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Lucky Child by Loung Ung
epub |eng | 2005-05-01 | Author:Loung Ung [Ung, Loung]

My mother, Ung, Ay Chourng. My father, Ung, Seng Im. NOTE: All photos courtesy of the author unless otherwise identified. My family with our car—the only picture we have of ...
( Category: Specific Groups March 24,2018 )
Out of the Blue by RJ Jones
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:RJ Jones

Chapter Twelve Jake It was early Sunday morning when Cam came through the front door while I was lacing up my running shoes. I know he hated night shifts, but ...
( Category: Asia March 24,2018 )
Into the Blue by RJ Jones
epub |eng | | Author:RJ Jones

Cameron I had a quick look around the apartment as I made my way to the bathroom. It wasn’t your typical student accommodation. It was clean and in good repair. ...
( Category: Ethnic & National March 24,2018 )
Songs Of Blood And Sword: A Daughter'S Memoir by Bhutto Fatima
epub |eng | 2010-04-12 | Author:Bhutto, Fatima [Bhutto, Fatima]

I was born in Kabul under curfew around 3.45 on the morning of 29 May 1982. Labour started around seven or eight in the evening and Fowzia was taken into ...
( Category: Historical March 23,2018 )
An Encouragement of Learning by Yukichi Fukuzawa
mobi |eng | 2013-12-17 | Author:Yukichi Fukuzawa [Fukuzawa, Yukichi]

Section NINE A LETTER TO OLD FRIENDS IN NAKATSU STATING TWO WAYS OF LEARNING Carefully considering the mental and physical functions of mankind, I find that I can make the ...
( Category: Schools & Teaching March 22,2018 )
Blood Letters by Lian Xi
epub |eng | 2018-03-20 | Author:Lian Xi

Accustomed to long nights as springtime wears away, I take along wife and son, my temples turning gray. In dreams dimly I see my loving mother’s tears; Over the city ...
( Category: History March 22,2018 )
Central Asia by Alexei Vassiliev
epub | | | Author:Alexei Vassiliev

The Nationality Policy According to the constitution, the state language of the country is Turkmen. The status of Russian was not fixed in the fundamental law. It was envisaged that ...
( Category: Politics & Government March 22,2018 )
Ask a North Korean by Daniel Tudor
epub |eng | 2017-11-13 | Author:Daniel Tudor

A major sporting event can make an awesome spectacle in North Korea. Here, the crowd is as much part of the show as the actual game itself. It also attests ...
( Category: Politics & Government March 21,2018 )
All This Hell by Evelyn M. Monahan
epub |eng | 2011-03-21 | Author:Evelyn M. Monahan

8 Life along the River Styx I don’t consider myself a hero. None of us do. But even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on ...
( Category: Women's Studies March 21,2018 )
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Volume II by David Christian
epub |eng | 2018-01-04 | Author:David Christian

In 1885 about 14 percent of cultivated land in Ferghana was devoted to cotton. By 1915, cotton accounted for 40 percent of cultivated land in Ferghana, and perhaps half of ...
( Category: Asia March 20,2018 )
The Vietnam War by General William C. Westmoreland
mobi |eng | 2015-06-25 | Author:General William C. Westmoreland [C. Westmoreland, General William]

■ Exploiting Communist losses in the Tet offensive When Komer and his staff learned of the serious losses that the VC and VPA had sustained in the Tet offensive – ...
( Category: Military March 19,2018 )
The Vietnam War: The History of America's Conflict in Southeast Asia (Classic Conflicts) by General William C. Westmoreland
azw3 |eng | 2015-06-25 | Author:General William C. Westmoreland [C. Westmoreland, General William]

( Category: Military March 19,2018 )
Book of the Samurai by Hagakure
epub |eng | | Author:Hagakure [Hagakure]

others who were there. Once when Master Tanesada, the founder of the China family, was coming by sea to the island of Shikoku, a strong wind began blowing and the ...
( Category: Philosophy March 19,2018 )
The Little Red Book by Tse-tung Mao
epub |eng | | Author:Tse-tung Mao [Mao, Tse-tung]

Communists must use the democratic method of persuasion and education when warking among the labouring people and must on no account resort to commandism or coercion. The Chinese Communist Party ...
( Category: Politics & Government March 19,2018 )
Zhu Rongji on the Record by Rongji Zhu
epub |eng | | Author:Rongji Zhu

1. This is an address Zhu Rongji televised to the people of Shanghai. 2. The “three papers and two stations” were Liberation Daily, Wenhuibao, Xinmin Evening News, Shanghai People’s Radio, ...
( Category: Politics & Government March 18,2018 )

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