Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters - No Yasumaro Ō

Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a di...

Reducere. Kojiki or Furukotofumi also known in English as the Records of Ancient Matters, is the oldest surviving book in Japan. The body of the Kojiki is wr...

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In 1550 the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out hunting, he was captured b...

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Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nha Ca arrives in the city to atten...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Marion MilnerNumber of pages: 552Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 30Cover type: Paperback / ...

Publisher: West Margin PressAuthor(s): George S. SchuylerNumber of pages: 100Collection: Mint Editions-Black NarrativesPublication date: 2022Dimens...

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In March 1971, Terence McKenna, his brother Dennis and a small gypsy-like band of friends set off for the Colombian Amazonas.

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Nineveh and its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers - Austen Henry Lay

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During its history the Herefordshire market town had been no stranger to invasions from across the Welsh border, but in 1943 it was to encounter an...

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The Yangtze Valley and Beyond: An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and Among the Man-tze of the Somo Territory - Isa

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