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The Light of Asia was published in 1879. The book is renowned as a classic and has been published in various editions and different languages. In this poetic masterpiece, Sir Edwin Arnold tells the life and lessons of Buddha. The man who was to become known as Buddha to the world was born Prince Gautama of India. However, he rejected the wealthy and lavish lifestyle and abandoned all the powers he had gotten when he began his journey to find t...

The Red Record tabulates these instances of cruelty in clear, impartial figures. Ida B. Wells' original goal for the brochure was to humiliate and shock the lethargic public-and spur change-alongside the total by describing actual instances of lynching and listing the common justifications for these arbitrary executions. The practice of lynching was so pervasive in the postbellum American South that the majority of Southern politicians and lea...

A.W. Tozer's The pursuit of God is basically his efforts to walk through the disciplines, or ways of pursuit, or how to resolve your inner conflicts. As per the glowing reviews, "Pursuit of God" is one of the nicest books that portrays religious philosophy and practical methods on how to seek God by yourself. Millions of Christians today face the problem of having theoretical knowledge of God but lacking internal experience of God in their lives.

Thomas Hardy's fourth novel, Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), is widely regarded as his first popular work. Bathsheba Everdene, an independent and vibrant woman, has come to Weatherbury to take up a position as a farmer on the largest estate in the region. Her fearless presence attracts three distinct suitors: gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier Sergeant Troy, and dedicated shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in different ways, unsettles her decision...

Anna Karenina, a novel by Leo Tolstoy, was published in sections between 1875 and 1877 and is viewed as one of the greatest works of world literature. The story focuses on the faithless affair between Anna, the wife of Aleksey Karenin, and Count Vronsky, a young guy. Karenin cares only about his public image, and Anna promises him to be more responsible and attentive for the sake of her husband and young son but ends up being pregnant by Vrons...

Wisdom of the East is a classic Buddhist novel created by Shinran Shonin and later, translated by S.Yamabe And L. Adams Beck. It is a peculiar fact that, despite the fact that many of the earlier Buddhist Scriptures have been translated by qualified scholars, the later Buddhist devotional writings have received relatively little attention, despite the fact that the development of Buddhism in China and Japan has made them of particular interest...

The law of property provides the building blocks for our market economy and is a manifestation of our post French and American Revolution thinking on how we want to organise ourselves. That organisational structure has not always been fair or equal around the world. European property law systems have been exported around the globe, yet outside of Europe things have been possible, such as owning another person (slavery) or extracting wealth fro...

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He says knowledge comes from sense impressions, and ideas are a copy, they are less clear and intense than the original impression. The mind brings thoughts via their association, what he calls "a principle of connection." They resemble contiguity, cause, and results. There are two different ways to justify a causal case: relations of thoughts or matters of truth. For example, "This room doesn't have four walls" isn't problematic, the room cou...

Glasses is one of the best short stories written by Henry James in 1896. A society marriage is about to take place between a young woman whose only asset is an incredibly attractive face. That is until her fiancé realizes that she requires bulky spectacles that detract from her appearance because she is practically blind. In Folkestone, the unnamed narrator, a bachelor artist, notices a young woman with an astonishingly stunning face. He disco...

The Story of the Treasure Seekers is very simple to read book where hard words are normally explained of inside the text. Any kid who can read would most likely partake in the book, yet a little bit of maturity is called for to recognize the do-not-try-this-at-home incidents.The Story of the Treasure Seekers is around six motherless youngsters - Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and H.O. Bastable. Around the time their mom passed on - which wa...

Learn how to plan for and respond to disasters! Preparing Nurses for Disaster Management: A Global Perspective helps you build the skills you need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency situations efficiently and effectively. It includes the personal stories of nurses who have experienced disasters, describing the specific incident, the response, what worked or didn't work, and the lessons learned. Case studies show how to appl...

Henry James wrote the short story ''Georgina's Reason''. It describes a pair that doesn't seem to have gotten along very well. Against the objections of her wealthy parents, the stunning, cold, and ostensibly conservative Georgina Gressie weds the poor navy lieutenant Raymond Benyon (Joachim Bissmeier) in secret in New York, making him pledge never to mention their union to anyone unless she gives him permission to. This pledge, first made wit...

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In this photobio, the life of Jan Smuts is captured chronologically in photographs, some never published before.

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