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The Taste of Empire by Lizzie Collingham
epub |eng | 2017-10-03 | Author:Lizzie Collingham

A typical Anglo-Indian dinner-party dish, heavily reliant on the tinned goods and bottled sauces the good housekeeper in India was instructed to keep in her storeroom. DARNES DE SEER À ...
( Category: Cooking Education & Reference March 18,2018 )
The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Richard Curt Kraus
azw3, mobi |eng | 2012-01-06 | Author:Richard Curt Kraus [Kraus, Richard Curt]

Chapter 4 An economy of “self-reliance” “Self-reliance” was the slogan that guided China’s Cultural Revolution economy, reflecting both China’s isolation as a nation and Maoist desires to substitute abundant human ...
( Category: World March 18,2018 )
Gender, Power, and Talent by Jinhua Jia
epub |eng | | Author:Jinhua Jia

Comparing the two lists, we find that only two features—the practice of Daoist rituals and self-cultivation and the continuity between Daoist, Confucian, and Buddhist values—roughly correspond between the two, though ...
( Category: World March 18,2018 )
Geek in Korea by Daniel Tudor
epub |eng | | Author:Daniel Tudor

Choi Jae-seung (Richard Choi), founder of Spoqa/Dodo. WHAT IS A CHAEBOL? Have you visited Korea and wondered why it is that a single company is able to sell you a ...
( Category: Asia March 18,2018 )
The Dark Side of Japan: Ancient Black Magic, Folklore, Ritual by Antony Cummings
epub |eng | 2017-08-21 | Author:Antony Cummings [Cummings, Antony]

The Chi of Flying Geese As seen in the picture above, if the chi looks like birds flying in the sky, it is called the Chi of Flying Geese. Through ...
( Category: Asia March 17,2018 )
Bubishi by McCarthy Patrick;
epub |eng | | Author:McCarthy, Patrick;

Articles on History and Philosophy Article 1: Origins of White Crane Gongfu In spite of his fighting skills in Monk Fist Boxing, Fang Zhonggong was no match for the scoundrels ...
( Category: Individual Sports March 17,2018 )
Kata by Boye Lafayette De Mente
epub |eng | | Author:Boye Lafayette De Mente

Kata in Politics Not surprisingly, the form and order of Japanese politics follow traditional patterns of behavior, meaning that the system is based on groupings (factions) rather than true party ...
( Category: Business Culture March 17,2018 )
The Scorpion-Fish by Nicolas Bouvier
epub |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Nicolas Bouvier [Nicolas Bouvier]

XI A Pinch of Curiosity … For we have reached the oldest land herein the Powers of Darkness range. — Rudyard Kipling One day when nothing was going right, and ...
( Category: Writing, Research & Publishing Guides March 17,2018 )
So Happiness to Meet You by Karin Esterhammer
epub |eng | 2017-03-30 | Author:Karin Esterhammer

Aside from District 1’s decorations, it wasn’t Christmas anywhere else in the city. In fact, December 25 was a school day like any other. In an effort to help the ...
( Category: World March 17,2018 )
Force and Contention in Contemporary China: Memory and Resistance in the Long Shadow of the Catastrophic Past (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics) by Thaxton Jr Ralph A
mobi |eng | 2016-05-30 | Author:Thaxton, Jr, Ralph A.

7 The Defeat of the Democratic Experiment and Its Consequences Facing a continuing legitimacy crisis in the deep countryside, on November 24, 1987, the Deng Xiaoping–led Central government passed the ...
( Category: Politics & Government March 16,2018 )
True Path of the Ninja by Antony Cummins & Yoshie Minami
epub |eng | | Author:Antony Cummins & Yoshie Minami

How to Get Over a High Place and Get in Through a Low Barrier 高越下キに入ルの習 Takaki wo Koe Hikuki ni Hairu no Narai Disappearing in the middle of the night, ...
( Category: Asia March 16,2018 )
Bubishi by Patrick McCarthy
epub |eng | | Author:Patrick McCarthy

Xie Zhongxiang. Similarly, Wai Xinxian’s personal history is shrouded in mystery. He has been described as a contemporary of or senior to Ryuru Ko, a master of Xingyi gongfu, a ...
( Category: Individual Sports March 16,2018 )
Accounts and Images of Six Kannon in Japan by Sherry D. Fowler
azw3 |eng | 2016-11-30 | Author:Sherry D. Fowler [Fowler, Sherry D.]

The number was likely adopted from traditional concepts of the Hindu or Vedic pantheon, which consists of thirty-three different gods, evenly divided into three groups of eleven. These groups preside ...
( Category: Asia March 15,2018 )
Terrestrial Lessons by Sumathi Ramaswamy
epub |eng | 2017-08-02 | Author:Sumathi Ramaswamy [Ramaswamy, Sumathi]

Schooling in Modern Earth and Modern Sky was deemed a sure remedy for such idolatrous follies, and such schooling, the growing number of mostly indigent children in their various rural ...
( Category: Earth Sciences March 15,2018 )
War in the Wilderness by Tony Redding
epub |eng | 2013-11-07 | Author:Tony Redding

Keeping contact: a Royal Signals Detachment and wireless. (Peter Allnutt) A Japanese fighter decided to have a go at us in bright moonlight. It was “interesting” to see the glowing ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 15,2018 )

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