Ethnoregional Conflict in Democracies: Mostly Ballots, Rarely Bullets (Contributions in Political Science)

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Most advanced industrial democracies have been successful in controlling ethnic political conflicts peacefully. This book examines ethnoregional conflicts in seven ethnoregions--in Scotland, Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels, Quebec, Northern Ireland, and the Basque region of Spain--to explain what mactors determine electoral support for ethnoregional parties, why in some cases electoral conflict has co-existed with ethnic violence, and why there appears to be an inverse relationship between electoral success and policy success among many ethnoregional parties. As ethnic conflicts--peaceful and violent--continue to rage around the world, this important new study merits the attention of scholars and students in comparative politics and ethnic studies.

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Book.......2005-12-08

i dont know what language this book is in, but my friend knows it and says its a good book, apparently its about something. i personally know saul and he is a good guy aside from his evil, mischevious 13 year old son. he lives in a house that is being torn apart so they can build a "guest suite"

Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint

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Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint
Jane Bozarth
Manufacturer: Pfeiffer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring: Help for the Chronically Underfunded Trainer (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals)

ASIN: 0787992453

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This book focuses exclusively on the application of PowerPoint to the creation of online training programs. Better than Bullet Points, Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint fills that gap. By providing in-depth guidance, specific instructions, and helpful exercises, the book will enable training practitioners to create impactful learning interactions in PowerPoint. The author steps readers through the powerful features of this popular desktop application, covering everything from text to art, animation to interactivity. Provided that the reader owns a copy of PowerPoint, this book will immediately put free real-world tools into the hands of those who need it. The information is practical rather than theoretical and immediately applicable. Most importantly, this book will help make e-learning accessible to those who have previously been excluded from taking advantage of the opportunities e-learning can provide.

Jane Bozarth is the e-learning coordinator for the North Carolina Office of State Personnel's Human Resource Development Group and has been a training practitioner since 1989. She is a columnist for Training Magazine and has written for numerous publications including Creative Training Techniques Newsletter and the Journal of Educational Technology and Society.

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Computer Modeling and Simulation of Bullet Impact to the Human Thorax

Manufacturer: Storming Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423537602

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A989873. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The biomechanical response of a finite element model of the human thorax and a protective body armor system was studied under impact loading from a projectile. The objective of the study was to create a viable finite element model of the human thorax. The model was validated by comparing the results of tests of body armor systems conducted on cadavers to results obtained from finite element analysis. A parametric study was undertaken to determine the essential components of the model. The results from this investigation determined that the path of force propagation from a body armor system to the thorax upon bullet impact is directly through the vest to the sternum and then through the skeleton to the rest of the body. Thus, any parameters that affect the components in this pathway were essential to the model. This included the muscles, their geometries, material properties, and viscosity, as well as the Young's modulus of the sternochondral cartilage and the bones themselves.

Human bullets =: Niku-dan : a soldier's story of Port Arthur

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Human bullets =: Niku-dan : a soldier's story of Port Arthur
Tadayoshi Sakurai
Manufacturer: Teibi
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Human bullets =: Niku-dan, a soldier's story of Port Arthur
Tadayoshi Sakurai
Manufacturer: Teibi Pub. Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B000875TY2

Human Bullets A Soldier's Story Of Port Author

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Human Bullets A Soldier's Story Of Port Author
Tadayoshi Sakurai , and Count Okuma
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1417924845

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1907. Translated by Masujiro Honda and Edited by Alice Mabel Bacon. Contents: Mobilization; Our Departure; The Voyage; A Dangerous Landing; The Value of Port Arthur; The Battle of Nanshan; Nanshan After the Battle; Digging and Scouting; The First Captives; Our First Battle at Waitu-Shan; The Occupation of Kenzan; Counterattacks on Kenzan; On the Defensive; Life in Camp; Some Brave Men and their Memorial; The Battle of Taipo-Shan; The Occupation of Taipo-Shan; The Field after the Battle; The First Aid Station; Following Up the Victory; The Storming of Taku-Shan; Sun Flag on Taku-Shan; Promotion and Farewells; The Beginning of the General Assault; A Rain of Human Bullets; The Forlorn Hope; and Life Out of Death.

