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Book Synopsis Kings, Monks & Mere Mortals by : Tava Manickam
Download or read book Kings, Monks & Mere Mortals written by Tava Manickam and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kings, Monks & Mere Mortals is a collection of 10 short stories specially crafted from the abundant universe of wisdom. You are going to love them as they tease your sense of judgment, entertain you and spark that quest in you, all at the same time.
Book Synopsis The King Never Smiles by : Paul M. Handley
Download or read book The King Never Smiles written by Paul M. Handley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and is now the world's longest-serving monarch. This book tells the unexpected story of his life and 60-year rule: how a Western-raised boy came to be seen by his people as a living Buddha; and how a king widely seen as beneficent and apolitical could in fact be so deeply political, autocratic, and even brutal. Paul Handley provides an extensively researched, factual account of the king's youth and personal development, ascent to the throne, skilful political maneuverings, and attempt to shape Thailand as a Buddhist kingdom. Blasting apart the widely accepted image of the king as egalitarian and virtuous, Handley convincingly portrays an anti-democratic monarch who, together with allies in big business and the corrupt Thai military, has protected a centuries-old, barely-modified feudal dynasty. When at nineteen Bhumibol assumed the throne after the still-unsolved shooting of his brother, the Thai monarchy had been stripped of power and prestige. Over the ensuing decades, Bhumibol became the paramount political actor in the kingdom, crushing critics while attaining high status among his people. The book details this process and depicts Thailand's unique constitutional monarch in the full light of the facts.
Book Synopsis Exploring Confrontation by : Michael Roberts
Download or read book Exploring Confrontation written by Michael Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Lanka has been the meeting point of many ideologies and ways of being. This has spelt heterogeneity, syncretism and conflict. In drawing upon the practices of empirical research promoted by Western intellectual traditions, the author demonstrates the strengths of these practices through his contextualised engagement with the pogroms of 1915 and 1983, as well as other incidents, as at the same time he delineates some of the limits of empiricist rationality. This book is replete with rich ethnographic detail and serves as an exercise in historical anthropology which illuminates Sri Lanka's political culture. It not only opens out the contrast between Western and Indian world views, but also explores the human condition by bringing out the immediacy surrounding acts of victimisation and human beings in conflict.
Book Synopsis The Dynastic Chronicles Bangkok Era, the First Reign: Annotations and commentary by : Kham (Čhaophrayā)
Download or read book The Dynastic Chronicles Bangkok Era, the First Reign: Annotations and commentary written by Kham (Čhaophrayā) and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thai royal chronicle, i.e. history, of reign of Phutthayō̜tfā Čhulālōk, King of Siam, 1737-1809, first of Bangkok period, with annotations and commentary.
Book Synopsis Fourteenth Century England by : Nigel Saul
Download or read book Fourteenth Century England written by Nigel Saul and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series provides a forum for the most recent research into the political, social and ecclesiastical history of the 14th century.
Book Synopsis The Dynastic Chronicles by : Chaophraya Thiphakorawong
Download or read book The Dynastic Chronicles written by Chaophraya Thiphakorawong and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Monks and Magicians by : Phyllis Granoff
Download or read book Monks and Magicians written by Phyllis Granoff and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Experiential Dimension of Advaita Vedanta provides a clear, concise and
Book Synopsis The Medieval Cult of Saint Dominic of Silos by : Anthony Lappin
Download or read book The Medieval Cult of Saint Dominic of Silos written by Anthony Lappin and published by MHRA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucas, the garrulous bishop of Tuy, included the thaumaturgy of Saint Dominic of Silos as one of the glories of Spain in his mid-thirteenth-century account of the Peninsula's history. This study examines the rise to prominence of one of the most important of saints' cults in Medieval Spain and its development throughout the Middle Ages. It interrogates neglected texts such as the late eleventh-century Vita Dominici Exiliensis and the late thirteenth-century Miraculos romancados (as well as artistic representations and works written outside Silos), and places the more widely known Vida de Santo Domingo by Gonzalo de Berceo (c. 1260) in a new light by firmly fixing its presentation of the saint within the development of the cult. Dominic's veneration became centred upon his role in freeing captives, and a study of this phenomenon provides a focus on the frontier and its settlers through their devotion to the saint, as well as illuminating their view of their Muslim adversaries. This is not the only centre of interest in the book, and a variety of approaches are employed to draw as round a picture as possible of the functioning of this saint's cult, from analysis of the manuscript traditions of the various works discussed to a consideration of the anthropology of Silos as a pilgrimage centre. All quotations are given in both Latin or Romance with an English translation.
