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With strong focus in history, this books presents my travels to Europe, Asia, Canada and Australia.

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"Time is of the essence. And on a timeline of this journey, specific dates have been drawn. As great distances have been covered, it has taken a long time for this book to be written. Snapshots started as a diary, but evolved over time into a book. Dynamic in its own right, at the end of each traverse, another begins anew and is recorded in the travelogue. "...

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Introduction Chapter 1 Europe Musings of the Muses: Italy Rome Florence Venice La Ville-Lumiere: France Paris Chateau De Versailles Divonne-les-Bains Chiming clocks: Geneva To be or not to be: England London Brighton Moors’ Last Sigh: Spain Granada Wien on Vespa: Austria Vienna Medieval Magyars: Hungary Budapest Chapter 2 North America Maple Crunch: Canada Bolton, Ontario Niagara, Ontario Montreal Quebec City Calgary Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Chapter 3 Flying kangaroo: Australia Sydney Brisbane Cairns Chapter 4 Asia Rainbow nation: Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Where east meets the west: Singapore The land of entwined rivers: Bangladesh Dhaka city Azimpura Dayera Sharif Bogra Chittagong Patenga sea beach Cox’s Bazaar Rangamati Byzid Bostami Sylhet Khulna Jessore Luminous Lumbini: India Kolkata Conclusion...

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Introducing the Behind the Book Video Series. The Behind the Book Series is an online, video series intended to promote classic literature. In telling the stories behind classic literature-the dramatic struggles the authors endured to bring their inner life and art to the world- we will inspire young readers to explore history’s finest (and at times most controversial) writings....

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​概述 是一部精彩萬分的懸疑諜戰網路文學，故事之所以精彩，除了人物塑造較為成功之外，關鍵在於本書的時代背景：1950年6月，朝鮮戰爭爆發，美國出兵朝鮮，杜魯門下令第七艦隊進駐臺灣海峽。 故事就是在這一歷史關鍵轉捩點鋪展開來的，局勢對當時的國民黨非常不利，五月舟山、海南相繼淪陷，若戰事無法繼續扭轉，臺灣就岌岌可危了。山雨欲來風滿樓，此刻的臺灣島內民眾要求反腐消除積弊的聲浪此起彼伏，蔣總裁為了挽回民心，同年下令槍斃了陳儀，把228事件的歷史罪責都歸咎於陳儀一人。 為了挽救瀕臨滅亡的國民黨政權，蔣建豐結合當年自己在上海打老虎時期的失敗教訓，重新組建起了一支鐵血救國會，目的是希望鐵血救國會能夠在香港反腐緝私事務中發揮積極作用，找到國民黨內部大老虎們在香港走私洗錢的確鑿證據，自己也好借此機會在島內開展整頓黨務工作，從而肅清黨內的腐敗分子和內奸，淨化黨員隊伍。唯有如此，臺灣島內新的幣值改革才有成功的一線生機。 為了推行新的幣值改革，鐵血救國會不惜遠赴香港搜集情報，然而一場看不見的血雨腥風正在等待著他們，在朝鮮戰爭疑雲密佈下，各路人馬在香港這座彈丸之地粉墨登場，展開了一場你死我活的殊死較量。 鐵血救國會香港出師不利，梁複生雖大難不死卻身負重傷，幸運的是撿回一條性命，為了完成建豐先生的囑託，梁複生重新披掛上陣，並打入孚中公司內部，在探訪中發現一個驚人的密室，密室裏不僅關押著虞時英，還有留在大陸的「一0六」地倉財寶，與此同時隱蔽戰線鬥爭日趨激烈，雙方互相派出重量級的人物來到香港，擺出了一副決戰態勢，梁複生和他的同仁們將會面臨怎麼樣的命運？藏匿在孚中公司的地寶又會花落誰家？香港搶救學人計畫是否會化為泡影？這些故事即將拉開大幕。 ...

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​概述 是一部精彩萬分的懸疑諜戰網路文學，故事之所以精彩，除了人物塑造較為成功之外，關鍵在於本書的時代背景：1950年6月，朝鮮戰爭爆發，美國出兵朝鮮，杜魯門下令第七艦隊進駐臺灣海峽。 故事就是在這一歷史關鍵轉捩點鋪展開來的，局勢對當時的國民黨非常不利，五月舟山、海南相繼淪陷，若戰事無法繼續扭轉，臺灣就岌岌可危了。山雨欲來風滿樓，此刻的臺灣島內民眾要求反腐消除積弊的聲浪此起彼伏，蔣總裁為了挽回民心，同年下令槍斃了陳儀，把228事件的歷史罪責都歸咎於陳儀一人。 為了挽救瀕臨滅亡的國民黨政權，蔣建豐結合當年自己在上海打老虎時期的失敗教訓，重新組建起了一支鐵血救國會，目的是希望鐵血救國會能夠在香港反腐緝私事務中發揮積極作用，找到國民黨內部大老虎們在香港走私洗錢的確鑿證據，自己也好借此機會在島內開展整頓黨務工作，從而肅清黨內的腐敗分子和內奸，淨化黨員隊伍。唯有如此，臺灣島內新的幣值改革才有成功的一線生機。 為了推行新的幣值改革，鐵血救國會不惜遠赴香港搜集情報，然而一場看不見的血雨腥風正在等待著他們，在朝鮮戰爭疑雲密佈下，各路人馬在香港這座彈丸之地粉墨登場，展開了一場你死我活的殊死較量。 鐵血救國會香港出師不利，梁複生雖大難不死卻身負重傷，幸運的是撿回一條性命，為了完成建豐先生的囑託，梁複生重新披掛上陣，並打入孚中公司內部，在探訪中發現一個驚人的密室，密室裏不僅關押著虞時英，還有留在大陸的「一0六」地倉財寶，與此同時隱蔽戰線鬥爭日趨激烈，雙方互相派出重量級的人物來到香港，擺出了一副決戰態勢，梁複生和他的同仁們將會面臨怎麼樣的命運？藏匿在孚中公司的地寶又會花落誰家？香港搶救學人計畫是否會化為泡影？這些故事即將拉開大幕。 ...