Human Bullets, a Soldier's Story of Port Arthur

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Human Bullets, a Soldier's Story of Port Arthur
Tadayoshi Sakurai
Manufacturer: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J9YOU4

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Human Bullets-a Soldiers Story of Port Arthur.
Tadayoshi. Sakurai
Manufacturer: Teibi Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KZQCW0

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Not too many books like it.

Human bullets: A soldier's story of Port Arthur
Tadayoshi Sakurai
Manufacturer: Houghton, Mifflin & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

ASIN: B0006AF3PQ

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Not too many books like it........2000-05-01

For those familiar with the Russo-Japan War you will be very familiar with the centerpoint of the book: the battle of Port Arthur.

This book is the experiences of some of the soldiers who took part in the battle for Port Arthur. Originally written in Japanese for a Japanese audience, it was translated first in 1907 (?) and rereleased in 1920 in attempt to show the world what Japanese soldiers thought and felt regarding warfare at the time. Japan was being bathed with both admirition and astonishment for being first a nation that had only modernized a handful of decades previous (a mere 40 years) and second the only non-European nation to effectively defeat a modern power.

These are the stories of men that fought in the Japanese army during the Russo-Japan war. Reading this will give the reader a look at how Japanese fighting men saw things, and can serve as a valuable contrast to how warfare was and is viewed in the west.

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Human Target #3 (3 of 4)
Peter Milligan
Manufacturer: DC Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic
ASIN: B000JGY93O

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Direct sales edition comic book published by DC Comics under their Vertigo Imprint. Revives the character of Christopher Chance, the Human Target: A private investigator who assumes the identity of his clients to protect them from threats. A hard-boiled Noir story by Peter Milligan. Book 3 of a 4-issue limited series.

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Underground Body Opus: Militant Weight Loss and Recomposition
Dan Duchane
Manufacturer: Xipe Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000L2VJ5M

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Not so great

Surprisingly Good Recipes

Simple and Good

For a whole new generation of ramen enthusiasts

Everybody Loves Ramen: Recipes, Stories, Games, & Fun Facts About the Noodles You Love
Eric Hites
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0740733265

Book Description

As a college student, Eric Hites learned just how far he could stretch a dollar by combining a package of ramen noodles with some odd ingredients out of his nearly bare kitchen cupboards and a little imagination. Living on a tight budget, Hites and his friends spent many nights of fun, laughter, and experimentation figuring out how they could concoct original, cheap yet tasty meals from the only food they could truly afford: ramen noodles.It later occurred to Hites that he should collect and compile the recipes he and his friends had had so much fun inventing. Everybody Loves Ramen is filled with 50 innovative recipes-from Stroganoff Ramen Style to Easy Cheezy Ramen to Elvis's Fav' Gravy Ramen-as well as "ramen factoids," funny stories, games, and puzzles all related to our favorite low-cost snack food.Everybody Loves Ramen will make the perfect gift for a high school graduate, college student, single friend living on a tight budget, or anyone who, like Hites, remembers the days when a package of ramen was haute cuisine. Told in a humorous style, Everybody Loves Ramen will be both a cookbook and a book of fun.

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Not so great.......2006-01-23

I bought this book thinking it would be fun. I know how to cook and can easily concoct my own recipes, so I wasn't looking for something that would teach me how to cook. Actually, I think this book is designed precisely for that group. I was expecting some really novel ways of using these little noodles, but I was disappointed.
If you don't know your way around the kitchen then this could be a great buy for you.

Surprisingly Good Recipes.......2005-07-14

Ramen may just be the perfect food - cheap, filling, and tasty. This small cookbook includes 50 recipes that incorporate the noodles. The recipes run the gamut from soups to salads to stir-fries to a burrito. I've made several of these recipes and have been very pleasantly surprised by how good they taste; I particularly like the Pseudo Szechwan Ramen recipe. Another plus is that many of these recipes do not use the ramen seasoning packet for flavoring, which is great given its extremely high sodium content.

