Author: Gerald Carson Publisher: ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 304
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Examines the relationship of man and animals through the centuries, revealing the steps taken toward the protection of furred and feathered creatures in the United States.
Author: Roslyn Fuller Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1783605448 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 424
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Democracy does not deliver on the things we have assumed are its natural outcomes. This, coupled with a growing sense of malaise in both new and established democracies forms the basis to the assertion made by some, that these are not democracies at all. Through considerable, impressive empirical analysis of a variety of voting methods, across twenty different nations, Roslyn Fuller presents the data that makes this contention indisputable. Proving that the party which forms the government rarely receives the majority of the popular vote, that electoral systems regularly produce manufactured majorities and that the better funded side invariably wins such contests in both elections and referenda, Fuller's findings challenge the most fundamental elements of both national politics and broader society. Beast and Gods argues for a return to democracy as perceived by the ancient Athenians. Boldly arguing for the necessity of the Aristotelian assumption that citizens are agents whose wishes and aims can be attained through participation in politics, and through an examination of what “goods” are provided by democracy, Fuller offers a powerful challenge to the contemporary liberal view that there are no "goods" in politics, only individual citizens seeking to fulfil their particular interests.
Author: Ferdinand Ossendowski Publisher: ISBN: 9781484136065 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 148
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Ossendowski joined a group of Poles and White Russians trying to escape from communist-controlled Siberia to India through Mongolia, China and Tibet. After a journey of several thousand miles the group reached Chinese-controlled Mongolia, only to be stopped there by the take-over of the country led by mysterious Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg. The Baron was a mystic who was fascinated by the beliefs and religions of the Far East such as Buddhism and Lamaism, and who believed himself to be a reincarnation of Kangchendzönga, the Mongolian god of war. Ungern-Sternberg's philosophy was an exceptionally muddled mixture of Russian nationalism with Chinese and Mongol beliefs. However he also proved to be an exceptional military commander and his forces grew rapidly. Ossendowski joined the baron's army as a commanding officer of one of the self-defense troops. He also briefly became Ungern von Sternberg's political advisor and chief of intelligence. Little is known of his service at the latter post, which adds to Ossendowski's legend as a mysterious person. In late 1920 he was sent with a diplomatic mission to Japan and then the USA, never to return to Mongolia. Some writers believe that Ossendowski was one of the people who hid the semi-mythical treasures of the Bloody Baron. After his arrival to New York, Ossendowski started to work for the Polish diplomatic service and possibly as a spy. At the same time, in late 1921 he published his first English language book: Beasts, Men and Gods. This description of his travels during the Russian Civil War and the campaigns led by the Bloody Baron became a striking success and a best-seller. In 1923 it was translated into Polish and then into several other languages
Author: Denise Mina Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books ISBN: 0316215236 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 323
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It's the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK-47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young grandson to a stranger and wordlessly helps the gunman fill bags with cash, then carries them to the door. He opens the door and bows his head; the robber fires off the AK-47, tearing the grandfather in two. DS Alex Morrow arrives on the scene and finds that the alarm system had been disabled before the robbery. Yet upon investigation, none of the employees can be linked to the gunman. And the grandfather-a life-long campaigner for social justice-is above reproach. As Morrow searches for the killer, she discovers a hidden, sinister political network. Soon it is chillingly clear: no corner of the city is safe, and her involvement will go deeper than she could ever have imagined.
Author: Terence Hanbury White Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486246093 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 324
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A preeminent medievalist presents a wonderful catalog of real and fanciful beasts, including the manticore, griffin, phoenix, amphivius, jaculus, and many other exotic animals. White's witty, erudite commentary on scientific and historical aspects enhances this survey of proto-zoology on which science is based and pre-scientific perceptions of the earth's creatures. 128 black-and-white illustrations.
Author: Ferdinandi Ossendowski Publisher: Inner Light Global Communications ISBN: 9781606110478 Category : Languages : en Pages : 228
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DOES A SECRET SUBTERRANEAN PARADISE EXIST BENEATH THE EARTH? DOES ITS VAST LIBRARIES HOUSE THE WISDOM OF ALL AGES? WHY IS ITS VERY EXISTENCE KEPT A SECRET UNDER "PENALTY OF DEATH?" WHO IS THE KINGDOM'S MOST POWERFUL RULER KNOWN AS THE "KING OF THE WORLD," AND WHAT POWERS DOES HE COMMAND? Dr Raymond Bernard was the first to popularize the theory that at least some flying saucers came from inside the earth. He owned up a virtual "Pandora's Box" with the concept that another civilization exist beneath our very feet that has been hidden from the world. And while the late "Professor" Bernard contributes his own findings to this amazing work, it is Ferdinand Ossendowski while attempting to escape Russia and the Bolsheviks, who pausing to speak with monks and lamas, discovered an entire tradition about a subterranean "holy land" known as Agharta. It was claimed that Agharta is presided over by a most powerful and enlightened man they referred to as the King of the World, "Who speaks with God as I speak to you. He knows all the forces of the world and reads all the souls of mankind and the great book of their destiny." Millions of Buddhists worldwide accept the reality of Agharta and its benevolent ruler, though some say that it actually exists on the "edge of reality," in a "parallel place," Historically, Hitler sent a team of anthropologists to Tibet to seek out the kingdom. They hoped to make a pact with the King of the World, who, it turned out, would not meet with the outsiders. Though it is difficult to prove, some of those who have ventured into this remote territory is search fo this underground world have never returned. Nod bodies have been found, leading to speculation that they eventually found the land that has been lost to time. Fascinating reading, this may be one of the most important books you ever read on the way to spiritual enlightenment.
Author: Juhana Toivanen Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004438467 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 448
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In The Political Animal in Medieval Philosophy Juhana Toivanen investigates the foundations of human social life through the Aristotelian notion of ‘political animal’, as it was used in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Author: Yan Ge Publisher: Melville House ISBN: 1612199100 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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A New York Times Editors' Choice and Notable Book of 2021 "Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021"—The Washington Post From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful novel that blurs the line between human and beast… In the fictional Chinese city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness—save their greenish skin, serrated earlobes, and strange birthmarks. Aided by her elusive former professor and his enigmatic assistant, our narrator sets off to document each beast, and is slowly drawn deeper into a mystery that threatens her very sense of self. Part detective story, part metaphysical enquiry, Strange Beasts of China engages existential questions of identity, humanity, love and morality with whimsy and stylistic verve.
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