At the turn of the seventeenth century, a new dynastic party established authority across Central Asia. In "Four Types of Loyalty in Early Modern Central Asia," Thomas Welsford offers the first detail
This comprehensive history of diplomatic and cultural relations between Japan and Mongolia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries examines the multi-faceted nature of Japan's regional fo
In Faces of the Wolf, Bernard Charlier explores the role of the wolf in the ways Mongolian nomadic herders relate to their natural environment and to themselves.
Countering the commonly held notion that 17th-century Central Asia was economically isolated after the relative prosperity of the Mongol and Timurid Empires, Levi (Asian history, Eastern Illinois U.)
How do prophets and prophecies influence decision-making processes, concepts of authority and ideas about causality and time? How can we talk about prophets and prophecy in the Mongolian cultural regi
This anthropological monograph contains the results of recent fieldwork conducted among the Evenki people in East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is an ethnography of a Siberian people that will be we
In 'Tibetanness' Under Threat?, Adrian Zenz pioneers an analysis of remarkable recent developments in Qinghai's Tibetan education system. While marketisation processes threaten these positive developm
This Pioneering Ethnographic analysis provides a far-reaching critique of the changing social, political and organizational topography of western China. The seismic changes wrought across this terrain
A group of leading scholars examine numerous manuscripts from China and Central Asia to understand sophisticated multi-cultural communities along the Silk Road in the medieval period.
Most authors have chosen to rely on accounts of the Zarafshan Valley that were produced in Soviet or even tsarist times. This new treatment has several surprises caused by new material. The nine essay
He was abandoned, He was wretched. He had his seal of office, and a few retainers, but little else. For weeks he was missing while the British and Tibetans searched for him first in China, then finall
Kroly recommends as a precursor to reading the book listening to Carl Nielsen’s De fire Temperament, second symphony (Op. 16) as “a spiritual preparation for the travel to the miracu
The Sangitaratnakara («The Ocean of Music») written by Sarngadeva in the 13th century is the most important theoretical work on Indian classical music. Its prologue, the Pindotpatti-prakarana («The Se
Bob Dylan is the prince of self-reinvention and deflection. Whether it's the folkies of Greenwich Village, the student movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Born Again Christians, the Chabad Lubavitch comm
Widely recognized as one of the most inventive and iconic science fiction writers of all time, Philip K. Dick is an author whose literary sophistication elevated the sci-fi genre into the storytelling
Since John Lennon composed Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds in early 1967, fans and music critics alike have argued over the meaning of the song. Is it about drugs? Is it just a lyrical response to a dra
Truman Capote was one of the most gifted and flamboyant writers of his generation, renowned for such books as Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and his masterpiece, the nonfiction nov
In the Spring of 2003, President George W. Bush launched an American military invasion of Iraq. From a psychological standpoint, why did he do it? In the first biography of Bush to draw explicitly on
For writers, painters, or performers in any field, new hope for overcoming creative blocks and finishing the art of their dreams.The blank page, empty canvas, or uncarved stone will often fill artist
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Available Once Again—the Groundbreaking Guide to Qabalistic Pathworking Pathworking is one of the most powerful techniques employed in the practical Qabalah, the core of the Western Esoteric Traditio
Two pioneers of the human potential movement offer this new edition of their classic work, updated for a new generation of readers. George Leonard and Michael Murphy's groundbreaking human realizati