I've always liked ramen and have often made up my own recipes by adding some veggies or cheese. However, these recipes are a step beyond anything I've ever created with ramen. The only problem is that some of the recipes call for either a relatively long list of ingredients or use an ingredient that the average person is unlikely to have on hand, such as Szechwan sauce or gorgonzola. In particular, many of these recipes would not be good for the college ramen crowd, as they're not necessarily cheap.

Ignore the cutesy format, especially the lame "games," and this cookbook is a winner for ramen fans.

Simple and Good.......2003-10-06

Ignore the games. Ignore the cutsey stuff. Most especially ignore the "journal" parts. (I don't know about you, but I don't need to keep a diary of ramen moments!)

All this aside, please go ahead and buy this book. The recipes are simple and good.

For a whole new generation of ramen enthusiasts.......2003-05-17

Ramen noodles has been an impoverished college student's mainstay for decades. But now, in Everybody Loves Ramen: Recipe, Stories, Games, And Fun Facts About The Noodles You Love, ramen noodle enthusiast and expert Eric Hites has compiled a wonderful collection of recipes featuring this inexpensive pasta and enhanced his specialty cookbook with thematically appropriate anecdotes, fun factoids, games, puzzles. From Stroganoff Ramen Style; Ramen Pizza Party; and Easy Cheesy Ramen; to Rootin' Tootin' Ramen Chili; Thai-One-On Ramen; and Hawaiian Chicken Ramen, a whole new generation of ramen enthusiasts will discover that this versatile and "budget-friendly" pasta can be prepared to please any palate and satisfy any appetite.

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Lincoln Guide Delivers

Lincoln Cent History

A Masterpiece

Hey Buddy Can you spare a dime?

The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents
David W. Lange
Manufacturer: Zyrus Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0974237132

Book Description

The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents is the only book to cover all aspects of the Lincoln cent series with comprehensive listings from the first Lincoln cent of 1909 through the famous 1995 doubled-die. Every date and mint is illustrated, including proof issues. The work also features detailed historical research leading up to the production of the Lincoln cent, the engraver and mint officials who designed it, as well as a biography of Abraham Lincoln.

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Lincoln Guide Delivers.......2007-09-14

This book is just what I wanted. I went to my local Borders and compared the price to Amazon. Amazon is always cheaper, and I was lucky enough to get free shipping. The book does a great job but the last coin reviewed is the 1995. It states that there has not been any varieties found, however, there has. So This is a great book to help you go through your penny collection and I recommend reading up on how to prevent buying a counterfit; especially when going for the keys and semi-keys in the series. Overall, great book for your library, however, I am looking for a newer book that would cover the entire series. The series may end in 2009, but "buy the book before you buy the coin."

Lincoln Cent History.......2007-03-01

This book has letters between Brenner, Barber, Leach (Director) and others and the details about Brenner and how the Lincoln cent came about. And Brenner is not his real name. It also has letters from President Roosevelt and letters from Brenner to his mother.

Very interesting reading and it goes into some details of each cent minted up to 1995. Plus error cents, counterfeit and altered coins, grading, design changes, pattern and experimental coins, etc.

The book is quite large in size too. It measures 8.5" w x 11" t x almost an inch thick. And it is 364 pages long. The book was published in 2005, so it is a shame it doesn't go into cents past 1995, but overall a nice and interesting read. The only reason why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that they didn't go into Lincoln cents past 1995 and they should have.

A Masterpiece.......2006-08-06

This is a wonderful guide to the history, production, and collecting of Lincoln cents. The date/mintmark analysis is particularly useful for consultation everytime I purchase one of these coins. I found no faults whatsoever with this book.

Hey Buddy Can you spare a dime?.......2005-03-07

When I read this book I came to my cents. Yes I did. And you will too. It covers the history of low-self esteem that has plagued the penny ever since inflation made it worthless.

