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When Paris Went Dark : The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 (9780316365987) by Rosbottom Ronald C
epub |eng | 2014-08-04 | Author:Rosbottom, Ronald C.

Finally, a coup de théâtre: on September 23, a small team managed to assassinate, in the cozy, German-preferred 16th arrondissement, General Dr. Julius Ritter, the head in Paris of the ...
( Category: Jewish January 26,2015 )
The Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-02-04 | Author:Charles Eisenstein [Eisenstein, Charles]

And in Ecclesiastes 2:8 we read, … I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gathered me men-singers and women-singers, and ...
( Category: Civilization & Culture January 24,2015 )
Black Hawk : The Battle for the Heart of America (9781466860926) by Trask Kerry A
epub |eng | | Author:Trask, Kerry A.

9 THE GREAT FEAR A wide frontier had been laid naked by this unexpected disaster, and more substantial evils were preceded by a thousand fanciful and imaginary dangers. James Fenimore ...
( Category: State & Local January 24,2015 )
Black Hawk : The Battle for the Heart of America by Trask Kerry A
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Trask, Kerry A. [Trask, Kerry A.]

9 THE GREAT FEAR A wide frontier had been laid naked by this unexpected disaster, and more substantial evils were preceded by a thousand fanciful and imaginary dangers. James Fenimore ...
( Category: State & Local January 24,2015 )
Balkan Ghosts by Robert D. Kaplan
epub |eng | | Author:Robert D. Kaplan

CHAPTER NINE Transylvanian Voices It is on the plain that the regime really sank its teeth into the population. As in the Middle Ages, the mountains provided a measure of ...
( Category: General January 23,2015 )
The Second Dalai Lama: His Life and Teachings by Glenn H. Mullin
azw3 |eng | 2005-09-25 | Author:Glenn H. Mullin

While residing at Tashi Lhunpo, the Second Dalai Lama made frequent visits to other holy places and monasteries in the area, teaching and giving initiations in them. Included in the ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Rediscovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India by Rodger Kamenetz
azw3, pdf |eng | 2007-08-21 | Author:Rodger Kamenetz

Zalman Schachter gave me a beautiful midrash on this subject. He told me, “Shlomo Carlebach said something that deserves attention. He quotes a Hasidic master, Rabbi Mordecai Joseph, the Izhbitzer ...
( Category: Theology January 22,2015 )
The Story of Tibet: Conversations With the Dalai Lama by Thomas Laird
azw3 |eng | 2007-10-10 | Author:Thomas Laird

I came back to the Dalai Lama armed with my research. As I briefly narrated, with a sense of indignation and outrage, the game Russia and Britain had played, the ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed by Donald S. Lopez Jr
azw3, pdf |eng | 2008-11-02 | Author:Donald S. Lopez Jr.

And as science changes, does Buddhism, renowned for its doctrine of impermanence, remain ever the same? Historians have duly documented the various transformations of Buddhist thought that have occurred across ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
The Autobiography of Jamgon Kongtrul: A Gem of Many Colors by Richard Barron
azw3 |eng | 2003-03-25 | Author:Richard Barron

The causes of all these situations is said to be the four ways in which moral failings occur-that is, due to ignorance, lack of respect, heedlessness, and a plethora of ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
Echoes From an Empty Sky: The Origin of the Buddhist Doctrine of the Two Truths by John B. Buescher
azw3 |eng | 2005-03-17 | Author:John B. Buescher

A TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST SECTION OF NGAWANG BELDEN'S An Explanation of the Meaning of the Conventional and the Ultimate in the Four Tenet Systems, The Spring Cuckoo's Song of ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
Niguma: Lady of Illusion by Sarah Harding
azw3, epub |eng | 2011-01-16 | Author:Sarah Harding

The Ḍākinī’s Personal Instructions: Five Short Texts on Yogic Techniques 8 INTRODUCTION THESE FIVE BRIEF personal or oral instructions (zhal gdams) that are attributed to Niguma in the Peking Tengyur ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
The Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism by Jacob P. Dalton
azw3, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-06-28 | Author:Jacob P. Dalton

In many ways, the Dalai Lama’s language here follows the well-worn tracks of the language of ritual violence and of past Tibetan prophets warning of threats from the borderlands. Pointing ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )
Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World by Robert Thurman
azw3 |eng | 2008-06-03 | Author:Robert Thurman

A particularly sad fact of human history is that conflicts have arisen in the name of religion. Even today, individuals are killed, their communities destroyed, and societies destabilized as a ...
( Category: Diplomacy January 22,2015 )
Tibet: A History by Sam van Schaik
azw3 |eng | 2011-06-28 | Author:Sam van Schaik

WHOSE GAME? By the close of the nineteenth century, British India was very different from what it had been in the days of Warren Hastings and George Bogle. The gentleman ...
( Category: Buddhism January 22,2015 )

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