Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: The Remarkable Legacy of a Buddhist Itinerant Doctor in Vietnam, Paperback - Marjorie Pivar

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Since the original publication of this title, the twelfth-century Calabrian Abbot Joachim of Fiore has been accorded an increasingly central positi...

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The U.S. Marine Corps' Combined Action Program (CAP) in Vietnam was an enlightened gesture of strategic dissent. Recognizing that search-and-destro...

By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like US Marine Lieutenant Rick Ge...

Reducere. When Thomas Merton died accidentally in Bangkok in 1968, the beloved Trappist monk's will specified that his personal diaries not be published for ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Glenn RobinsForeword by: Bud DayWhile serving as a crew chief aboard a U.S. Air Force Rescue helicopter, Airman First Class...

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On July 2, 1967, Bravo Company walked into a U-shaped ambush just north of the DMZ. This company of Marines showed tremendous courage against unbea...

From the shadow of that Avondale mountain, Jerry Doyle shares his telling and touching journey through the streets of Dublin, the mines of Labrador...

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During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also kno...

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.Author(s): Silvia Vasquez-LavadoNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 165 x 242 x 31Cover type: Hardba...

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Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Mary FarrellIllustration(s): 50 black-and-white and color photographsNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. While in Vietnam, Slater Davis served in Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment in the 11th Light Infantry Brigade of the Americal Di...

Reducere. This is an intimate look at life in the bush during the Vietnam War in 1968. You will experience the daily struggles, battles, and funny things tha...

Roger Durham's memoir relates an often untold experience of the Vietnam War - that of the counterculture soldier whose opposition to war did not en...

Following the Tet Offensive, a shift in U.S. naval strategy in 1967-1968 saw young men fresh out of high school policing the canals and tributaries...

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Between May 15 and July 9, 1944, over 440, 000 Hungarian Jews were deported and, most were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The sole exception was t...

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Reducere. CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS: a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of e...

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Esteemed literary critic Marjorie Perloff reconsiders the nature of the poetic, examining its visual, grammatical, and sound components.Publisher: ...

Vietnam is the last significant opportunity for investors in Southeast Asia. But, as with any frontier market, that doesn't mean it's simple. Inves...

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"Tony Hirashiki was simply one of the best television cameramen to cover the Vietnam War. His soaring video, often acquired only at great personal ...

Reducere. DescriptionHalf Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to know more about her Filipino heritage....

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"We are in for some tough fighting ahead, but I feel we have never before been more c...

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A complete path of meditation training framed by the Buddha's words in the King of Samadhi Sutra--one of the most important Mahayana sutras--from a...

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A definitive work by one of the greatest drama critics.Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Eric BentleyNumber of pages: 416Publicati...

Among the brilliant writers and thinkers who emerged from the multicultural and multilingual world of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were Joseph Roth,...