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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...y fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...ld they foresee that that same Company would influence more than 200 years of British and Indian history and found the greatest Empire the world has... ...ocable fact that the story of the Honorable East India Company will vi forever be part of the history of both Great Britain and that vast and glo... ... ‘John, let me introduce you to the Comtesse de Colbert. She is a great admirer of the Scots and Scotland.’ THE CURSE OF KALI 77 ‘My pleasure,’ ... ...,’ said John MacGregor, bowing low over the Comtesse’s gloved hand, which he raised to his lips. ‘Scotland and France are, indeed, old allies.’ ‘Ha... ...d I will stay at a Buddhist monastery until I am well acclimatised, before venturing out for long periods of contemplation. Come, let me escort you ...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machination...

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The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty

By: Juan Josafat Ben Ezra

... THE COMING OF MESSIAH IN GLORY AND MAJESTY BY JUAN JOSAFAT BEN-EZRA, A CONVERTED JEW TRANSL... ... A CONVERTED JEW TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH, WITH A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, BY THE REV. EDWARD IRVING, A.M. Volume I ... ...T, LONDON MDCCCXXVII THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY J G TILLIN ENGLAND © MM Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 -ii- CONTENTS DEDICATION. ............ ............................................................................129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK .................................................... ...e millennium, and what you call the last day, meaning thereby the instant or very small period preceding the conflagration and annihilation of this ... ...e common faith, and servant in the Ministry of the Gospel, a Presbyter of the Church of Scotland. EDWARD IRVING. -2- PRELIMINARY DISCOUR... ...rine of the second advent. It was this day twelve-months, a day to be remembered in the history of my ministry; for which, not I only, but many soul... ... 1 Confession of faith of the Kirk of Scotland, ratified and established A.D 1587. And I may refer... ...e former advent of Christ and so avoid the second advent altogether, as an event in the history of the earth’s amelioration. But this is sufficiently...

The coming of the Messiah.

...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essentia...

...CONTENTS DEDICATION...1 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE BY THE TRANSLATOR.....3 PART II...32 CHAPTER I.....33 CHAPTER II....46 CHAPTER III ....67 CHAPTER IV....85 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY...113 TO THE READER....129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK ...130 DEDECATION....135 PREFACE......

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...e – Narcissism Revisited http://samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S ... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...mantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot less inspiring. Even as she was being wooed by her regal paramour - and while still being married to Ernest... ... heads of his constitutional advisers. "The last time when this happened in English history was when Charles I raised His Standard at the beginning ... ...e Gibraltar Straits?). It was not, therefore, a part of the known geography of the period. An earthquake was said to have submerged it in the ocean... ...s Systems. http://www.roserpark.net/greenwood/strowger.html http://www.strowger.com/history.html http://www.agcs.com B Barbie Barbie was invented ... ...s oscillate causing flooding (a phenomenon called seiche). Seiches were observed in Scotland and Sweden following the Lisbon quake of 1755. Similarl... ...otine-like implements were used on delinquents from the nobility in Germany, Italy, Scotland and Persia long before the good doctor's era. Guillotin...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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Class Heroes: A Class Apart

By: Stephen Henning

...Heroes copyright © 2011 Stephen Henning First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Elucidox Ltd ISBN: 978-1-908785-00-8 The right of Stephen Henni... ...shed in Great Britain in 2011 by Elucidox Ltd ISBN: 978-1-908785-00-8 The right of Stephen Henning to be identified as the Author of the Work has b... ... of Stephen Henning to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 19... ...by any means with prior permission in writing from the publishers or in the case of reprographic production in accordance with the terms of licences... ...distance, and her faithful lapdog Anika Ali. Both were sitting on the back seat, periodically throwing paper missiles at Sam’s head and texting unpl... ...about to mount a punitive expedition to the back of the coach when Mr Stark, the History teacher, stood up and bellowed at Emma to sit properly in h... ... returning home to his wife and children. Mrs Cutts the PE teacher, Mr Stark the History teacher, Tom Harrad, Simon Elburn, and Suzi Twyford, who we... ...ready on and showing 24/7 Interactive News. A male reporter was standing outside Scotland Yard. “... news, and such an unexpected, shocking twist of... ...ce car on fire in a London street. “We understand that neither officer survived. Scotland Yard has not yet commented on the incident, but it does fe...