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目錄 概述 主要人物介紹 第一節：蔣建豐驅車探病房，謝穆瀾病榻思情人 第二節：前線戰事淪陷頻傳，重整幣值事在人為 第三節：梁複生掀怒罵狂潮，蔣建豐談孤臣孽子 第四節：行轅會議眾說紛紜，出兵朝鮮意見不合 第五節：謝國棟后海逢玉英，白髮紅顏續寫佳話 第六節：精銳部隊蓄勢待發，以戰養戰計畫泡湯 第七節：梁複生抒鬱勃之氣，蔣建豐論黃埔精神 第八節：謝梁二人喜結良緣，訓練中心開筵設酒 第九節：謝穆瀾枕邊鶯聲泣露，梁複生燈下驗對槍傷 第十節：徐寅貶謫基隆監獄，CC派系勢如危卵 第十一節：梁複生冷嘲熱諷徐寅，蔣建豐過問行總舞弊 第十二節：黃蒲誠甄別洪門中人，蔣建豐燈下閱批點將 第十三節：前線急缺運輸工具，謝老率眾戰略南下 第十四節：謝國棟感慨武裝和平，梁複生一行劈波斬浪 第十五節：宋子亮詫異戲園突訪，謝國棟設計巧獻金條 第十六節：宋子亮攜美眷參加晚會，戰鬥同盟醞釀綁架計畫 第十七節：壯漢夜襲鐵血救國會，謝穆瀾孤膽勇奪手槍 第十八節：梁複生損兵折將受阻香港，蔣建豐摘埴索塗臨危受命 第十九節：鐵血救國會全軍覆沒，謝穆瀾為愛命喪黃泉 第二十節：梁複生折臂大難不死，黃蒲誠奉命前來探望 第二十一節：鈞座邀黃蒲誠等人共商國是，承諾事成授予二位上將軍銜 第二十二節：梁複生潛入孚中一探虛實，雅敘閣二記者酒後吐真言 第二十三節：齊慕棠彙報孚中新聞要案，劉雲下軍棋談論時局莫測 第二十四節：密室驚現地寶線索，時英不幸中箭歸西 第二十五節：藏匿地寶引發激辯，老者揭秘識破天驚 第二十六節：虞時英魂欲葬榆叢，徐寶琴劫後又逢生 第二十七節：粱復生重逢徐寶琴，黃蒲誠吃醋心生恨 第二十八節：黃埔誠單刀赴會，劉云談荊軻刺秦 第二十九節：粱復生為愛禁慾，徐寶琴地窖逃生  第三十節：梁復生辯統制經濟，劉云駁斥自由經濟  第三十一節：黃蒲誠洩密地寶實況，徐寶琴脫逃禀報案情 第三十二節：大災變颶海嘯侵襲，浪濤盡何日君再來...

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In a series of freewheeling reflections and summaries of historical scholarship, this book reinterprets history and culture along anarchist lines. From a rationalistic and Marxian point of view it illuminates capitalism, economics, U.S. history, popular culture, gender relations, and human psychology, even the nature of the fascinating concepts "genius" and "greatness." Its agenda is that of the seventeenth-century Levellers: deflate the pomposities of elite authority, and bring the world down to the level of democratic reason....

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Our civilization is approaching the end. We’re peering over the precipice, and chaos boils below. The time has come to sum it all up, to take account of where we are and what we’ve done, and to pass judgment. We, the generations now living, have been lucky or unlucky enough to be present as history nears its climax; we have an abundance of human experience to survey and draw conclusions from, conclusions to pass on to posterity as it surveys the even more breathtaking ruins we’ll leave. We want to go out with some dignity, with positive lessons to impart to our descendants so that they know not all of us were idiots. We’ve lived long enough to learn life’s truths; we’ve suffered enough to be wise. Let’s cast our glance from the future to the past and grasp the threads of human thought while there is still some link between what was and what is, some memory of what is rapidly fading. Perhaps some future explorer will discover our buried treasure, our Dead Sea Scrolls, and read about lost worlds, and be carried away by tales of folly and adventure. In the meantime, a few glimmers of honesty and perspective may light up our world and r...

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Chapter 1: Social Structures and the Individual Chapter 2: Robert Brenner on Recent Economic History Chapter 3: More Notes on Economics and Neoliberalism chapter 4: Summaries of Historical Scholarship...

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In a decadent late-capitalist society, humanism is under attack from all directions. It's time we fought back and reclaimed what it means to be human, embracing the best of what history and thought have bequeathed us....

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The world has changed since 2007, when I wrote the preface to the first edition of this book. That was still the age of capitalist triumphalism, of glacial politics in the U.S. and the Despair of the Activist. Cultural ennui—personal ennui for me. Aimlessness. Since 2008, though, and especially since 2011, life has taken on a new coloring. Horizons have opened; the world is in tumult, even more than it was, and nothing seems permanent anymore. Things have continued to get worse for most people and will continue to do so for decades, but now at least in activist circles there is the sense that the old world is crumbling and a new one is beginning its laborious birth. In other words, between 2008 and 2012 the world, particularly the West, began the long transition from an age of sick individualism to an age of healthy collectivism. Social movements began their long march back into the mainstream—social movements against economic injustice, the most fundamental kind of oppression. The recent evolution of economic power-structures— the institutions around which society pivots—is responsible not only for the brute material horrors of ...

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Chapter 1: Detached Thoughts Chapter 2: History, Capitalism, and Marxism Chapter 3: Experimental Thoughts on the Self Chapter 4: On Christianity Chapter 5: On Music Chapter 6: Dusk in Vietnam Chapter 7: The Book of Joe Coda...