The complete price guide and cross reference to Lincoln cent mint mark varieties

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This Gem is how ALL such coin books should be written!

The complete price guide and cross reference to Lincoln cent mint mark varieties
Brian Allen
Manufacturer: Stanton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Coins & Medals | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1892706024

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This Gem is how ALL such coin books should be written!.......2005-04-18

I stumbled upon this little gem at my local bookstore and was immediately blown away at how well-constructed the durned thing is. I'm not talking about the physical characteristics, although I must say that I do like the fact that it is a spiral bound paperback, and slightly larger than a pocketbook. What I mean is that it is chockablock full of inumerable nuggets of vital RPM and mintmark Variety information such that it seems to leave no aspect unexamined. What is really cool about it is that the b/w photographic blow-ups are of Extremely High Quality so that, unlike in most coin books, one can actually see what the author is attempting to point out. (Note: For an impossibly bad example, I mean excellent example of the impossibly bad, see 'the best of the jefferson nickel doubled die varieties....only thing unfunny is the high price that you will pay to get the lavishly photographed book whose beautiful pictures almost never show what the author purports to be pointing out). Also, the book has a delightful feature titled the 'Most Wanted' which dedicates a whole page each of information and photo to a number of particularly good and rare varieties. The book also has broken down the varieties into varieties so, for instance, there is a section on 'Over and Dual Mint Mark Varieties' and one on 'Non Doubled Mint Mark Varieties' both with heaps of excellent information. Plus there are population reports, comparative raritiy charts, and all kinds of other great info that will leave the unbelieving reader in awe of the authors/editors. I highly recommend this book even if you don't collect Lincolns: I don't and I think this is a Super Book and an ESSENTIAL to own.

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High Yield from My Balcony.......2000-05-11

I used this book constantly the first time I tried a container vegetable garden. Dr. Cotner is very lucid in his explanation of the different needs of vegetable plants in pots (vs. in the ground), and gives very simple, clear advice for making sure plants have everything they need to produce well. In spite of the fact that I live in an apartment, I was able to have homegrown pesticide-free vegetables!

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Highly recommended.

Excellent Book for converts

An enlightening book for non-Muslims, too

Mash'allah! (Whatever Allah wants to give, He gives)

A 'must-read' for up and coming parents!

Meeting the Challenge of Parenting in the West: An Islamic Perspective
Ekram Beshir , and Mohamed Rida Beshir
Manufacturer: Amana Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0915957876

Book Description

This book covers most of the social issues related to parents, husbands, wives, and children. It is beneficial for all members of the family, those starting out on family life and those families which have already developed as a basic unity of society.

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Highly recommended........2005-04-06

This is an excellent book for parents. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down until I finished it. This book helps you see your weak points as a parent and offers you solutions to fix them. It is very easy to understand and relate to. I would really recommend this book to all the parents and to those who are looking forward to have kids.

Excellent Book for converts.......2005-03-19

I was especially pleased with this book being muslim for only the last year of my life. I can honestly relate to this book as well as begin to understand what aspects of raising a muslim child are important. I am expecting my first baby girl in july and will always hang on to this book. I'm sure I will read it 5 more times in the years come. Easy to read, easy to understand. Thank you.

Salaam'a'lakum,
Ibrahim Hawk

An enlightening book for non-Muslims, too.......2003-01-01

I purchased this book for parents of one of my students, as a present; and then apologized to them for reading it before they got to see it. I opened it, just to take a quick peek, and found it so interesting I didn't want to set it down.

The excerpts from the Qu'ran, the insights into the values of American Muslim families, the balance of heart and head, make this a wonderful book. This book has nothing to do with politics - it is purely about parenting and the priorities Muslim families place on providing guidelines/boundaries with love, for their children.It has a very good section on the affects of television on all families,and the importance of both setting limits and talking with children about what they see and hear in the media.

