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Old Testament Parallels (New Revised and Expanded Third Edition): Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East

March 25, 2015

An all-new translation of the most important ancient Near East documents that share parallel themes and issues with biblical stories. Sale Price:$15.00 0809144352
Louis and the King of Siam

March 25, 2015

No description available. Sale Price:$43.48 0701121645
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 13: The Liberation of the Philippines–Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas, 1944-1945

March 25, 2015

The smoke from the Battle for Leyte Gulf had hardly cleared before plans were being made for the liberation of the rest of the Philippine Archipelago. Volume 13 of Morison’s masterful history covers the taking of Mindoro as a stepping stone to Luzon, the major landings on the shores of Lingayen Gulf, and the amphibious […]
Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind

March 25, 2015

After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the “lucky child,” the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant and elegiac memoir, Loung recalls her assimilation into an […]
Warriors of the Cloisters: The Central Asian Origins of Science in the Medieval World

March 25, 2015

Warriors of the Cloisters tells how key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. Medieval scholars rarely performed scientific experiments, but instead contested issues in natural science, philosophy, and theology using the recursive argument method. This highly distinctive and unusual method of disputation […]
Petronas Twin Towers: The Architecture of High Construction

March 25, 2015

PETRONAS TWIN TOWERSIn a world with jumbo jets, microchips and artificial hearts architecture had appeared to have losts its wonder, but with the building of the petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, now thw tallest buildings on earth, this has changed and their construction has rightfully restored architecture as a world wonder. The towers designed […]
War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh

March 25, 2015

A decade after the 1971 wars in South Asia, the principal decisionmakers were still uncertain why wars so clearly unwanted had occurred. The authors reconstruct the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war between India and Pakistan. Much of their data derive from interviews conducted with principal players in each […]
The Pocket Dalai Lama (Shambhala Pocket Classics)

March 25, 2015

This collection of wisdom on a wide range of topics is a pocket-sized inspirational companion for anyone—and the perfect short introduction to the Dalai Lama for the beginner. It includes short gems from many of his teachings made popular in such books as The Art of Happiness and Ethics for the New Millennium, as well […]
Escape to Manila: From Nazi Tyranny to Japanese Terror

March 25, 2015

With the rise of Nazism in the 1930s more than a thousand European Jews sought refuge in the Philippines, joining the small Jewish population of Manila. When the Japanese invaded the islands in 1941, the peaceful existence of the barely settled Jews filled with the kinds of uncertainties and oppression they thought they had left […]
Scribes, Texts, and Rituals in Early Tibet and Dunhuang: Proceedings of the Third Old Tibetan Studies Panel held at the Seminar of the International … 2010 (Contributions to Tibetan Studies)

March 25, 2015

No description available. Sale Price:$107.06 3895009385

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