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2. Language: Togan was fluent in a number of diverse languages (German, Arabic, Russian, Persian, French, and English etc.) and a myriad of Central Asian Turk dialects as there are no such distinctions as “Turkic” and “Turkish,” which were artificially introduced into English and Russian. He not only used these languages and dialects for scholarly purposes, but also for discourse un- der a wide variety of conditions. Consequently, one can easily discern from his expressions that, while recalling an event, Togan has the tendency of remem- bering the proceedings in the “original,” the particular language or dialect in which the transaction took place. For example, if his respondent was a Kazak, he thinks in Kazak dialect, the flavor of which invariably seeps into his writ- ing, recording the incident. He also uses vocabulary from those languages that can have more than one meaning in English. As an additional result, the spell- ings of geographic as well as personal names can vary, even on the same page....

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Then, some business appeared that would provide me the opportunity to seriously involve myself in politics. The election laws modified by the Tsar allowed five Deputies for the Kazan residents and one for the Azerbaijanis. Other Turks in Turkistan were deprived of the rights to have a representative in the Duma. Among the extant representatives, the Ufa Deputy Kutlukay Mirza Tevkilev was very honorable, honest and knowledgeable, but he was also very old. At the same time, since he was raised within the Russian community, he did not know the problems among the Moslems in detail. The other representative elected from the Ufa province, Ibniyemin Axtiyamov was educated in institutions of higher learning and was an attorney, but since he was stuck into small matters, his work did not yield positive results. Isa Mirza Yenikev was the Orenburg provincial Representative, was earlier a teacher, and he was involved in educational matters. But, since he was very ignorant, very hesitant and a scared person, he could not represent his constituents in anything other than education. The issue of sending someone from Ufa province arose, to help the...

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I. Family Origins II. My Scholarly Visit to Turkistan III. 1916-1918 Political Life IV. Collaboration with the Soviets for fifteen months (1919-1920) v. Talks with Lenin VI. Struggles in Turkistan ...

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The Magna Carta of 1215, signed between the Barons of the English polity and the King was also an attempt to restore harmony at a higher level, among and within the governing strata rather than directed strictly at the public good. Napoleonic codes, to a certain extent---whether influenced by the American declarations or not--(not forgetting the Swedish example), followed the thought that it was necessary for the government to spend part of the tax income toward constructing state infrastructure such as roads, ports, and so on. This construction of the infrastructure was meant to stimulate the economy, so that more income would yield greater tax receipts, as well as organizing the polity for future wars. It was recognized, by experience, that the increasing cost of fighting wars, defensive or offensive, required maximum use of all available resources. And, the state---or the ruling strata--- could not accomplish that task alone; participation of the members of the polity was imperative, with or without their consent....

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3. Role of technology in the human conflict between authoritarianism and pluralism A short overview of authoritarianism and pluralism may be beneficial: Authoritarian governance system comes in several flavors, and can be organized around a belief system (Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, et al); a social order (communism, socialism, mercantilism); military leadership (juntas of various degrees and social orientations); philosophical strain (utopianism, stoicism, realpolitik, opportunism); or, commercial interests (mercantilism, capitalism, ‘mixed’ economy). The ruling strata of an authoritarian society is usually very small, and seldom allows participation of any kind from the masses it controls. It is generally inflexible and doctrinaire, seeks to impose a particular set of rules on the society no matter what the cost. Pluralism, on the other hand, has rarely achieved a wide-spread application in the practical sense. Republicanism and democracy came closest, but not entirely. True pluralism would allow for all the voices in a polity equal hearing. This aspect makes pluralism a highly contentious system,...

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Lectures on Central Asia; Table of Contents H.B. Paksoy, D. Phil. Table of Contents Leviathan*: Identity Interactions between Society and Technology Governing with the wiggle of a Mustache Leavening of Culture, Identity, Civilization: Examples in Eurasian Traditions ‘Employee Owned’ Identity? Identity of Candied Watermelon The Question of ‘Religious Fundamentalism’ in Central Asia Identity Markers: Uran, Tamga, Dastan Thoughts on "Religious Fundamentalism" Identity in Central Asia Views of the 'outlaw concept' in comparative perspective: 'The American West' and the "Zeybeks in the Turk lands" Benjamin Franklin and Nasreddin of Asia Minor An open letter to the editorial board of Hurriyat (Mustakil Gazeta), Tashkent Ozbek Republic ...

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The present volume presents essays on eight Central Asian Monuments. Each essay discusses one Monument, placing it in historical perspective. Some works are very early products of Central Asian thought. A few, are quite new, that is, were produced in the 19th and the 20th centuries. They all, however, are repositories of thought and culture and all have had palpable repercussions. Their enduring quality is manifested in repeated references to them by present-day Central Asians in their own historical, literary, and even political writings. Indeed, this use of Monuments provided an additional reason for undertaking this collection. In a time when Central Asia's importance to the world affairs is again resurgent, it is necessary to understand the intellectual nucleus of Central Asians' mode of thinking. This is especially important, because an overwhelming majority of Central Asian writings do not appear in any other language than their own dialects. The appreciation of these Monuments, their messages and their influence over time contributes to the understanding of current issues precisely because they are directly linked in the mind...

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The Central Asian authors have responded to the restrictions on history writing by reporting accurate history and relaying messages of the past in the guise of literature. The field of literature has its own strictures. Thus, Central Asians have tried to ensure that their output is both the real history and sufficiently veiled (for example, under the "yarn" genre) to pass censorship. This is an effort to maintain the historical identity which Central Asians see is under attack by the Russian-dominated party, state and academic apparatus in the official "histories." One must observe the recent publishing activity of the Central Asians, in their dialects, especially since late 1970s. These efforts represent a renewal of activity since the interruption caused by the "liquidations" of the 1930s....

