"In this book Marya recounts the exciting tale of their journey, while at the same time revealing many aspects of Tibet's religion and culture. The story is also an example of how setting a goal and taking a realistic and determined approach to fulfilling it eventually leads to success." -His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama In accordance with the Tibetan tradition of finding the reincarnations of high lamas, the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama was sought to locate the rebirth of Nechung Rinpoche, who passed away in 1983. Rinpoche is the eminent lama of Nechung, the institution that houses the Chief State Oracle. His Holiness gave several clues: the year of the boy's birth, the names of his parents, and the locale of Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. A search party of three people-a monk from Nechung Monastery in India, Marya and Miguel-made journeys to Tibet in 1987 and 1993. Their search led them to sacred visionary lakes and ancient monasteries. The expeditions were precarious and filled with challenges such as where to look, whom to trust, and how to accomplish a nearly impossible mission in a Chinese communist-occupied country where surveillance was prevalent. Ultimately, the escape with the eight-year-old lama entailed crossing multiple heavily guarded checkpoints, including two international airports.
Автор: Schwabe Daniel T Название: Burning Japan: Air Force Bombing Strategy Change in the Paci ISBN: 1612346391 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781612346397 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5010.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Between the grinding battles of the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa and the finality of the atomic bomb strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the U.S. Air Force conducted a bombing campaign against the Japanese home islands that escalated to new levels of destruction. Burning Japan is an investigation of how and why the air force shifted its tactics against Japan from a precision bombing strategy to area attacks. The guiding doctrine of the 1930s and 1940s called for focused attacks on specific targets deep behind enemy lines. Eager to prove itself, the nascent Army Air Force at first lauded the indispensability of strategic bombardment in areas otherwise unreachable by the army or navy. But when strategic bombing failed to yield the desired results in Europe and in initial efforts against Japan, the United States switched tactics, a shift that culminated in the area firebombing of nearly every major Japanese metropolis and the burning of sixty-six cities to the ground. Daniel T. Schwabe closely examines the planning and implementation of these incendiary missions to determine how an organization dedicated to precision decided on such a dramatic change in tactics. Ultimately, Schwabe maintains, this strategic reimagining helped create a comprehensive offensive strategy that did immense amounts of destruction which crippled Japan and brought an end to World War II.
Автор: Siri Schwabe Название: Moving Memory: Remembering Palestine in Postdictatorship Chile ISBN: 1501769073 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501769078 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 16302.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Moving Memory is an ethnography of remembrance in the field of tension between post-dictatorship Chile and occupied Palestine that offers new insights into memory politics as a globally resurgent and increasingly transnational phenomenon. It tells a largely untold story of a Palestinian diaspora: how a predominantly Christian, conservative, and wealthy elite has come to form the backbone of a diasporic community to which the Palestinian struggle remains a central mobilizing force. Schwabe explores how Palestinian diaspora politics play into larger attempts to obscure the recent Chilean past and its consequences, all the while working to counter Zionist efforts to negate and erase Palestinian existence. Despite considerable efforts to contain them, memories move. They travel across porous and ever-changing geographical and socio-political boundaries, reconfiguring realities in the process. In exploring the paradoxes of remembering and forgetting between Palestine and Chile as intertwining nodes in the complex field of global memory politics, the book demarcates the limits and possibilities of forging solidarity at the fault lines of memory.
Автор: Schwabe Sandra Hickman Название: Lucy-Linn & the Laundromat Kittens ISBN: 1665514124 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781665514125 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5665.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a story about one little girl, three kittens and a slippery loose tooth. This whimsical tale turns an ordinary trip to the laundromat into a fun adventure for all
Автор: Schwabe Sandra Hickman Название: Lucy-Linn & the Laundromat Kittens ISBN: 1665511737 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781665511735 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4102.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a story about one little girl, three kittens and a slippery loose tooth. This whimsical tale turns an ordinary trip to the laundromat into a fun adventure for all
Автор: S. Teuffel W., Schwabe Ludwig Название: History of Roman literature (Volume II) ISBN: 9353866812 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353866815 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5632.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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