...Teenage twins James and Samantha Blake are caught up in a seemingly random terrorist bombing while on a school trip. Many of their friends are killed. When the twins wake up in hospital, their lives have changed forever.The doctors are amazed at the speed with which James and Sam recover from their injuries and, when the twins begin to exhibit e...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...nformation Technology Tales Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the ... ...es Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...within major civilizations. BRAD BRADFORD Foreword and Epilogue by Michael S. Hart Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart,... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct h... ...lly until Mergenthaler built his Linotype. But Ottmar’s name fell through history’s cracks. 18. ―The Eighth Wonder of the World‖ Although as lat... ...elds. To qualify for his job, a scribe had to undergo a rigorous training period that included dictation and copying, reading, and chanting in uniso... ... The huge Roman province of Britannia stretched as far north as southern Scotland by 300 AD, but Lincoln Barnett writes in The Treasure of Our Tong... ...in 1525 in Worms and Antwerp, copies of it were smuggled into England and Scotland, but the book was condemned the next year. “Oh Lord, open the K...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books. This boo...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "T... ... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ... RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS ... ...H STRANGE BELIEFS OPPOSED TO EXTENDED VOYAGES. COMPRISING ALSO AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its ... ...E HEROIC CHARACTERS, BOLD EXPLORERS AND DAUNTLESS SPIRITS WHO HAVE MADE OCEAN HISTORY AND ESTABLISHED CHRISTIAN SUPREMACY OVER THE MOST SAVAGE LANDS... ...of sepulture. And if so many cities and nations have perished within the brief period that historic annals measure, how many changes must have taken p... ...y one from which an earlier foot has retreated. History, like nations, has its periods of existence; as peoples disappear so do records, and a new cy... ...m improbable, when the fact is remembered that from the most northern point of Scotland to the southern capes of Iceland, the distance is less than fi...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- ...

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Aesthetics

By: Florentin Smaradanche

...TITU POPESCU THE AESTHETICS OF PARADOXISM (second edition) American Research Press Rehoboth 2002 2... ...) American Research Press Rehoboth 2002 2 Titu Popescu THE AESTHETICS OF PARADOXISM (second edition) Translated from Romanian by P. Georgelin, ... ...u THE AESTHETICS OF PARADOXISM (second edition) Translated from Romanian by P. Georgelin, F. Smarandache, and L. Popescu American Research Press R... ...0-521-0600 http://www.umi.com/bod/ (Books on Demand) Copyright 2002 by American Research Press Rehoboth, Box 141 NM 87322, USA E-mail: M_L_P... ... 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 4 Foreword In the history of thought and creation, the decisive events, the great and signifi... ...nction disturb anybody. Personification being inevitable in creation, the history of art can be superposed to the history of the authors or, at, lea... ...liation After what has resulted from the debates about modernism, in that period of the impairing of sensitiveness, the insurgent and protesting spi... ...ocrisy of the conventionalism was Geo Bogza, prominent in the avant-garde period (2nd and 3rd decades), an insurgent nonconformist. He was the leade... ... “Amarom”, Ramnicu Valcea, July 1994, no.3. Craciun, Gheorghe, Glasgow, Scotland, in “Timpul”, Melbourne, July, 4th year, no.40, p.7. Tolea, Irin...

...In the history of thought and creation, the decisive events, the great and significant moments, the strongly affirmative stages - then the imposition of the optimizing novelties - have depended on the name and prestige of a person...

