Ogawa yoko biography of mahatma gandhi
•
Title: 90 Minutes In Heaven Book: A True Story of Life and Death
Author Name:Piper, D
ISBN Number: 0800759494
ISBN-13: 9780800759490
Location Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group: 2004
Binding:Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type:Book
Categories:Spirituality & Religion
Seller ID:001279
Keywords:death - religious aspects - christianity, future life - christianity, heaven - christianity, near-death experience - religious aspects - christianity
•
Asian History
The Asian History Collection features titles that illustrate the cultures and history that have shaped the continent of Asia for thousands of years. With texts ranging from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, written in ancient China, to modern fiction from Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro, this Collection represents a diverse range of cultures and voices through genres such as historical fiction and nonfiction.
GenreBook, Nonfiction
ThemesSociety: War, Values/Ideas: Power & Greed, Relationships: Teams
TagsHistory: World, Philosophy, Philosophy, Self Help, Classic Fiction, Military / War, Business / Economics, Politics / Government, History: Asian, Chinese Literature
The Art of War, written in China during the fifth century BCE bygd military kunnig Sun Tzu, has been favored reading among soldiers and strategists for two millennia. Its concise 13 chapters, studied to this day bygd world leaders and generals from kinesisk revolutionary Mao Zedong to US Joint Chief
•
Notes
I skipped another week, methinks this will henceforth a bi-weekly thing be. Also short of time, so minimal comments, but I'll pick up next week (inspite of sentence 1) with some thoughts on simplification, over-simplification, and misrepresentation.
Completed
On Break
Continuing Reading
Gandhi
Homo Deus
Started
In The Memory Police, Yoko Ogawa tells of an island where, periodically, things just disappear. Birds, roses, ribbons... People forget they ever existed, or if they don't, they are carted away by the memory police. A young author (whose mother was taken by the memory police) makes her way through this world, with resonance to the things happening in her in-progress novel, which has passages interleaved with the story of the author.