will Brazil, ...
( Category: Asian July 9,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Spence, Jonathan D.

CHAPTER SIX OVER THE EDGE In a world where men such as Rufang and Sanshu were identified primarily by their specialized functions, how did Zhang Dai fare? Poorly, in his ...
( Category: Asia July 7,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2017-10-23 | Author:A. J. Baime [Baime, A. J.]

25 ON MAY 28, Truman experienced for the first time the awestriking pageantry of a White House State Dinner. The regent of Iraq—Prince Abd al-Ilah—arrived in Washington with his entourage. ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents April 6,2020 )
epub |eng | 1999-05-24 | Author:Maria Rosa Henson

Comfort Woman Every day this was the scene in my room. swollen that I was in pain for three days. Even the hot water compress I made could not relieve ...
( Category: Women in History March 28,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-02-10 | Author:Donna Faulkner [Donna Faulkner]

“The Roar of a Lion” The King of Siam was tall for his time and region, standing about five feet, eight inches. He was thin and erect, a commanding figure. ...
( Category: Historical Asian Biographies March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-01-17 | Author:Morris Berman [Berman, Morris]

Chapter 6 Vaguely, Crystal: The Americanization of Japan A Japan once renowned for the Zen-like restraint of its aesthetics—its material simplicity, its tranquil bamboo gardens, its glassy ponds stocked with ...
( Category: Historical Asian Biographies March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-03-22 | Author:Stephen Earle [Earle, Stephen]

The prana can be stopped by way of retention after exhalation.… We breathe out, gradually and intensely, in a very spontaneous, flowing manner, and then do not breathe in; this ...
( Category: Asia March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-12-26 | Author:Sudha Shah

There was nobody upstairs. It was very still and quiet under the electric lights. My eyes wandered and I saw the body of the Chief Queen lying on a bed ...
( Category: Royalty March 20,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Schuman, Michael [Schuman, Michael]

CONFUCIUS PERSONALLY SET the standard for studiousness in East Asia. He took immense pride in his lifelong search for knowledge and considered his undying love of learning to be his ...
( Category: Religious March 19,2020 )