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0670087181 (N) by Abraham Eraly
epub |eng | 2014-04-14 | Author:Abraham Eraly [Eraly, Abraham]

Unfortunately, this humane undertaking was not kept up by Muhammad’s successors, or by the Vijayanagar rajas. Pillaging and slaughtering the common people wantonly was the routine rather than the exception ...
( Category: Asia February 27,2017 )
When America First Met China by Eric Jay Dolin
epub |eng | 2012-08-14 | Author:Eric Jay Dolin

FOR THE AMERICANS the economic imperative was paramount. After all, the main reason they had come to China was to earn a competency, their golden ticket back to the States. ...
( Category: Trades & Tariffs February 26,2017 )
Things that Can and Cannot Be Said by Roy Arundhati; Cusack John;
epub |eng | 2016-09-06 | Author:Roy, Arundhati; Cusack, John;

That evening, after the awards ceremony, we met up with Dan. The next morning, we caught the flight to Moscow. Traveling with us was Ole von Uexküll from the Right ...
( Category: Canadian February 26,2017 )
Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling
epub |eng | 2009-10-12 | Author:Rudyard Kipling

Now, the case stands thus. Unthinkingly, I have laid myself open to the charge of aiding and abetting the seal-cutter in obtaining money under false pretences, which is forbidden by ...
( Category: Short Stories February 25,2017 )
The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975 (Pacific Basin Institute Book) by David Elliott
mobi, epub |eng | 2016-04-15 | Author:David Elliott

Impact of the 1965 Hard Line in My Tho The effects of the 1965 hard line were felt for a long time. For one thing, the depopulation of the countryside ...
( Category: Biography & History February 25,2017 )
The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War by Stephen Turnbull
mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 3008-02-19 | Author:Stephen Turnbull

The swordsman fugitive Kunisada Chūji, who was crucified in 1850, was one of the most notorious criminal swordsmen of the later Edo Period. Here he examines the head of one ...
( Category: Asia February 25,2017 )
The Samurai Swordsman by Turnbull Stephen
epub |eng | 3008-02-19 | Author:Turnbull, Stephen

A frame from the comic Lone Wolf, showing yōjimbō guarding a house. They are armed with the wooden staff, or bō. Isaburo was drinking sake in a restaurant along with ...
( Category: Asia February 25,2017 )
The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor (Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series) by James P. Delgado & Terry Kerby & Stephen Price & Maximilian D. Cremer & Hans K. Van Tilburg & Ole Varmer & Russell Matthews
epub |eng | 2016-11-16 | Author:James P. Delgado & Terry Kerby & Stephen Price & Maximilian D. Cremer & Hans K. Van Tilburg & Ole Varmer & Russell Matthews

KoK launching Pisces V. (HURL) HURL’s first foray into maritime heritage came in 1984 with the discovery of an intact US Navy Dauntless SBD dive bomber. It sparked in the ...
( Category: Asia February 24,2017 )
The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History by Tonio Andrade
epub, azw3 |eng | 2016-01-11 | Author:Tonio Andrade [Andrade, Tonio]

Experimental Science and European Warcraft Today many prominent historians downplay the role of science in the rise of the West, and the topic has aroused considerable discussion.45 As usual most ...
( Category: Conventional February 24,2017 )
Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 by Francis Pike
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-06-18 | Author:Francis Pike [Pike, Francis]

is a growing incidence of scrub typhus here … There are some tremendous rats in the area, and no doubt the fleas on same are carrying the infection from the ...
( Category: Japan February 24,2017 )
North Korea's Hidden Revolution by Jieun Baek
epub |eng | | Author:Jieun Baek

JI SEONG-HO: PORTRAIT OF A SURVIVOR When people first meet Ji Seong-Ho, they are drawn in by his soft-spoken, humble demeanor and his admirable work ethic as a law student ...
( Category: Fascism February 24,2017 )
The Leper Spy by Ben Montgomery
epub |eng | 2017-02-07 | Author:Ben Montgomery

Gen. Douglas MacArthur during formal surrender ceremonies on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. Behind General MacArthur are Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and Lt. Gen. A. ...
( Category: Women February 8,2017 )
Just Enough by Azby Brown
epub |eng | | Author:Azby Brown

Like their counterparts around Japan, these town-houses are models of natural climate control for high-density urban areas. Most have been designed with tiny gardens in back, and quite a few ...
( Category: Residential December 8,2016 )
The Indus by Andrew Robinson
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Robinson

Impression of a cylinder seal from Kalibangan showing two men apparently fighting over a woman. Violent scenes are extremely uncommon in Indus art. Further evidence for a central Indus authority ...
( Category: Archaeology December 8,2016 )
Go Nation by Moskowitz Marc L
epub |eng | | Author:Moskowitz, Marc L.

There was a very famous player in Japan who could count three hundred moves in his head and think about all kinds of different alternatives that his opponent might come ...
( Category: Anthropology December 5,2016 )

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