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Behind the Book Presents: The Lecture Series Discover the stories behind history's greatest books. A World eBook Library Production

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...The Sense of Pure Wonder is a continual sense of awareness which is curious about everything, and never stops being curious. It uses all of the cognitive skills of your mind; continually asking questions, continually figuring things ou...

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...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-137 How the Universe came into Being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 138-165 Structural Dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 167-224 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 225-262 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 263-305 Human Psychobiologic Totality. Chap...

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...Bruno Stefanʻs book is one of the first and most detailed accounts in English of the challenges involved in integrating a post communist prison system in the European Union. The author has personally interviewed over several years hundreds of prisoners...

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...erving 5 years for stealing two horses, was kīleo in Iasi Pentientiary by the warden, Gabriel Geger. Irritated by the prisonerʻs rebellious, sarastic and annoying behavior, the warden, standing in the halo of the department, violently yanked Mafteiʻs arm while the priosner was attempting to exchange merchandise (cigarettes for cans) with another prisoner from the neighbori...

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An insiders view of life in Iran, including Jews, Muslims and Christians who all live together in relative harmony.

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...Iran’s men are having trouble dealing with the brave new world that’s imposing itself on their bedrooms: an unnoticed tide of sexual change that could prove far more important in shaping the country’s cultural and political values than the 2009 democratic elections. “It is s...

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A book on the contrasts between the eastern Asian culture versus the western culture on topics such as education, medicine, science, and politics.

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...Is oriental culture a kind of science? There lies a crucial difference in that Western science seeks the exterior solutions outside the heart. However, our ancient sages illustrated that humans are an integral part of the universe, and all the ...

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...On the Cultural Contrast: East-West, preface by F. Liu .……………………………….4 Abstract by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics………………12 Preface by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics………………13 Biography of the Translator…………………………………………………………….18 Publication Review by F. Liu…………………………………………………………22 Annotation ...

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...I grew up in the east end of London during the Great Depression. I witnessed many horrid crimes against humanity but also experienced the courage, dignity, and resilience of those who suffered and struggled all around me, including my own family. We w...

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...Many generations of East-Enders had passed down a true spirit and love of London; they fought and died for their country when called upon doing so. The docklands played a huge part in the lives of the Cockney’s for many years. I often have m...

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...r force (GAF) monograph project, also known as the Karlsruhe project, through which the US Air Force employed former Luftwaffe generals to record the history of World War II from the German perspective....

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...1 AN OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN WORLD WAR II OFFICIAL MILITARY HISTORY PROJECTS . . . .1 The von Rohden Project (1945–47) . . . . . . . 4 The Naval Historical Team, Bremerhaven (1949–52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 The U...

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...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and healers, as well as village Buddhism. Th...

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...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005... ...rmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 Ban Dong 1985 ... ...ää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Published by the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Anthropological Society 2004. ISBN 951-746-603-X (SKS) ;... ...Farmer's festival calendar 172 * Modern annual festivals 173 * Chinese New Year 175 Songkran 176 New Year of Thai culture 176 * Programme of... ... govern the former way of life remains in the new culture. In the cultural history of man, great technological structural changes may be discerned, wh... ...kills and the culture industry are becoming international, globalizing. In Asia, too, a common free trade area, ASEAN, is being established, evidently... ...als were prevalent when national state cultures were under construction in Europe, and the so-called Miracle of the Winter War had its roots in nation... ...ulder, Phillips, Piker). Suwanajata 1976. Bunnag 1979. Vaddhanaphuti 1980 etc. Swidden culture has been small-scale diversified economy, where all fa...