The book gives non-Muslims a rare glimpse into the parenting messages of the Qu'ran and to see the similarities in families of ALL faiths when it comes to child rearing.This book is definitely worthwhile reading for teachers who want to be more sensitive and supportive to Muslim students and their parents.

Mash'allah! (Whatever Allah wants to give, He gives).......2000-11-22

Alhmadu Lillahi Rabbil 'Alamin ... This beautiful book wasgiven to me as a gift, and I have found it very interesting-andinsightful. I am a Muslim-American, so this book helps me relatebetter to children who grow up in America, following Islam. I amdoing some graduate work in Elementary Education, and I find that thisbook ties in a great deal with that subject, as well. I wouldrecommend this book to a Muslim and a non-Muslim--especially a teacheror parent who's interested in relating better to Muslim children andtheir families. Overall, it is a very positive book.

A 'must-read' for up and coming parents!.......2000-04-15

This book is extremely beneficial to existing or soon-to-be parents living in any westernized society. It contains the solutions to dealing with every-day difficulties parents face in managing their familes, as well as numerous real examples that make this book all the more easy to understand. It also demonstrates how Islam provides practical and efficent ways of maintaining good family life.

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"For readers unfamiliar with her subject, Maryanne Raphael's biography, Anais Nin, The Voyage Within, is a sensitive, uncomplicated introduction to the life and work of one of the 20th century's most quintessentially feminine artists. For Nin devotees, the biography is a refresher course taking us back through the vast material of the Diaries and novels that enchanted and inspired our love. Raphael accepts Nin entirely on her own terms. Thanks to a warm, personal relationship with Rupert Pole, Nin's surviving husband and executor of her estate, Raphael opens up some of the mystery that has heitherto surrounded Nin's relationship with her husbands--an aspect of Nin's life that was never explicitly described in the original Diaries. The result is a multi-dimensional portrait in which Nin's two selves, artist and woman are fully integrated. Nin the woman consciously chooses to realize female desire, give form to female imagination, always loving as she remains completely focused on birthing a new unabashadly feminine literature. Thank you, Maryanne!" Dolores Brandon, Author of IN THE SHADOW OF MADNESS, A Memoir

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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A Japanese artist in London,
Yoshio Markino
Manufacturer: G.W. Jacobs & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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A JAPANESE ARTIST IN LONDON.

Manufacturer: Chatto & Windus
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HI9ZFG

MEIJI NO TAKARA: TREASURES OF IMPERIAL JAPAN: Ceramics Part One: Porcelain (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, VOL V)

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MEIJI NO TAKARA: TREASURES OF IMPERIAL JAPAN: Ceramics Part One: Porcelain (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, VOL V)

Manufacturer: The Khalili Collections
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The first of two volumes of the catalogue of the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, this book discusses porcelain. It concentrates on Miyagawa (Mazuku) Kozan (1842-1916), illustrating more than eighty examples of his virtuoso work in porcelain. Kozan brought the medium to new heights of technical perfection not seen before and, ever responsive to market forces, produced wares with shapes and decoration in Japanese, Chinese, and European styles. An essay by Malcolm Fairley and Oliver Impey traces the part played by Japanese porcelain in the international exhibitions of the period, while Clare Pollard contributes an artistic biography based on documentary research in Japan. By assembling such a large and outstanding group of ceramics and presenting them in the light of pioneering research into their origin and progress, this volume makes a major contribution to the study and appreciation of Meiji art. This volume of the Collection is sold with a free copy of Volume I: Selected Essays.

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Synopsis.......2000-06-20

The second of two volumes on ceramics, this book covers earthenware and focuses on another great artist-entrepreneur, Yabu Meizan (1853-1934), and illustrates 168 of his earthenwares and those of his contemporaries and imitators, minutely decorated in enamels and gold over a characteristic crackled ground. These wares, under the misleading nane of 'Satsuma', were the most popular of the Japanese craft products which dazzled the Western world in the era of the great exhibitions. An essay by Malcolm Fairley and Oliver Impey demolishes the various myths about the originb of 'Satsuma' put about by Japanese and Western writers in the late nineteenth century, while a biography of Yabu Meizan by Yamazaki Tsuyoshi of Osaka Municipal Museum, illustrated with copious examples of his work from the Yabu family archive and from contemporary illustrations, sheds fascinating light on the evolution of his style and working methods. By assembling such a large and outstanding group of ceramics and presrnting them in the light of pioneering research into their origin and progress, this volume makes a major contribution to the study and appreciation of Meiji art.

