Japan and the Shackles of the Past, Paperback - R.Taggart Murphy

Japan and the Shackles of the Past offers a penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective.

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Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. A world-famous biologist, Sheldrake propos...

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In this revised edition of "The Karmic Journey", the author brings new findings and experience to the area of karma and reincarnation. As a past li...

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Double Helix History examines the interface between genetics and history in order to investigate the plausibility of 'new' knowledge derived from s...

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This book makes important assertions not only about the conflicts and negotiations inherent to opposing historiographic traditions, but about ways ...

William Logan reconciles history and poetry to provide new ways of reading poets ranging from Shakespeare and Shelley to Lowell and Heaney. In thes...

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Publisher: Idea & Design WorksAuthor(s): Kevin EastmanNumber of pages: 104Collection: Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesPublication date: 2016Dimensions:...

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Publisher: Hirmer VerlagAuthor(s): Miriam Zadoff, NS-DokumentationIllustration(s): 80 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 300Publication dat...

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DescriptionThe Burden of the Past reexamines the dispute over historical perception between Japan and South Korea, going beyond the descriptive emp...

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real...

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