Book Synopsis DemonWars: The First King by : R. A. Salvatore
Download or read book DemonWars: The First King written by R. A. Salvatore and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected together for the first time, the exciting conclusion to New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore's Saga of the First Kings series, set in the world of the DemonWars In The Dame, Bransen Garibond, the Highwayman, believes that the two warring lairds are two sides of the same coin. But he soon learns that view is simplistic at best. Bransen's road becomes a quest for the truth, of Honce and of himself, a quest to put right over wrong. In The Bear, the war of Honce drags on, and Bransen rejoins his solo quest to extricate himself from the selfish goals of all combatants. But in an odd twist of fate and crossed loyalties, Bransen sees in his old nemesis, Bannagran—the Bear of Honce and the man who slew his adoptive father—a darker image of his own heart. Allies and battle lines become tangled, motives indistinguishable as old friends become enemies, and old enemies become allies. The Highwayman comes full circle to learn the truth of his journey and the responsibilities of his great power. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis Buddhism and Society by : Melford E. Spiro
Download or read book Buddhism and Society written by Melford E. Spiro and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982-05-27 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is--among other reasons--both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the generic human attempt to find meaning and hope in a sacred order that transcends the mundane order of existence; its aime is not to encourage or discourage either a devotional or a soteriological interest in Buddhism.
Download or read book Tolkien's Art written by Jane Chance and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2001-10-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive reinterpretation of New Deal diplomacy.
Book Synopsis Buddhist Precept & Practice by : Richard F. Gombrich
Download or read book Buddhist Precept & Practice written by Richard F. Gombrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995. This study is intended as a contribution to the empirical study of religion, and in particular to the study of religious change. Using empirical method of using documents, interviews and experiments the author tests his old hypotheses in order to formulate new ones that my lead him to the truth. He focusses on the distinctions used throughout this book, that are between what people say they believe and say they do, and what they really believe and really do, using his research of the Sinhalese Buddhists in Ceylon
Book Synopsis The Untold History of the Kings and Queens of England by : Brenda Ralph Lewis
Download or read book The Untold History of the Kings and Queens of England written by Brenda Ralph Lewis and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized the crown in 1066, England has seen three civil wars; six monarchs have been murdered or executed; the throne of England has been usurped four times, and won in battle three times; and personal scandals and royal family quarrels abound.
Book Synopsis Dark History of the Kings & Queens of England by : Brenda Ralph Lewis
Download or read book Dark History of the Kings & Queens of England written by Brenda Ralph Lewis and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly-illustrated, entertaining account of English royal history from 1066 to the present that explores the scandals behind each royal dynasty, from the ‘accidental’ murder of William II to American divorcée Meghan Markle, highlighting the individuals honoured with the crown of England—and those unfortunate enough to cross their paths.
Book Synopsis Little Monk's Parvati by : Gauri Kelkar
Download or read book Little Monk's Parvati written by Gauri Kelkar and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parvati is an incarnation of the Divine Mother, Goddess Durga and wife of Lord Shiva. She is the gentler form of Goddess Durga and is a home-maker, with a husband and children. However, Goddess Parvati herself is very accomplished and skilled enough to fight the demons single-handedly. She too is considered to be a supreme goddess from whom other shaktis (divine energies) are derived. This book tells the tale of how Parvati won Lord Shiva as her husband and how she helped her husband during times of trouble. The book, apart from narrating wisdom tales from Indian mythology, introduces the child to the world of new words. The words have been carefully chosen by a panel of experts and are explained in detail at the end of the book in a glossary.
Download or read book The Tale of the Heike written by and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1990-03-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tale of the Heike is one of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige. This new translation is not only far more readable than earlier ones, it is also much more faithful to the content and style of the original. Intended for the general audience as well as the specialist, this edition is highly annotated.
Book Synopsis The Religious Origins of the French Revolution by : Dale K. Van Kley
Download or read book The Religious Origins of the French Revolution written by Dale K. Van Kley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the French Revolution is associated with efforts to dechristianize the French state and citizens, it actually had long-term religious--even Christian--origins, claims Dale Van Kley in this controversial new book. Looking back at the two and a half centuries that preceded the revolution, Van Kley explores the diverse, often warring religious strands that influenced political events up to the revolution. Van Kley draws on a wealth of primary sources to show that French royal absolutism was first a product and then a casualty of religious conflict. On the one hand, the religious civil wars of the sixteenth century between the Calvinist and Catholic internationals gave rise to Bourbon divine-right absolutism in the seventeenth century. On the other hand, Jansenist-related religious conflicts in the eighteenth century helped to "desacralize" the monarchy and along with it the French Catholic clergy, which was closely identified with Bourbon absolutism. The religious conflicts of the eighteenth century also made a more direct contribution to the revolution, for they left a legacy of protopolitical and ideological parties (such as the Patriot party, a successor to the Jansenist party), whose rhetoric affected the content of revolutionary as well as counterrevolutionary political culture. Even in its dechristianizing phase, says Van Kley, revolutionary political culture was considerably more indebted to varieties of French Catholicism than it realized.