...In aesthetics, the paradox means the apparent resolution of an enigmatic situation (the result of such a process is the satisfaction of a distention), the emotional moving force being the unforeseen, the unexpected (which generates and also perturbs a new tension). Therefore, the...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the ... ...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...wer within major civilizations. BRAD BRADFORD Foreword and Epilogue By Michael S. Hart Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct h... ...lly until Mergenthaler built his Linotype. But Ottmar’s name fell through history’s cracks. 18. ―The Eighth Wonder of the World‖ Although as lat... ...ds. To qualify for his job, a scribe had to undergo a rigorous training period that included dictation and copying, reading, and chanting in uniso... ... The huge Roman province of Britannia stretched as far north as southern Scotland by 300 AD, but Lincoln Barnett writes in The Treasure of Our Tong... ...in 1525 in Worms and Antwerp, copies of it were smuggled into England and Scotland, but the book was condemned the next year. “Oh Lord, open the K...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

... listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts. -- 3. From Whence Cometh Indo-European Tongues?-Did a freshwater lake com...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett acco... ...s, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time int... ...irety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully illustrated by the author-artist. Bartlett’s writing has been praised by many leadin... ...ES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns.” GRACE FLANDRAU, author and historian: “..... ...h had. Voices from the Past was written by Paul Alexander Bartlett over a period of several decades. After his death in an automobile accident in 19... ... VOICES FROM THE PAST 66 me the poet’s advice to his brother. How history repeats itself! Family problems haven’t changed: this is an earlier... ...sical A VOICES FROM THE PAST 182 Hebrew until it came easily. The history of man became an important part of my meditations. Silence and the... ...ace burned: waxed, ribboned and perfumed letters, from France, Italy, and Scotland. I could rewrite some of them from memory—some. At the time I rec... ...cuts deepest! A year or two after the attack on her, when she was back in Scotland, she wrote that Hugh was assassinated in Glasgow—an Elizabethan c...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: ...

...PREFACE by Steven James Bartlett xiii SAPPHO’S JOURNAL FOREWORD by Willis Barnstone 3 SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 5 CHRIST’S JOURNAL 155 LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 221 SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 343 LINCOLN’S JOURNAL 511 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 62...

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Fixing Global Finance

By: Kavaljit Singh

... 3 Fixing Global Finance Fixing Global Finance was first published in 2010 by Madhyam and SOMO. Madhyam 148, Maitri Apartments Plot No.28 Patparganj D... ...oduce it provided the source is acknowledged. We will appreciate if a copy of reproduced materials is sent to us. 4 Fixing Global Finance Contents Ac... ... Fixing Global Finance Contents Acronyms 6-7 Data Notes 8 1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 9 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing ... ... midst of a severe crisis. The housing market meltdown which was triggered by sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US quickly snowballed into a global fin... ...arge developing countries and small developed countries during the 1970-95 period. Researchers have found that serious financial crises occur every 20... ...rket-rate (or prime rate) loans because of their low income or poor credit history. Lenders relaxed their lending criteria for borrowers: loans were s... ... sheets, mortgage lenders had little incentive to verify borrowers’ credit history. Securitization also helped lenders free up capital for more lendin... ...prominent banks and financial institutions nationalized were Royal Bank of Scotland (UK), IKB (Germany), Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac (US), and Dexia and... ...st US 350 34 112 - 204 PNC Financial S.G. US 458 8 119 6 321 Royal Bank of Scotland UK 65 3 - 9 - Societe Generale France 500 - 30 9 25 State Street U...

...The financial crisis which erupted in mid-2007 has been widely viewed as the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic a...

...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. ...

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What Your Bank Doesn't Want You to Know : About Where to Invest Your Money

By: Lillian R. Villanova

...invest your money! About where to invest your money! A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Navigating the world of high yield, low risk Tax ... ...t your money! A Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Navigating the world of high yield, low risk Tax Lien and Tax Deed Sales Includes Gloss... ... Deed Sales Includes Glossary of Terms, Sample Legal Agreements and more By Lillian R. Villanova This book is meant solely as a broa... ...ounting or tax advice. When in doubt, the reader is cautioned to seek the advice of the appropriate professional. © 2001 by Lillian R. Villanova. ... ...lized interest while others have minimums and penalties. What is the redemption period? By this I mean how long does the property owner have to pa... ...dition of title. It includes a written report on a title search which shows the history of every change of ownership on a the parcel and any claims... ...ership of real property without any claims by others on the owner’s title and no history of past claims which might affect the ownership. Lillian ... ...Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, Reynolds, Ripley, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Scott, Shannon, Shelby, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Franc... ...itt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Unio...