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CENTRAL ASIAN MONUMENTS Edited by H. B. Paksoy ________________________________________ Table of Contents • H. B. Paksoy Introduction • H. B. Paksoy Sun Is Also Fire: Ibadinov's Kuyas Ham Alav • Peter B. Golden (Rutgers) Codex Comanicus • Richard Frye (Harvard) Narshaki's The History of Bukhara • Robert Dankoff (Chicago) Adab Literature • Uli Schamiloglu (Wisconsin-Madison) Umdet ul Ahbar • Kevin Krisciunas (Joint Astronomy Centre) Ulug Beg's Zij • Audrey Altstadt (UMass-Amherst) Bakikhanli's Nasihatlar • Edward J. Lazzerini (New Orleans) Gaspirali's Tercuman • David S. Thomas (Rhode Island), Akcura's Uc Tarz-i Siyaset ________________________________________ ISBN: 975-428-033-9 Library of Congress Card Catalog: DS329.4 .C46 1992 173 Pp. (paperback) US$20 ISIS Press 1992 Isis Press Semsibey Sokak 10 81210 Beylerbeyi Istanbul Turkey Phone: +90 + 216 321 38 51 FAX: +90 + 216 321 86 66 Please refer to the printed version for footnotes. ...

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The struggle of the Central Asians to preserve this dastan in the face of Soviet attacks upon it is the central focus of the present work. The attacks and attempts to save the Alpamysh dastan may be divided into two "phases" -- the first is represented by the Central Asians' own efforts to record the dastan on paper and publish it widely in response to Russian occupation and ensuing Russification campaigns, Christian proselytization, "language reform," boundary revision and creation of special legal classifications and later, "nations," for Central Asians; the second "phase" involves altering the content of the dastan itself and its history or "lineage." The two "phases" are not successive and chronologically distinct, but overlap around the 1930s-1940s. The latest response to the attack has been a revival in the 1980s of dastans in a new form, as befits their own tradition. The in-depth examination of the struggle over the Alpamysh dastan, however, is more than the study of the treatment of a single historical and literary monument. It represents Soviet policy in Central Asia and Central Asian resilience in preserving the historic...

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Another representative sample of this early phase of the "movement" is A Manual on the Turanians and PanTuranianism33 (published by the British Admiralty, during the First World War) a work based on Vambery's Turkenvolk34 and compiled by Sir Denison Ross.35 Even Alexander Kerensky, in Paris exile after the Bolshevik Revolution, was utilizing the same "Turanian" rhetoric, calling it "a menace threatening the world."36 Despite its European origins and its European goals, the idea took root among some Central Asian emigres, especially those living in Europe, as it promised the removal of the Russian occupation and subsequent colonization in their homelands. ...

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements i Preface iii Chapter One ALPAMYSH and the Turkic Dastan Genre 1 Chapter Two Attempts to Destroy and Save Alpamysh, Phase I 18 Chapter Three The Alpamysh Dastan 50 Translation of Divay's 1901 Alpamysh 57 Commentary 98 Chapter Four Attempts to Destroy and Save Alpamysh, Phase II 120 Soviet Offensive 120 Composite Synopsis of Alpamysh 127 Alpamysh and the dastan genre in perspective 151 Select Bibliography 160 Index 163 Appendix Divay's 1901 Alpamysh 165...

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History of the erection of memorial plaque at the house where the greatest Indian freedom fighter pandit Shyamaji Krishnavarma lived between 1900 to 1907...

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The designation "Altai," as Ozbek and Kazakh, are primarily geographical, tribal or confederation names, not ethnonyms. Those appellations were mistakenly or deliberately turned into "ethnic"or "political" classifications by early explorers or intelligence agents arriving in those lands ahead of the Russian armies and bureaucrats....

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Islam is the latest religion to reach Central Asia. The indigenous Tengri and Shamanism,20 which appears to have co- existed with Zoroastrianism, prevailed even after the arrival of other religions such as Buddhism and Manichaeanism.21 The introduction of Islam into Central Asia went through roughly three stages: force of arms and alms; the scholasticist madrasa; Sufism. But the first group to come into contact with Islam in Central Asia were not the Shamanistic or Buddhist Turks. It was the Zoroastrian Persians.22 Within 100 years of the death of the Prophet Muhammad, i.e. by 750, the Muslim Arabs had expanded their political state far beyond the Arab lands. Consequently, the Muslim community of believers, umma, began to encompass ethnicities beyond the Arabs themselves. The first non-Arabs to accept Islam in large numbers were the Persians, whose empire the Arab forces defeated in a series of battles between 637-651. ...

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ESSAYS ON CENTRAL ASIA by H.B. Paksoy ________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Nationality or Religion? Views of Central Asian Islam [127Kb] AACAR Bulletin (of the Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research) Vol VIII, No. 2, 1995; Reprinted in International Journal of Central Asian Studies Volume 3, 1998; Translation in Central Asia and the Gulf, Masayuki Yamauchi, ed. (Tokyo: Asahi Selected Series, 1995) The Question of "Religious Fundamentalism" in Central Asia Presented to the Central Asian Studies Program Conference on The Revival of Central Asian Culture. (The Oklahoma State University, March 1997) Political Legitimacy: Trends in Central Asia The Dastan Genre in Central Asia Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and the Soviet Union (Academic International Press, 1995) Vol. V Central Asia's New Dastans Central Asian Survey Vol. 6, No. 1, 198 Chora Batir: A Tatar Admonition to Future Generations Studies in Comparative Communism Vol. XIX, Nos. 3-4, Autumn/Winter 1986 Two Mythical PANs: Uses of Apocrypha Ascribed to the Turks Eurasian Studies (Ankara...

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Original 1899 B.S.A.C British South Africa Company share certificate. B.S.A.C British South Africa Company Financial Statements for 1899 and 1900. Estimates for 1901 and 1902. Financial statements for 1900-1901, and 1901-1902, Estimates for 1901-1902, 1902-1903. Financial Statements for 1903-4, 1904-5. Estimates for 1903-4, 1904-5, 1905-6....

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Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty.

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Original 1899 B.S.A.C British South Africa Company share certificate Financial Statements for 1899 and 1900. Estimates for 1901 and 1902 Financial statements for 1900-1901, and 1901-1902, Estimates for 1901-1902, 1902-1903. Financial Statements for 1903-4, 1904-5. Estimates for 1903-4, 1904-5, 1905-6....

