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Soldiers of God by Robert D. Kaplan
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-10-30 | Author:Robert D. Kaplan

Despite the constant fatigue and physical discomfort, I rarely felt cynical or let down. Because of the war, Afghanistan offered a form of travel that had all but died out ...
( Category: Middle East June 14,2017 )
Inside the Red Box by Patrick McEachern
mobi |eng | 2011-10-02 | Author:Patrick McEachern

Regime Change Short List Concern Closes Ranks U.S.-DPRK relations deteriorated after 9/11, and Pyongyang responded to the new environment. In a December 1 speech in Asia, President Bush warned Iraq ...
( Category: Politics & Government June 13,2017 )
Where Half The World Is Waking Up / The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions
epub |eng | 2009-07-29 | Author:Clarence Hamilton Poe [Poe, Clarence Hamilton]

{137} FASHIONABLE CHINESE DINNER PARTY. HOW LUMBER IS SAWED IN THE ORIENT--THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO SAW MILLS. {138} A QUOTATION FROM CONFUCIUS. This is the upper part of a scroll ...
( Category: Asia June 13,2017 )
Deadlock in Korea by Ted Barris
epub |eng | 2010-10-11 | Author:Ted Barris

During the third week of May 1952, an officer in the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment was just getting his feet wet as a platoon commander in Korea ...
( Category: Military June 13,2017 )
The War Below by James Scott
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-10-05 | Author:James Scott

17 SILVERSIDES “If we make it tonight, I’ll be a Christian.” —Donald Sharp, July 8, 1944, diary The prolonged blast of the Silversides whistle reverberated across the waters at Pearl ...
( Category: Asia June 13,2017 )
Contemporary Japan by Jeff Kingston
epub |eng | 2012-05-27 | Author:Jeff Kingston

Chinese Migrants Most of the 655,000 Chinese-born people residing in Japan as of 2008 came after the mid-1980s, making them the fastest-growing ethnic community. Between 1990 and 2005, 58,879 Chinese ...
( Category: Asia June 13,2017 )
Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China by James Fallows
epub |eng | | Author:James Fallows [Fallows, James]

THE VIEW FROM THERE NOVEMBER 2007 For 150 years, The Atlantic has been trying to figure out the American idea. For a quarter of that time, I’ve been on the ...
( Category: International June 13,2017 )
Japan's New Middle Class; The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb by Ezra F. Vogel
epub |eng | 1971-04-14 | Author:Ezra F. Vogel [Vogel, Ezra F.]

* * * ― 151 ― source of solidarity which tends to place limitations on the extent to which they are subject to the authority of the superiors. A second ...
( Category: Asia June 13,2017 )
China Wakes by Nicholas D. Kristof
epub |eng | 2011-09-06 | Author:Nicholas D. Kristof [Kristof, Nicholas D.]

Sima Qian finished his great historical work as a eunuch, “a mutilated being who dwells in degradation,” as he told his friend. Ever since then, Chinese intellectuals have all been ...
( Category: Asia June 13,2017 )
In the Realm of a Dying Emperor by Norma Field
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-08 | Author:Norma Field

Any case involving the Constitution is apt to be taxing, but several features made the Nakaya case particularly difficult to untangle. Not only was her husband not Christian (he had ...
( Category: Asia June 13,2017 )
Chinese Cinderella: The true story of an unwanted daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
epub |eng | 2009-05-05 | Author:Adeline Yen Mah [Mah, Adeline Yen]

“What happened to you yesterday?” Wu Chun-mei whispered as we took our seats in the classroom to begin our lessons. ‘We waited and waited for you to cut the cake, ...
( Category: Multicultural June 8,2017 )
New Testament by Harper Bibles
epub |eng | 2009-06-07 | Author:Harper Bibles

( Category: Christology June 8,2017 )
China Goes Global by David Shambaugh
epub |eng | 2013-01-17 | Author:David Shambaugh [Shambaugh, David]

Telecoms The global telecom industry is very crowded, very competitive, and very dynamic. Huawei is the one of the few Chinese firms to have successfully gone global by the aforementioned ...
( Category: Politics & Government June 7,2017 )
The Japanese Twins (Yesterday's Classics) by Lucy Fitch Perkins
epub |eng | 2010-11-11 | Author:Lucy Fitch Perkins [Perkins, Lucy Fitch]

"Oh!" cried Take, "if it only had little bells on the plum trees, this would be the very garden I sang about to Bot'Chan; wouldn't it?" She stooped down and ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction June 7,2017 )
A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors by Alexander Jacoby
epub |eng, eng, jpn | 2012-07-04 | Author:Alexander Jacoby

Shin Genji monogatari / New Tale of Genji 1962 Keshin / Incarnation Sandai no sakazuki / Three Generations, One Sake Cup Shin akumyō / The Unknown, New Version Edo e ...
( Category: Asia June 7,2017 )

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