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The history of the grain trade in France, 1400-1710

Business & Money

Usher, Abbott Payson

Economics

A Cat May Look at a King & 8 other stories to tell your cat

Ramsay Wood

Ever since American prisoners of war in Korea suddenly switched sides to the Communist cause, the concept of brainwashing has continued to fascinate and confuse. 
Is it really possible to force any thinking person to act in a way completely alien to his character? What makes so-called brainwashing so different from the equally insidious effects of indoctrination and conditioning, or even advertising and education?Research findings from psychology show that brainwashing is not a special subversive technique; it is the clever manipulation of unrealized influences that operate in all our lives.This book, by breaking down brainwashing to its individual elements, shows how social conditioning, need for approval, emotional dependency, and much else that we are unaware of prevent us from being as self-directed as we think; and conversely, which human traits make us least susceptible to subtle influence.

The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Winn, Denise

Psychology & Counseling

Forty-five million years ago, the supercontinent of Gondwanaland split apart. This created what are now known as India, Africa and South America. The huge landmass was named after the Gond people of India. Meeting a Gond storyteller on a visit to Bombay, Tahir Shah heard their ancient saga. He vowed to visit all three parts of Gondwanaland. As he travelled he met an extraordinary range of wanderers and expatriates, attended magical ceremonies and sought mythical treasures. Roughing it most of the way, Shah's expeditions move through sweltering India and Pakistan, Uganda and Rwanda, Kenya and Liberia, Brazil and finally Argentina's Patagonian glaciers. Roughing it for most of the journey, Shah shared his travels and his tales with a diverting mix of eccentric and entertaining characters, from Osman and Prideep, Bombay's answer to Laurel and Hardy, to Oswaldo Rodrigues Oswaldo, a well turned out Patagonian version of Danny De Vito.

Beyond the Devil's Teeth : Journeys in Gondwanaland

Tahir Shah

Travel

Are biological evolution and human history directed by a hierarchy of Intelligences, the lowest level of which makes physical contact with mankind? Do invisible guardians of this planet "seed" ideas into the earth's culture to prepare human beings for huge steps in their development? The author suggests not only that it may be so, but that it may also be possible to recognize these "People of the Secret."

The People of the Secret

Politics & Social Sciences

Ernest Scott

Philosophy

Every year the world becomes smaller as advances in communication, speedier travel and the evolving global economy bring nations into constant, and often uncomfortable, connection. Some societies will thrive as a result, others will decline. What determines whose values will prevail? What will be the future of the world's diverse cultures and traditions? The examples in this book vividly illustrate the urgency of the need to understand what is happening to us. While our diplomats seek to find solutions within an international legal framework, the complex day-to-day dramas are played out by individuals struggling with unprecedented pressures. Learning about conflicts in other cultures- conflicts our own culture has often helped to bring about -- can help us to understand the situations in which we find ourselves. In the process it can reveal what we have lost and what we must re-learn.

Cultural Research: Papers on Regional Cultures and Culture-Mixing

Reference

Folk tales of Central Asia

Shah, Amina

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The dīvān

Ḥāfiẓ

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. Of the. Morals of Durwaishes. TALE I. CERTAIN personage asked a devout man what he said of a particular Abid, of whose character others had spoken disrespectfully. He replied, "I see no fault in his exterior, and am ignorant of what is concealed within him. Whomsoever thou seest in a religious habit, consider as a pious and a good man, if you know not what is hidden in his mind: what business hath the Mohtesib with the inside of the house? 7 TALE II. T SAW a Durwaish, who, having placed his X forehead on the threshold of the temple of Mecca, was lamenting and saying: " O gracious and most merciful God, thou knowest what can proceed from the most unjust and ignorant of men, that is fit to be offered unto thee; I implore pardon for my imperfections, since I can have no claim of return for any performance of duty. The wicked repent of their sins: they who know God ask-forgiveness for the imperfectness of their worship. The Abid seeks reward for his obedience, and merchants require the value of their capital stock; but I, who am a servant, have brought hope, not obedience, and am come to beg, not to traffic. Do unto me that which is worthy of thee; and treat me not according to my desert. Whether you slay, or whether you pardon, my face and head are on thy threshold. It is not for a servant to direct: whatsoever thou commandest, I shall perform." At the gate of the Kaba I saw a mendicant who was weeping bitterly, and saying, "I ask not that thou shouldst approve my services; draw the pen of forgiveness over my offences." TALE III. UBDULKADUR Gilanee, having placed his forehead on the pebbles before the gate of the temple of Mecca, was saying, "O God, pardon my sins; but shouldst thou doom me to punishment, then at the resurrection raise me up blind...

The rose-garden of Shekh Muṣliḥuʼd-dīn Sādī of Shīrāz

Saʻdī

Poetry

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