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Short biography of the greatest Indian freedom fighter pandit shyamaji krishnavarma who started Indian freedom movement at least 20 years before gandhiji entered in the arena of indian freedom movement. He was the first Indian who preached to resolve the issue of indian freedom by peaceful means with British and demanded swarajya at least 15 years before gandhiji. Pandit shyamaji was the first person to propagate the theory of disassociation and asked indian people to adopt the weapon of complete disassociation to drive away british from india withot bloodshed that was 15 years before gandhiji relaunched his satyagrah movement based on pandit shyamaji's theory. He was the most brave Indian freedom fighter revolutionary who challenged British imperialism and despotism living the heart of their capital in London. Pandit shyamaji was a great patriot who sacrificed all his life, name, fame, position, money and time for the freedom of his mother and lived rest of his life in exile....

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LAUNCH OF THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY FREEDOM MOVEMENT OF INDIA IN ENGLAND AND EUROPE In 1905, Shyamji embarked on his great life work for the freedom of his motherland. Shyamji’s new career began as a full -fledged political propagandist and organiser for the alignment of complete independence of India. Shyamji finally made his debut in Indian politics by publishing first issue of his English monthly “The Indian Sociologist” – an organ of freedom and of political, social and religious reform in January 1905from his address 9 Queens Wood Avenue, Highgate, now known as 60Muswell Hill Road, Highgate. This strong, powerful, realistic, ideological monthly served a great purpose in uplifting mass against British rule and created many more intellectual revolutionaries in the India and abroad to fight for the freedom of India.On the 18th February 1905, Shyamji inaugurated a new organisation called “The Indian Home Rule Society”. The first meeting held at Shyamji’s residence at Highgate and the meeting unanimously decided to found “The Indian Home Rule Society” with the object of:1) Securing Home Rule for India2) Carrying on Propaganda in ...

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World Factbook is similar to an encyclopedia or almanac.

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Have you ever wondered what civilisation brought the Bluestones 200 miles from Wales to Stonehenge? Or the reason why they undertook this monumental task? Then this book is a must for you. Robert John Langdon takes you back 10,000 years to a time when the last Ice Age melted leaving a series of smaller islands and peninsulas and not the island of Britain we see today. By revising accepted Archaeological, Geological and Topological findings, Langdon has been able to produce simple but astonishing hypotheses with compelling scientific evidence, which shows that these monuments are five thousand years older than we currently believe and built by a 'lost civilisation' the ancient Greek philosopher Plato once wrote about....

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“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” Mahatma Gandhi

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The first volume of the catalogue in Thomas Jefferson's private collection.

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Among the plans proposed by the Library for the Jefferson Bicentennial was the publication of a catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson. It is a widely known fact that Jefferson's Library was purchased by Act of Congress in 1815 to replace the original library lost in the burning of the capital in 1814. At the Time of purchase the Jefferson library, certainly the finest collection in private hands in the United States, comprised more than six thousand volumes; today, unfortunately, as a result of fire and the inescapable forfeits to time, only approximately a third of the collection survives....

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Everyone has heard of the explorers Burke and Wills, who died when attempting to cross the Australian continent in 1861, but few will know of William Landsborough, a quiet unassuming man who in the middle of the 19th century explored and opened up vast areas of land in north-eastern Australia to settlement and farming.He was considered such a good bushman and explorer that he was chosen to lead one of the four search parties sent out to look for Burke and Wills in 1861. In the process of this search he became the first man to cross Australia from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne. Adding even more interest to this already fascinating story, is the account of William’s boat trip north to the Gulf of Carpentaria to commence the search, during which he survived shipwreck and mutiny on one of the Barrier Reef islands. In his day, Landsborough’s exploits were fêted but now he is largely unknown, ironically perhaps because he was such a capable bushman and explorer that he lived to tell the tale. ...

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The tragic story of the Burke and Wills expedition is now part of Australian folklore and we know the sad irony that by the time that the relief parties set out, only one member of Burke’s party, John King, was still alive. But in 1861, with none of the rapid means of communication we now enjoy, all the people of Victoria knew was that the explorers were long overdue on their return trip to the Gulf of Carpentaria. In 1860, Victoria and South Australia were involved in a race to achieve the prestige of the first crossing of the Australian continent from south to north. There was intense interest among the populace of the southern states in what lay in the unexplored country to the north of the settled areas, and when proposals to send a party to cross the unmapped interior were announced, it caused great excitement. Both states were planning to send an expedition but it was the Victorian one, led by Burke and Wills that was the first to set off in August 1860, in what amounted to a triumphal procession through the streets of Melbourne, past thousands of flag waving and cheering citizens. Burke, a former police-superintendent, a...

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Foreword: xi Chapter 1: In Search of Burke and Wills 1 Chapter 2: The Making of an Explorer 8 Chapter 3: Explorations in Queensland 22 Chapter 4: The Wreck of the Firefly 38 Chapter 5: Sharks and Mutiny 51 Chapter 6: Around Cape York to the Gulf 60 Chapter 7: The Wait for Walker to Arrive 69 Chapter 8: The First Expedition to Mt Stuart 78 Chapter 9: Back at the Gulf 92 Chapter 10: The Second Expedition Commences 100 Chapter 11: The Search for Water and Food Becomes Desperate 111 Chapter 12: Awaiting Instructions on the Warrego 120 Chapter 13: A Hero’s Welcome 129 Chapter 14: Marriage and Financial Ruin 138 Chapter 15: A Return to the Gulf 147 Chapter 16: False Accusations and Dismissal 164 Chapter 17: Further Accusations and New Found Wealth 176 Chapter 18: A Happy Ending 181 Appendix : 207 Acknowledgements: 209 ...

