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A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology by Taber John A. Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
azw3, mobi |eng | 2011-09-11 | Author:Taber, John A.,Kumārila Bhaṭṭa. [Taber, John A.,Kumārila Bhaṭṭa.]

If words are superimposed onto their meanings, thereby obscuring the meanings, how could they stand in the relation of qualifier–qualificand to each other?108 For such a relation can only be ...
( Category: World September 1,2018 )
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster by Dominique Lapierre & Javier Moro
epub |eng | 2002-06-03 | Author:Dominique Lapierre & Javier Moro [Lapierre, Dominique & Moro, Javier]

29 “My Beautiful Plant Was Losing Its Soul” The young engineer who had risked his life escorting the first barrels of MIC from Bombay to Bhopal could not believe it. ...
( Category: Social Sciences August 31,2018 )
The Last Englishmen by Deborah Baker
epub |eng | 2018-08-25 | Author:Deborah Baker [Baker, Deborah]

Victoria Station, London, Wednesday, September 28, 1938, 2:00 p.m. “I am so glad I’m here,” Stephen Spender had said, standing by the stove on the opening day of the 1938 ...
( Category: Historical August 26,2018 )
Traditional Slovak Folktales by Terry L Cooper
epub |eng | 2016-09-15 | Author:Terry L Cooper [Cooper, Terry L]

Note 1. The cuts are made on a young wild apple or pear tree, usually bent at the base and of suitable size for a cudgel. With a knife or ...
( Category: Politics & Government August 25,2018 )
The Mongols and the West by Peter Jackson
epub |eng | 2018-02-18 | Author:Peter Jackson

The mechanics of Ilkhanid diplomacy In their successive attempts to secure assistance from the Latin world, the Ilkhans took care to select personnel who would elicit the confidence of Western ...
( Category: World August 25,2018 )
A Kingdom in Crisis by Andrew MacGregor Marshall
epub |eng | 2015-08-24 | Author:Andrew MacGregor Marshall

NINE ‘I cannot afford to die’ The tragedy of King Bhumibol Bhumibol would never have become king of Thailand if he and his mother had told the truth about Ananda’s ...
( Category: Politics & Government August 25,2018 )
Ninja by Stephen Turnbull
epub |eng | 2017-11-29 | Author:Stephen Turnbull

Chapter 10 The Enduring Ninja During the early twentieth century an alternative view of ninjutsu began to emerge alongside the undercover techniques of the military manuals and the magic of ...
( Category: Asia August 25,2018 )
Cutthroats by Robert Dick
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Robert Dick

26 Something entirely unexpected took place sometime during the next week. The majority of the original Southern National Guard members, including the first sergeant and his brother, were rotated back ...
( Category: Military August 23,2018 )
Singapore Dream and Other Adventures by Hermann Hesse & Sherab Chodzin Kohn
epub |eng | 2018-06-25 | Author:Hermann Hesse & Sherab Chodzin Kohn

KANDY PROMENADE The famous city Kandy lies in an oppressively narrow valley on a miserable, artificial lake. Apart from its ancient temple and its, of course, marvelous trees, it has ...
( Category: World August 23,2018 )
On the Ganges by George Black
epub |eng | | Author:George Black

THE SPECTACLE OF WOOD Sometimes, Pinku said, as the mourners wait for the flame to be lit and debate the purpose and meaning of life, you may hear a song ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 21,2018 )
Old Japan by Antony Cummins
epub |eng | | Author:Antony Cummins

Do Not Shout at the Judge The last thing you should do in a medieval Japanese court was shout at the judge. Shouting at the judge was an automatic guilty ...
( Category: Asia August 21,2018 )
How Reform Worked in China: The Transition from Plan to Market (The MIT Press) by Qian Yingyi
azw3 |eng | 2017-11-16 | Author:Qian, Yingyi [Qian, Yingyi]

III Government and Reform: Federalism, Chinese Style 7 Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China 1. Introduction The remarkable success of China’s economic reforms—fostering economic growth ...
( Category: International August 20,2018 )
Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen
epub |eng | | Author:Yangzom Brauen

SEPARATION With their hearts heavy and their thoughts dark, Kunsang and Sonam disembarked from the train in Dehradun and took a bus to Mussoorie. Yet when they arrived at the ...
( Category: Specific Groups August 19,2018 )
Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-89 by Rodric Braithwaite
epub |eng | 2011-03-03 | Author:Rodric Braithwaite [Braithwaite, Rodric]

The road starts in the fertile plains of the north, and then winds its way up increasingly bleak mountains to Pul-i Khumri, which is about the halfway point. It then ...
( Category: Asia August 19,2018 )
It Took Heroes by Claude Newby
epub |eng | 2012-08-08 | Author:Claude Newby [Newby, Claude D.]

14 March 1969, 1–5 Cav Battalion Journal, 1013: “B Co is in contact with 03 individuals 45 meters away, running, 3rds returned fire, riding 03 bicycles … fork, bamboo on ...
( Category: Military August 18,2018 )

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