Synopsis.......2000-06-20

The first of two volumes of the catalogue of the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art covering ceramics, this book discusses porcelain. It concentrates on Miyagawa (Mazuku) Kozan (1842-1916), illustrating more than 80 examples of his virtuoso work in porcelain. Kozan brought the medium to new heights of technical perfection not seen before and, ever responsive to market forces, produced wares with shapes and decoration in Japanese, Chinese, and European styles. An essay by Malcolm Fairley and Oliver Impey traces the part played by Japanese porcelain in the international exhibitions of the period, while Clare Pollard contributes an artistic biography based on documentary research in Japan. By assembling such a large group of ceramics and presenting them in the light of pioneering research into their origin and progress, this volume makes a contribution to the study and appreciation of Meiji art. This fifth volume is sold with a free copy of "Volume I: Selected Essays".

Synopsis.......2000-06-20

This volume is a guide to the last 400 years of Japan's greatest and most distinctive artistic tradition. It explains the techniques used in Japanese lacquer and chronicles the development of the craft in response to Western demand. Edward Wrangham, one of the world's foremost collectors of lacquer, contributes an article tracing the revival of the Rimpa style. This volume of the Collection is sold with a free copy of "Volume I: Selected Essays".

Synopsis.......2000-06-20

This volume covers Japanese cloisonne enamels which were a technical triumph of the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-26) periods. The 107 examples in the Khalili Collection offer a panorama of the achievement centred around the work of three artists: Namikawa Yasuyuki, Namikawa Sosuke, and Ando Jubei. In assembling this group of pieces the emphasis has been on work of the highest quality and there are many superb examples made for exhibition in Japan, Europe, and the United States, or for presentation by the Imperial family to Japanese and foreign dignitaries. The collection includes a large number of works by each of the three leading artists, making it possible to establish a reliable chronology for the development of enamelling in Japan, firmly based on extensive documentary research as well as on the internal evidence of the pieces. In their introductory essay the authors trace the brief history of the craft from the first experiments of Kaji Tsunekichi in the 1840s and '50s, based on Chinese models, and identify three strands of stylistic evolution that took place from the 1860s: the conservative, the pictorial, and the exotic. The conservative Yasuyuki continued to treat the wires separating the different areas of colour as an integral part of the design, while the more pictorial Sosuke, in his late works, almost dispensed with them altogether to create works which are really a variety of painted enamel. An essay by the great British scholar Jack Hillier, one of his last publications, traces the relationship between Sosuke and the painter Watanabe Seitei. The volume, combining magnificent colour reproduction with pioneering scholarship, will serve as a guide to a little-known facet of Japan's artistic achievement. This volume of the Collection is sold with a free copy of "Volume I: Selected Essays".

Synopsis.......2000-06-20

This collection of essays by an international team of scholars provides essential background on the administrative, social, and economic, as well as the artistic, history of the Meiji period in Japan (1868-1912). The first three essays investigate the new government's active role in the modernization and re-orientation of the traditional crafts, which was seen as a vital component in Japan's efforts to become a modern country on a par with the Western powers. Janet Hunter sets the scene, describing the drastic changes wrought by the Meiji revolution and the conflict betwen Western and Japanese civilization that was to become a constant theme of Japan's development. Sato Doshin analyses the Meiji bureaucrats' efforts to promote the craft industries by means of trade exhibitions at home and abroad, while Hida Toyojiro investigates the motivations and working methods of the Japanese entrepreneurs who did so much to bring the domestic craft tradition to an international audience.

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