...It’s time to step out of the box and shift your paradigm. It’s time to put everything you know about a high rate of return being equal to high risk to the side. What I’m about to tell you could turn the way you think about investing upside down. A...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... SPLITNESS By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January ... ... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...tter understanding. For instance: what can you understand about an orange by looking at it through a microscope? The answer is; very little. B... ... Pg 598 Inflation Pg 607 Modern Racism Pg 609 Ego-gratification Pg 625 History Pg 694 The Unclearness of History Pg 694 Wisdom Pg 697 In... ...210 Human Wisdom Pg 1220 Bicycle Cards Pg 1221 Intelligence Pg 1224 Pre-History and Ancient History Pg 1266 Burial of the Dead Pg 1268 Deca... ...ars ago or 3 billion years ago. Because we have no way of determining if one period of Time is the same or different from any other given period of... ...one of them. Calvinism and Lutheranism spread through Europe and England and Scotland. The effect of the Reformation was this: the idea that your ... ...gious. The effect of this idea on the working poor of Europe and England and Scotland… was something completely unforeseen but entirely natural and ...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects a...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics P...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... Download free anthologies here: http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S ... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ...the sacrifice required of her is). Still, if she signed a contract with the fetus - by knowingly and willingly and intentionally conceiving it - suc... ... ownership of her body and right to it further in time and space to the post-natal period? Contracts to provide goods and services (always at a pe... ...perty are secondary asymmetries, not primary ones. There have been periods in human history and there have been cultures devoid of either or both. T... ...w it "selected"? The Universe is constrained in this "selection process" by its own history, but its history is not synonymous with the Laws of Natu... ...ies and consuming their flesh piecemeal, eyeballs first. The Sawney Bean family in Scotland, during the reign of King James I, survived for decades... ...ther demonstrated by psychologist David Perrett of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. The subjects in his experiments preferred their own fa...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... Download free anthologies here: http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S ... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ...the sacrifice required of her is). Still, if she signed a contract with the fetus - by knowingly and willingly and intentionally conceiving it - suc... ... ownership of her body and right to it further in time and space to the post-natal period? Contracts to provide goods and services (always at a pe... ...perty are secondary asymmetries, not primary ones. There have been periods in human history and there have been cultures devoid of either or both. T... ...w it "selected"? The Universe is constrained in this "selection process" by its own history, but its history is not synonymous with the Laws of Natu... ...ies and consuming their flesh piecemeal, eyeballs first. The Sawney Bean family in Scotland, during the reign of King James I, survived for decades... ...ther demonstrated by psychologist David Perrett of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. The subjects in his experiments preferred their own fa...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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And Gulliver Returns Book VII : Book 7 Visit to Indus

By: Bob Oconnor

...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book7 Our Visit to Indus ... ... - “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia — 1 BOOK 7 OUR VISIT TO INDUS by Lemuel Gulli... ...S” --In Search of Utopia — 1 BOOK 7 OUR VISIT TO INDUS by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art work by Susie Kle... ...s--but so often the prisoners of our own 5 decisions. So often jailed by our traditions. So often mired in the confinement of our helplessness. ... ...e look at a few aspects of our similarities and differences. India‘s long history, particularly with its caste system, has resulted in a number of hi... ...es, but China now seems to be winning the diploma derby. But India‘s long history with English as a primary language has made its graduates in medic... ...hand, then fly them back, than it is to have the shrimp machine peeled in Scotland by $11 an hour workers. 120 Scottish workers lost their jobs, but... ... monsoon deluges that we once welcomed now vary from typhoons to long dry periods. ―We are like a Hindu Bangladesh. But our religion leaves u... ...igions is the Golden Rule. ―I remember being in your country for a period during your war in Iraq. There was a small sect that gained publici...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...Lidija Rangelovska A Narcissus Publications Imprint, Skopje 2006 First published by United Press International – UPI Not for Sale! Non-commercial... ...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ....html http://ceeandbalkan.tripod.com http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S ... ...com http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After... ...t party's mouthpiece People's Daily. Expansionism is an "eternal theme" in American history and a "main line" running through its foreign policy. ... ...agnet, as exclaiming, during the US-Spanish War, that "If you review the commercial history, you will discover anyone who controls oriental trade wi... ...ngless because it presupposes the existence of an objective, universal, culture and period independent set of preferences. Luckily, there is no such... ...and New Colonialism "Democracy" is not the rule of the people. It is government by periodically vetted representatives of the people. Democracy i... ...ory, Europeans implemented various models. In the United Kingdom, regions, such as Scotland and Northern Ireland were granted greater autonomy. The...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... 0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Uto... ...l Motivations 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Uto... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 6 OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL MOTIVATIONS By ... ...................................................................................................... 54 POWER THRU SOCIAL TRADITIONS SANCTIFIED BY REL... ... learn and how we perceive things that I don‘t want to confuse you. I could probably start at a hundred different points, but let‘s go back in histor... ...ed on modern neuroscience. But there is no question that his insights were critical to Western thinking. He was one of the great minds of our histor... ...prisoners. They often didn‘t let the prisoners sleep and they took away their blankets. Then they locked the prisoners in dark rooms for long period... ...rge number of cases then see how often something comes up. For example in the famous nurses‘ study of 37,000 female nurses in the U.S. in the period... ...t might be normal for an Orthodox Jew might not be in the norm for a Reformed Jew. What is the norm in London might not be the norm for rural Scotla...

