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Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937-May 1942 by Frank Richard B
azw3 |eng | 2020-03-02 | Author:Frank, Richard B. [Frank, Richard B.]

Bali and Timor One of the intended beneficiaries of Nagumo’s Darwin raid was a Japanese force bound for Bali in two transports lugging a battalion from the 48th Division escorted ...
( Category: Asia March 13,2020 )
A Road Is Made (Chinese Worlds) by Steve Smith
epub |eng | 2018-12-07 | Author:Steve Smith [Smith, Steve]

The workers’ pickets Following the failure of the first armed uprising, the CEC got down to making serious military preparations for a new uprising. In December Zhou Enlai came to ...
( Category: Asia March 13,2020 )
The Emperor’s Games by Unknown
epub |eng | 2019-09-03 | Author:Unknown

( Category: Action & Adventure March 13,2020 )
The Life, Science and Times of Lev Vasilevich Shubnikov by L. J. Reinders
epub |eng | | Author:L. J. Reinders

As Pavlenko et al. write, it is impossible to ignore this statement written in his own hand. So the question is what kind of pressure forced this honest and courageous ...
( Category: Asia March 13,2020 )
Understanding the History of the Aceh Conflict by SM Amin
epub |eng | | Author:SM Amin

2.The general public’s wishes to establish a system of government based on Law No. 22/1948. It was highly unfortunate that the above reason (1) was a reason that was “meaningless” ...
( Category: Asia March 13,2020 )
Little Almond Blossoms - A Book of Chinese Stories for Children by Jessie Juliet Knox
epub |eng | 2016-07-30 | Author:Jessie Juliet Knox [Knox, Jessie Juliet]

“Put your hand into the ground, And find what no one else has found.” “Well, I likee find what no one else has found,” she said; and putting her hand ...
( Category: Historical March 13,2020 )
A Bed of Red Flowers by Nelofer Pazira
epub |eng | 2005-07-15 | Author:Nelofer Pazira

My father wants to go to his office to bring home his files—he hasn’t been at work since Hassib, Uncle Wahid and Samera were captured and he fell ill. Now ...
( Category: Asian March 13,2020 )
Midnight in the Pacific by Joseph Wheelan
epub |eng | 2017-07-31 | Author:Joseph Wheelan

THE CEASELESS ATTACKS ON HENDERSON Field, Yamamoto believed, would enable the navy to land thousands of infantrymen as well as tanks and artillery, and to build up Japanese forces so ...
( Category: Asia March 13,2020 )
G.rhastha by Patrick Olivelle
epub |eng | 2019-07-10 | Author:Patrick Olivelle [Patrick Olivelle]

* * * 1. These five great sacrifices are enumerated by Manu (MDh 3.70): “The sacrifice to the Veda is teaching; the sacrifice to ancestors is the quenching libation; the ...
( Category: Asia March 13,2020 )
In the Cool Shade of Compassion by Kamala Tiyavanich
epub |eng | 2018-09-03 | Author:Kamala Tiyavanich

SOURCES James McCarthy, Surveying and Exploring in Siam (1900), pp. 1–2. Holt S. Hallett, A Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States (1890), p. 413. For short biographies ...
( Category: Monasticism & Asceticism March 13,2020 )
India Calling by Anand Giridharadas
epub |eng | | Author:Anand Giridharadas

HYDERABAD ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING CYBERABAD A proactive government, efficient bureaucracy, enthusiastic entrepreneurs, bourgeoning training facilities, a huge talent pool, and an information technology culture are providing a potent ...
( Category: Human Geography March 13,2020 )
Kidnapped in Yemen by Mary Quin
epub |eng | 2012-12-09 | Author:Mary Quin [Mary Quin]

14 Fighting Back with Feminism In November 1999, my mother died. Her long decline into the clouded confusion of Alzheimer’s disease was over. Thankful for Ray’s emotional support, I flew ...
( Category: Historical March 12,2020 )
National Faith Of Japan by Holtom Daniel Clarence
epub |eng | 2010-03-11 | Author:Holtom, Daniel Clarence

In the course of the same ceremony the civil envoy prays: “Grant that the august descendants [members of the Royal Family, i. e., the descendants of the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu-Ōmikami] ...
( Category: Asia March 12,2020 )
A Voyage to Lilliput by Jonathan Swift
epub |eng | 2014-06-19 | Author:Jonathan Swift

CHAPTER VI. Of the inhabitants of Lilliput; their learning, laws, and customs; the manner of educating their children. The author’s way of living in that country. His vindication of a ...
( Category: Classics March 12,2020 )
The Chernobyl Disaster by 50Minutes.com
epub |eng | 2017-01-23 | Author:50Minutes.com

Silence from the authorities It seems old habits die hard; the local authorities released almost no information whatsoever in the immediate aftermath of the explosion. The accident was only announced ...
( Category: Schools & Teaching March 12,2020 )

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