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Astrological aspects (conjunctions, oppositions, trines, squares, sextiles) between dates of two historical events explain their similar or opposite character. This is illustrated by the example of the Munich Conference (1938) and the birth dates of its participants. Historical repetitions connected with the 60 years period of the Chinese horoscope are considered (Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, 60 years after the peninsula was given to Ukraine by order of Khrushchev). The half-period of 30 years is connected with couples of events combining analogy with contrast (e.g. the Sepoy uprising of 1857 and India's independence of 1947=1857+90). The chronology of the conflicts in the spheres of direct geopolitical influence of Germany, Serbia, Iraq, China and Russia is examined as a continuation of the comparative study of these spheres performed in V. P. Kostov, "The Rules of History". Other regions are also compared historically and geographically - South Europe, Georgia, South America, Spain and Mexico. Repetition of historical events or their analogy is often accompanied by high correlations between names of participants or places of bat...

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Definition. Suppose that two words contain respectively m and n letters, where n is greater than or equal to m. Suppose that they have exactly p letters in common counted with the possible repetitions. Then the correlation between the two words is equal to p/m. For instance, the correlation between the words « Italy » and « Sicily » is 3/5 (one has m=5, n=6 and p=3). The one between the words « Aix » and « Paris » is 2/3 (m=3, n=5, p=2). In any case the correlation remains a purely formally defined quantity. When the resemblance between two words is discussed one takes into account also the fact whether the first letters (eventually the first vowels) are the same and/or whether the letters in common are in the same order. Then comes the delicate question about spelling and pronunciation. This might raise the question whether the letters « s » and « ç » should be distinguished or not. But let's illustrate first the notions of correlation and resemblance by some examples. The resemblance between the names of (Aimé-Joseph) Darnand, head of the French Militia during the German occupation in World War II, and of the admiral (Jean L...

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Preface. Chapter 1. The Chinese horoscope and parallel events. Chapter 2. Comparison between five geographic regions. Names of persons and places of battles. Appendix 1. Beginnings and ends of the years according to the Chinese horoscope. Appendix 2. The Cyrillic alphabet....

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The book recalls previously developed approaches toward history based on correlation of words, astrological aspects and periodicity defined by the Chinese horoscope and the Lunar Nodes. They are illustrated by new examples. Astonishing correlations are found among the astral signs of the French presidents, the German chancellors and the generals of the Russian Civil War (1918-1922). The strange form of some states such as Mali, Somalia, India and others is associated to inter-ethnic conflicts taking place in these countries. The astral themes of certain historical events and of their participants are also analyzed (such as the revolutions of 1830 and 1848, the Berlin Congress, the putsch of 1991 in Moscow). Astrological, historical and geographical coincidences are found between the Arab revolutions of 2011 on the one side and the revolutions of 1848, the independence movements in the Spanish colonies, the social movements of 1968 and World War II on the other. The book is addressed to persons interested in History and/or astrology....

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Preface Chapter 1. The already developed methods Chapter 2. Astral sign and history Chapter 3. Geography, history and astrology Chapter 4. Different examples from history Appendix 1. Beginnings and ends of years of the Chinese horoscope Appendix 2. The Cyrillic alphabet....

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Each token theme is summarized and placed in context. Other related art is depicted to enhance the presentation.

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A wonderful series of Nürnberg – Fürth Strassenbahn (Streetcar) tokens were issued during the Weimar Republic, following the Great War. While they can be classified as transportation tokens they are commonly attributed as German notgeld (emergency money). Notgeld was used during the inflationary period brought on by reparations payments stipulated by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles after WWI....

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The vibrations of one's name are part of his/her personality and are very important in the case of a political figure. The same applies to names of towns and states. Repeated planetary influences (including the 60 years period of the Chinese horoscope and the 18.5 years revolution period of the Lunar Nodes whose definition is recalled) stimulate periodical repetition of historical events. In the books many examples of such repetitions are given. The resemblances between names of generals having participated in the World Wars and the ones between names of enclaves and cities that have been granted a special status are analyzed. In terms of astrology we consider the aspects (conjunctions, oppositions, trines, squares), the favourable period of 30 days that follows one's anniversary and the unfavourable one of 50 days that precedes it and their roles for the success or failure in the context of history. The examples are taken mainly from modern history. The book is addressed to people interested in history and/or astrology....

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During the First Battle of the Marne (1914) the danger was real that Paris could be captured by the German army. The situation demanded a good concordance on behalf of the combined Franco-British staff so that the attack should be repulsed and the front stabilized. The names of the commanders give us a key to at least part of the answer to the question why the allied forces succeeded to defend the French capital. Here's the list of their names: Joseph Joffre; Franchet d'Espèray; Michel Maunory; Ferdinand Foch; Joseph Gallieni; Ferdinand de Langle. Sir John French; The presence of two “Joseph” and two “Ferdinand” is to be noticed at once. It seems that destiny had chosen persons that are placed under the influence of the same vibrations to have to accomplish the same task at a crucial moment. However it should be said at once that the relationship between the two Josephs was the one of conflicts. Thus to be in good concordance (by the vibrations of ones' names) to serve the homeland does not mean necessarily to be in good relationship with one another. The first name “John” has a correlation of ¾ with “Joseph” and the...

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Preface Chapter 1. Correlation and resemblance of names Chapter 2. Astrological aspects Chapter 3. The Lunar Nodes Chapter 4. The Chinese horoscope Appendix 1. Beginnings and ends of the years of the Chinese horoscope Appendix 2. The Cyrillic alphabet...

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Even if he is a very popular character, still not many people know his original history! Nowadays there are so much exaggerated stories and wrong information about him, that it is often confusion in “who was he really?”. This happens because there are rarely references to his real life and historical facts as they truly happened! Or worse, they are often distorted! Who is about? It is about the ruler of Walachia for three times between 1448 and 1476, Prince Vlad Dracula (1431-1476)! This is an Excerpt of the ebook! If you are a passionate of true historical events, Middle Age, life stories or East European history, than reading this free sample ebook it is a must for you! It will be an excellent occasion to find his original Romanian history, as there is described in details every event of his life! Because I wanted to create a rich informative ebook, I made an intense documentary work to the Romanian National Library from Bucharest, using the most serious sources. I also visited more historical places for gathering all the information I needed for this. Some information you already know but some are definitely new for you, becau...

