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The A to Z of the Russo-Japanese War by Rotem Kowner
epub |eng | 2006-02-15 | Author:Rotem Kowner

Clockwise, from upper left: Emperor Meiji, Katsura Tarô, Itô Hirobumi, and Yamagata Aritomo. Clockwise, from upper left: Terauchi Masatake, Ôyama Iwao, Nogi Maresuke, and Tôgô Heihachirô. Clockwise, from upper left: ...
( Category: Asia February 16,2020 )
Smoke (Alma Classics) by Ivan Turgenev
epub |eng | 2019-10-17 | Author:Ivan Turgenev [Turgenev, Ivan]

17 Litvinov did not return home; he went off into the mountains and, making his way into a thicket, threw himself to the ground and lay there prone for about ...
( Category: Russian February 16,2020 )
A History of Tea by Laura C. Martin
epub |eng | 2018-04-03 | Author:Laura C. Martin

Vauxhall Gardens, 1751 But the drink and the etiquette surrounding it also appealed to the British. They loved it because it was exotic, because it was such an important commodity ...
( Category: Coffee & Tea February 16,2020 )
Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David-Neel
epub |deu | 0101-01-01 | Author:Alexandra David-Neel [David-Neel, Alexandra]

On the other hand, it is said that the ritual implements which have served in coercion rites should not be kept in the house of a layman or of an ...
( Category: Tibetan February 15,2020 )
Initiations and Initiates in Tibet by Alexandra David-Neel
epub, azw3, pdf |deu | 0101-01-01 | Author:Alexandra David-Neel [David-Neel, Alexandra]

6 THE LESSER AND THE GREATER VEHICLE HiNYANA and Mahayana are familiar terms to those who have read works on Buddhism; it would therefore appear superfluous to explain them. Nevertheless, ...
( Category: Asia February 15,2020 )
Infinite Variety by Madhavi Menon
azw3, epub |eng | 2018-05-10 | Author:Madhavi Menon

11 ARMY We lead by example, live by chance, love by choice and kill by profession. —One of many slogans of the Indian Army In the 4th century BCE, the ...
( Category: Human Sexuality February 14,2020 )
The Private Life of the Hare by John Lewis-Stempel
epub |eng | | Author:John Lewis-Stempel

If the hare is a symbol of spring, of dawn, of fertility, the creature truly belongs to the moon. The ambivalent, inexplicable hare is the lunar animal sans pareil. Like ...
( Category: Natural History February 13,2020 )
The Witchhunters by Simon J Blake
epub |eng | | Author:Simon J Blake

Sir, it has come to my knowledge that the former ‘unofficial’ approach of the police, namely not to intervene in matters of a private nature, has been reversed with the ...
( Category: Historical February 10,2020 )
The Wife and the Widow by Christian White
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Christian White

* * * After hanging up with Mia, Kate couldn’t get back to sleep. A series of practical questions kept her mind buzzing. When should she begin planning the funeral? ...
( Category: Small Town & Rural February 10,2020 )
Encyclopedia of Hinduism by 2012
epub |eng | | Author:2012

Further reading Williams, R.B. 2001. An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. NĀSIK Situated on the banks of the sacred river Godāvarī in the north-west of the modern ...
( Category: Religion January 26,2020 )
L'arte della guerra by Sun Tzu
azw3 |ita | 2011-11-07 | Author:Sun Tzu

Table of Contents Part 1 Part 2
( Category: Decision Making January 23,2020 )
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod
epub |eng | 2018-07-06 | Author:James Tod [Tod, James]

Expenses. Establishments—namely, feeding cattle and servants, tear and wear of gear, and clearing the fields—one-eighth of the gross amount,[7] or 400,000 Seed 600,000 Replacing 4000 oxen annually, at 20s.[8] 80,000 ...
( Category: Asia January 20,2020 )
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 2 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod
epub |eng | 2018-07-04 | Author:James Tod [Tod, James]

Ahār. —Ar, or Ahar,[17] near which we encamped, is sacred to the manes of the princes of Udaipur, and contains the cenotaphs of all her kings since the valley became ...
( Category: Asia January 20,2020 )
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod
epub |eng | 2018-07-03 | Author:James Tod [Tod, James]

5. [The list in the Vishnu Purāna (474 f.) gives 7 Abhīras, 10 Garddhabas, 16 Sakas, 14 Tushāras, 13 Mundas, 11 Maunas. On the impossibility of reducing the Purānic accounts ...
( Category: Asia January 20,2020 )
On Photography by Walter Benjamin
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Walter Benjamin

Germaine Krull, Untitled, Paris, 1920s, from Benjamin’s personal collection. Hippolyte Bayard (1801–1887), self-portrait. Walter Benjamin as a child, wearing a Tyrolean suit, c. 1900. Germaine Krull, Untitled, Paris, 1920s, from ...
( Category: Renaissance January 20,2020 )

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