...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 C...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ... withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. The World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i... ...een added. Area: Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate... ...undary disputes: none; Pushtunistan and Baluchistan questions with Pakistan; periodic disputes with Iran over Helmand water rights Climate: arid to se... ...3% forest and woodland; 31% other Environment: locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on plateau; desertification Special notes: Cabinda is s... ..., 1 seat Communists: no known Communist orga- nization; Koma of BNF has long history of Communist contacts Member of: AfDB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, G... ...inds prevail Special notes: located in Irish Sea equidis- tant from England, Scotland, and Ireland Population: 64,934 (July 1987), average annual grow... ...(about 26% of population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) Infant mortality rate: 10.1/1,000 (1983) Life expectancy: 71 Li...

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...SUSAN BRACKEN Copyright © 2010 Susan Bracken. All rights reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ... ...be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the p... ..., mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-0-9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excludi... ...sons, living or dead, or events, is entirely coincidental and not intended by the author. The information in the Appendix of this book is offered on a... ...gnant. But the calendar did not lie. She was nearly two weeks late for her period. In a fury, she swept her books off the kitchen table, and then ran ... ...l right,” she replied absently. “You don’t understand. I’m not coming home period. I’m moving out. I can’t take it any more.” For the second time that... ...Concern England (London), 0800 00 99 66; www.ageconcern.org.uk Age Concern Scotland (Edinburgh), 0845 833-0200; www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk Age Conc... ..., as it currently exists. There are many references on the Internet to the history, application, and case law on jury nullification. Two major sites ... ... people, regardless of their citizenship. EXIT, 17-19 Hart St., Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 3RN; Intl tel: (+44) 131-556-4404; www.euthanasia.cc. The webs...

... fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. Her beloved daughter, Jana, will help her. But her doctor does not approve. To complicate matters, Jana and the doctor are in love. Will Lacey get her wish?...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

... Montaigne's Essays MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE (1533-1592) Translation by John Florio (1553-1625) Book I. | Book II. | Book III. Note on th... ... Book III. Note on the e-text: this Renascence Editions text was provided by Professor Emeritus Ben R. Schneider, Lawrence University, Wisconsin. It... ...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...ard the first King of England, in the long wars he had with Robert King of Scotland, having by triall found how greatly his presence a dvantaged the ... ... midst of the cariere of a discourse, to stop cunningly, to make a sudden period, and to cut it off. And there is nothing whereby the cleane strengt... ...ted with the place where nature hath setled him; and the savage people of Scotland have nought to do with Touraine; nor the Scithians with Thessalie... ... alone is also the rarest to be found in the world. The remainder of this history agreeth very wel with what I said; for, Eudamidas giveth us a grac... ...ith great consideration of our humane imbecilities the examples which the history of God it selfe hath left us of this use, to remit the determinati...

...no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions a...

...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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