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The subject of “Dracula” is one of the most fascinating and interesting in the world being always presented as a fictional character that during the day lives a normal life, while in the midnight transfigures in a cruel vampire, attacking people, sucking their blood and transfiguring them to their turn, in evil persons. Even the real character that lived in the XV century and inspired the creation of the fictional Dracula, the Walachian Prince Vlad Ţepeş (or Vlad the Impaler), is also often shown as a cruel despot, that led his people with a heavy hand, punishing with very rough methods everyone who breaks the laws. In these summary descriptions, his harshness terrible frightened both his people and the country’s enemies, spreading his fame in the world. The most presented describes of Prince Vlad Ţepeş are those of his cruelty deeds, his so-called pleasure to torture people, the use of most horrible torture methods of that Age, in order to get right the society, or to horrify the enemies that dare to invade his country. I think every time the people read this type of description of the legendary character, wonder themselves: Wa...

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PREFACE Chapter I: WALACHIA - THE BEGINNING AND THE FIRST RULERS. 1.1 The foundation of the country; Princes Basarab I and Mircea the Elder. 1.2 Prince Vlad Dracul (1390-1447) Chapter II: VLAD ŢEPEŞ (1431-1476) 2.1 Vlad Ţepeş becomes ruler Prince of Walachia 2.2 Vlad Ţepeş and the merchants from Southern Transylvania 2.3 Vlad Ţepeş and his fights for Walachia’s independence 2.4 The arrestment and detention of Vlad Ţepeş; his third reign in November – December 1476 Chapter III: THE TRACES OF VLAD ŢEPEŞ IN ROMANIA 3.1 Christian buildings, fortresses and towns related to Vlad Ţepeş’s life 3.1.1 The church of Târgşor 3.1.2 Comana Monastery 3.1.3 Snagov Monastery 3.1.4 Bucharest Fortress 3.1.5 Poienari Fortress 3.1.6 Târgovişte Fortress 3.1.7 Sighişoara Town 3.1.8 Bran Castle 3.2 Vlad Ţepeş in the Romanian culture Chapter IV: VLAD ŢEPEŞ’S DESCENDANTS CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY ...

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Most countries and peoples of Europe and Asia are grouped in the spheres of direct geopolitical influence of Russia, Germany, Serbia, Iraq and China. Repetition of relationship (defined by ethnic and religious proximity) between countries from these spheres are observed. Thus there are two Russian (German, Serbian, Chinese) speaking countries - Russia and Belarus (Germany and Austria, Serbia and Montenegro, China and Taiwan). The Iberian and Balkan Peninsulas exhibit similar political geography and history. Important events (e.g. World Wars) occur in couples. In American and Russian history the number 12 is crucial for its understanding (6 couples of most important wars in the former and 12 communist and post-communist rulers in the latter, the events of post-communism repeating the ones of communism). If a (post)-communist Russian leader has the same name as a former Russian tsar or prince, then a repetition of events takes place - the names Boris (Godunov) and Mikhail (Romanov) are connected with the Time of Troubles, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin mark the perestroika, its modern version. The book is addressed to those inter...

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It is natural to consider the following countries as belonging or having once belonged to the zone of direct geopolitical influence of Germany: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark. The reasons (except in most of the cases to be direct neighbours) are the following ones: - some of them (namely, Austria, Hungary, parts of Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia) have belonged to the Austro- Hungarian Empire, where German was the official language; - others (France, Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania and Italy) have annexed after World War I territories peopled at least in part by ethnic Germans; these were the German territories respectively Alsace and Lorraine for France, the cantons Eupen and Malmedy for Belgium (today they constitute its German speaking linguistic zone), Northern Schleswig for Denmark, the port Memel (Klaipeda) for Lithuania; Italy has annexed the German speaking Southern Tyrol belonging up to then to Austria-Hungary; today this is one of the five Italian regions...

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Preface Chapter 1. Resemblance and correlation between words Chapter 2. Resemblances between different geographical regions Chapter 3. Resemblance between historical events Chapter 4. The five spheres of direct geopolitical influence in the Old World Chapter 5. The rules of the American history Chapter 6. The rules of the Russian history...

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The newspapers of Hawaii form a unique role in the history of Hawaii and of American journalism. In a period of 165 years, from 1834, when American Protestant missionaries introduced the Hawaiian language Lama Hawaii (Hawaiian Luminary), to the present, newspapers have spanned the history of Hawaii from its status as an independent nation, a republic, and a U. S. territory, to its position as a state. By newspapers, I mean publications that have titles and mastheads, and appear serially, generally on newsprint, unbound, and without covers. Size and style have varied dramatically over two centuries from single sheets to 100 pages plus. Some papers were issued once or twice; others from their first appearance are still in print today. Some were conceived as newsletters or magazines, and then became newspapers. By reverse, others started as newspapers and changed their format. But all are recognizable by format and topical subject matter. Between 1834 and 2000, approximately 1,250 separately titled papers have appeared in print. This is an estimate because, for example, in the case of no holdings having been found for some p...

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There are several ways to classify newspapers. In Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawaii (University of Hawaii Press, 1996), I placed newspapers within four major categories: establishment, opposition (or alternative), official, and independent. Establishment papers represent the mainstream or dominant power. Alternative or opposition publications voice anti-establishment or countervailing views. Official papers, the third type, are sponsored by government agencies. Independent journals, the rarest form, are unallied to any special interest. The present work calls for a different organization. There are three main sections. Section I organizes the newspapers alphabetically by the title's first noun: for example, Aha Elele, Ka (The Convention), or Facho, O (The Torch), or Honolulu Advertiser, The. There are two exceptions. One is those Hawaiian language papers commonly referred to by the article preceding the noun, as in Ka Leo O Ka Lahui (The Voice of the Nation), or Na Pahu Kane (Sounding Drums). The other, for the same reason, is the Filipino language papers, as in Ti Silaw (The Light) and Ang Bantay (The Gu...

