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  • Crime of the Century

    After it was announced that the twenty month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was abducted the entire world grieved for their loss. Seventy-two days later the body was found in the woods next to a roadway a short distance from Lindbergh's house. In 1927 Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic. By 1932 he was perhaps the most famous man alive. A great hero he was allowed to be the chief ... Read more

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  • Temple and Empire

    The Context of the Temple Piety of Luke—Acts

    by Mina Monier ...
    Temple and Empire explores the theme of temple piety in Luke-Acts and 1 Clement in historical context. Mina Monier argues that situating both works in Trajanic Rome, and reading them through the lens of Roman imperial ideology explains their peculiarly positive presentation of the Temple as a form of reverence toward ancient worship and ancestral customs that would not offend, but would appeal to ... Read more

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  • The Siksha-Patri of the Svami-Narayana Sect

    Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

    This vintage book contains an English translation of the Shikshapatri, a religious text comprising two hundred and twelve Sanskrit verses. The verses were originally written by Lord Swaminarayan (1781 – 1830), a yogi and ascetic whose life and teachings sparked a revival of the Hindu practices of dharma, ahimsa and brahmacharya. The Shikshapatri is an important scripture for those who follow ... Read more

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  • Kundalini Awakening

    Increase Your Psychic Abilities With Yoga Breathing (Open Your Third Eye With Chakra Meditation and Breathing Techniques)

    by David Monier ...
    As the ultimate companion guide on your path to self-discovery, this enlightening guide draws on timeless wisdom and modern insights to offer you a path to awakening your inner kundalini and using eastern spiritual practices to enrich your life.With a fascinating exploration of chakras and psychic abilities, deep yogic breathing exercises for inner peace, and a collection of meditation exercises ... Read more

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  • Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century

    Series series Media and Public Affairs
    Black Identities and Media in the Twenty-First Century presents original scholarly essays, drawn from a range of theory-based applications and methodologies, that analyze media representations, effects, and practices relating to Black communities and their varying identities, with particular attention to attributes such as gender, sexuality, class, and ability status. By surveying newsprint, ... Read more

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  • Hindu Literature

    Comprising The Book of Good Counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana and Sakoontala

    This volume contains English translations by Epiphanius Wilson of various ancient Sanskrit texts, including “The Book of Good Counsels”, “Nala and Damayanti”, and the “Rámáyana” and “Sakoontalá”. “Hindu Literature” will appeal to those with an interest in the Sanskrit epics of ancient India and would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Contents include: “The Winning of Friends”, “The ... Read more

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  • Plant Responses to Hyperarid Desert Environments

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive discussion on plant responses in hyperarid regions of Egypt, China, Mexico, and Pakistan. It describes their location, physiographic features, accidental vegetation along two transects, endangered vegetation species, human impact, and variety of plant types (e.g. climbing, succulent, and parasitic). Studies on biotic and abiotic interactions, plant biodiversity, ... Read more

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  • Surmountable

    How Citizens from Selma to Seoul Changed the World

    Surmountable is the first book explicitly written for the millions of people who have taken part in protests or demonstrations but were left wondering what they achieved, and the millions more who sat out events because they questioned the potential for results. The book addresses these lingering doubts and offers a powerful response in the voices of front line social activists, political thought ... Read more

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  • Buddhism

    The first idea implied by Buddhism is intellectual enlightenment. But Buddhism has its own theory of enlightenment—its own idea of true knowledge, which it calls Bodhi, not Veda. By true knowledge it means knowledge acquired by man through his own intellectual faculties and through his own inner consciousness, instincts, and intuitions, unaided by any external or supernatural revelation of any ... Read more

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  • Buddhism in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism and in Its Contrast with Christianity

    In this work, Monier-Williams begins by outlining the historical context of Buddhism’s emergence in ancient India, tracing its origins from the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. He explores key concepts such as the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the notion of Nirvana, situating these within the broader landscape of Indian religious thought. By doing so, he highlights the ... Read more

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  • Buddhism, in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism

    The ‘Duff Lectures’ for 1888 were delivered by me at Edinburgh in the month of March. In introducing my subject, I spoke to the following effect:—‘I wish to express my deep sense of the responsibility which the writing of these Lectures has laid upon me, and my earnest desire that they may, by their usefulness, prove in some degree worthy of the great missionary whose name they bear.‘Dr. Duff was ... Read more

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  • Modern India and the Indians

    This is Volume VIII of eleven in a series on India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1891, this includes a impressions, notes and essays on the modern India of the time including the five gates of India- Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Perim and Aden and looking at Indian famines, religion, travel accounts of North and Southern India and funeral ceremonies. ... Read more

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