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This classic introduction to the Chinese literature is a fundamental step towards the West's understanding of the rich literary legacy of China.Readable, condensed, entertaining, the selections contained in this book belong to enduring world literature; the «Great Society» envisioned by Confucius; the «Fireside Chats» of K'ang Hei; the supercilious letter of the Emperor Ch'ien Lung to King George of England; the "Memorial: on the Bone of Buddha”; the imaginative lines of...
| Автор | Margaret Thiele |
Manners and Customs of the Japanese in the Nineteenth Century is a delightful account of the Japanese of Tokugawa Japan.This unique handbook of Japanese manners, customs, history, and singular happenings was published in New York in 1841. Based on the firsthand observations of Dr. Philipp Franz von Siebold of the Dutch trading port Deshima in the years 1823—29, as well as on Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English records of early Japan, it provided us with a very rare picture of what...
| Автор | Philipp Franz von Siebold, Ph.D. |
This eloquent and hauntingly evocative story of Hawaii is a true classic and is an essential read for any enthusiast of Hawaiian culture and history.With a sincerity and candor often lacking in books stressing the exotic and unusual, the author says there is no denying that Hawaii presents the usual blend of the lovely and the unlovely and is no more perfect than any other place. He writes of «a one–way street to happy adventure in the South seas; a background of the Polynesian sort,...
| Автор | Stanley Porteus |
Günter Liebergesell ist Krankenpfleger und schreibt in seiner Freizeit Bücher. zu dieser Erzählung wurde er inspiriert durch Artikel in der »Allgemeinen Auswander Zeitung« Rudolstadt aus dem Jahre 1868
| Автор | Günter Liebergesell |
Uwe, ein blinder Klavierstimmer, möchte seiner Jugendfreundin Meike, die wegen Mitgliedschaft in der DDR-Friedensbewegung in die Bundesrepublik flüchten musste, folgen. Durch das Missgeschick eines anderen wird er zum Gejagten. Immer wieder taucht der blinde Mann, für Freunde rätselhaft, unter, bis ihm ein früherer Lehrer zu Hilfe kommt.
| Автор | Thomas Löffler |
Der Autor beschreibt die Jahre seiner Lehrzeit im Waffenwerk Suhl, seine Zeit beim Reichsarbeitsdienst von der pommerschen Ostsee bis nach Südfrankreich und nach Holand und schließlich seinen kurzen Einsatz an der Ostfront im Frühjahr 1945 und die sich anschließende sowjetische Kriegsgefangenschaft, die ihn bis ins Kasachische Karaganda führte und aus der er erst 1949 nach Ronneburg heimkehrte.
| Автор | Horst Riemenschneider |
America's Destruction of Iraq by Washington insider Michael M. O'Brien details the origins of radical Islamic terrorism now spreading across the Middle East and North Africa. The outgrowth of America's involvement in Iraq, culminating with its March 2003 invasion, is the Islamic State–the most violent terrorist organization in history.<br><br>Michael O'Brien is an outlier: a conservative and former political appointee in the administration of...
| Автор | Michael M. O'Brien |
The Fox Is A Lion is an action adventure story bridging 2 continents, Australia and Africa, and a ship.<br><br>Based on a true incident, this story follows an abused eleven year old migrant boy who escapes from an orphanage in Australia circa 1956.<br><br>After being severely punished by a School Headmaster, Miles Taylor's mind snaps inside, having had enough of being continually punished unjustly. He sets his mind to find his Father who is somewhere in Africa...
| Автор | Osran Morson |
This book is written for all who are interested to know the likely outcomes to the island disputes that are occurring in the Asia-Pacific region revolving around countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia & Brunei and with the involvement of powers such as the United States, India and Russia. More powers will come into the scene to lay their bids and situation would become more complicated over time. <br><br>As a China-watcher for the past 20 years, I...
| Автор | Senator Wong |
Klaus Huhn mied das Risiko, alles über die Mauer besser wissen zu wollen, strebte aber danach, auch Blicke hinter die Mauer zu werfen, noch genauer: den 'Hintergründen' die gebührende Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken.
| Автор | Klaus Huhn |
Legal drama at its finest, these are the majority decisions from the most influential Supreme Court cases in United States history. Starting with the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison, which laid the foundation for the Supreme Court's current power, these thirteen far-reaching cases include: Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford, 1856; Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896; Brown v. Board of Education, 1954; Miranda v. Arizona, 1966; Roe v. Wade, 1973; Bush v. Gore, 2000; and many other important decisions....
| Автор | Группа авторов |
During his remarkable lifetime, Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) served his country in many capacities — among them, as President of the United States. But ultimately, this great and talented man — an accomplished architect, naturalist, and linguist — wished to be remembered primarily as the author of the Declaration of Independence.In his autobiography, begun in 1821 at the age of 77, Jefferson presents a detailed account of his young life and the period...
| Автор | Thomas Jefferson |
"Many dark and sleepless nights have I been a companion for owls, separated from the cheerful society of men, scorched by the summer's sun and pinched by the winter's cold — an instrument ordained to settle the wilderness." Motivated by a powerful sense of purpose, Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap. Thousands followed, settling in Boonesborough, Kentucky, to form one of the first English-speaking communities west of the Appalachians. This...
| Автор | Daniel Boone |
This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy. Having come to America after a short service in the Royal Navy, Tingey contributed importantly to the growth of the American Navy, but was then obliged to burn the Washington Navy Yard in 1814 to prevent it from falling into the hands of British invaders. This is at the same time a history of the first quarter-century of the Washington Navy Yard, which Tingey commanded for that...
| Автор | Gordon Brown |
Nights in the Pink Motel is the first historical account of the strategic process that sought to reverse the negative consequences of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. It offers details and insights into the Iraqi insurgency and Coalition counterinsurgency available nowhere else. This book is a sustained, comprehensive account of all the conflicting factors that have made Iraq such an intractable international crisis and offers an intriguing narrative of how the American-led Coalition returned...
| Автор | Robert Earle |