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Introduction -- 1 -- Alphabetical Listing and Annotations of Newspapers by Title -- 5 -- Categories of Newspapers -- 111 -- African American -- 111 -- Alternative -- 111 -- Chinese -- 112 -- Church -- 112 -- Cultural -- 113 -- Establishment -- 113 -- Filipino -- 116 -- Government -- 117 -- Hawaiian -- 117 -- Hispanic -- 119 -- Independent -- 119 -- Indonesian -- 119 -- Japanese -- 119 -- Jewish -- 121 -- Korean -- 121 -- Labor -- 121 -- Micronesian -- 122 -- Military -- 122 -- Plantation -- 123 -- Portuguese -- 124 -- Prison -- 124 -- Samoan -- 124 -- School -- 124 -- Sports -- 124 -- Tongan -- 125 -- Tourist -- 125 -- Unclassified -- 125 -- Underground -- 125 -- Vietnamese -- 125 -- Newspapers in Print by Years 1834–2000 -- 127 --...

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In his classic, 1984, George Orwell selected certain features of his society as a basic skeleton, then fleshed political fiction over the bones. Many parallels between 1984 and the modern world have long been recognized. In Orwell's Warning: The Greatest Amerikan Paradox, Erik Blaire compares these features to the paradoxes of American politics, violence, and religion. Finding they are inseparable, he proposes that American freedom must therefore also be paradoxical. Armed with clues derived by examining American schizophrenia, obedience, disobedience, and paranoia, Blaire adopts as a factual skeleton the historical puzzle of Francisco Pizarro's conquering the mightiest empire of South America in one evening with a single boat load of men. Solving the puzzle, he then fleshes in fiction a working model for the most important, yet most neglected of Orwell's features, the central secret of Oceania. Blaire's conclusion: Any society which is founded on, and therefore conceals a central secret, must be characterized by a paradoxical or Orwellian state of freedom just like The Greatest Amerikan Paradox....

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"In our age there is no such thing as “keeping out of politics.” All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia." —George Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1946) Imagine, if you would, an average American. We’ll call him “Ed.” Ed is in his mid-thirties, works in an office, and is currently standing at the paper shredder. He’s holding a stack of paper in one arm while feeding the paper shredder with his other. Suddenly, he drops the stack of paper all over the floor and just stands there, rigid, mouth hanging open and eyes as wide as silver dollars. Staring into nowhere in particular, he begins babbling faintly and incoherently to himself. He giggles slightly with a faint smile, and then he looks around with an intense expression of perplexed distress. Ed’s coworkers, who are standing all around him, have become quite concerned and a bit upset with what they are seeing and hearing. “What’s wrong with Ed?” they whisper to each other. “What’s wrong, Ed?” one of them asks him. Ed looks past his concerned coworker and babbles on, muttering something about “...

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Preface. What is Allopathy? Introduction. Who Was George Orwell? 1. Schizophrenia 2. Obedience 3. Disobedience 4. Paranoia

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Includes an opening summary page in all major regional languages (English, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Burmese, Filipino, Khmer, Lao, Thai Vietnamese and Chinese. Beginning with the common origins of Southeast Asia’s peoples and languages, their shared heritage is emphasized through agricultural, archeological, cultural, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious and technological fields. Perennially defined by rice, stability and commerce, Southeast Asia has evolved a common trading ethic and morality influenced by China and India long before a short European colonial interlude. Historically known as a Golden Land, the region exudes a resilience founded in millennium-long traditions that are today expressed through local adaptations of world religions. ...

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Summary Overview: in English v in Bahasa Indonesia vi in Bahasa Malaysia vii in Burmese viii in Filipino x in Khmer xi in Lao xii in Thai xiv in Vietnamese xvi in Chinese xvii if you would know me … xviii Author’s Note xix Chapters 1. One Common Region 1 2. Defining Southeast Asia 7 3. From Trade to Civilization 17 4. Commercial and Technology 25 5. Adapting to New Overlords 33 6. Rice and Culture 39 7. United by Commerce 45 8. 18th Century Consolidation 53 9. British-led Resurgence 57 10. Transition to 20th Century 63 11. Pendulum of Commerce 67 12. Emerging 1930s States 73 13. War and Independence 79 14. Marching to Statehood 83 15. Emerging Leadership 91 16. States to Nations to Region 99 17. Remote Peoples 105 18. Beliefs Systems 113 19. Evolving Syncretism 121 20. Religious Rebellions 129 21. Religion within Politics 137 22. Trade and Worldviews 143 23. Conclusion: Uniting Commonalities 147 Bibliography & Endnotes 155 Index 162 ...

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On preservation of the Western rights, freedoms and quality of life in 21st century and beyond

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Systemic approach to life of the highly cultured people provides them with higher level of happiness simply because their lives are better organized, risks are covered, reserves are maintained, dangers avoided, contacts established and so on so forth. Culture is not something that comes only with DNA, but genetic pre-disposition towards culture exists without doubt. Otherwise there would be no examples of people raising themselves above the scum they were born in and reaching high levels of society. Understanding of the elements of high culture, its systemic approach to organizing one’s life, can be practiced by virtually everybody. One just needs to want to elevate themselves and work towards that goal, which may involve getting better training and education, moving to a different neighborhood, getting a different job, spending time on more important things rather than on leisure, quitting drinking and smoking, refusing drugs, taking care of health, concentrating on the upbringing of the children and helping them in their adult life, babysitting grand-children, watching over quality of food supply and keeping the family ...

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Table of Contents Introduction iii Table of Contents iv About this book ix Who should not read this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Who is this book for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Response to our critics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x About the authors xiii I What do we want to preserve and why? 1 1 Foreword 3 2 Measuring the quality of life 5 2.1 Individual happiness and self-fulfillment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Individual rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3 Social harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 Checks and balances 11 3.1 Acceptable personal risk and responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 What is worth to fight for? 15 4.1 Security of the person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.2 Personal and societal wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . ....