The Agony of Flies

The Agony of Flies
Title The Agony of Flies PDF eBook
Author Elias Canetti
Publisher Macmillan + ORM
Pages 211
Release 2021-12-14
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0374607745

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Agony of Flies: Notes and Notations presents brief aphorisms selected from the German Nobel laureate Elias Canetti's writings. These short writings collected in this bilingual edition offer remarkable insight into the life and thinking of "one of our great imaginers and solitary men of genius" (Iris Murdoch).

The Encarta Book of Quotations

The Encarta Book of Quotations
Title The Encarta Book of Quotations PDF eBook
Author Bill Swainson
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 1360
Release 2000-09-30
Genre Reference
ISBN 9780312230005

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Here are 25,000 quotations drawn from the history, politics, literature, religions, science, and popular culture of the world--ranging from the earliest Chinese sages through Shakespeare to the present day.

Pacific Agony

Pacific Agony
Title Pacific Agony PDF eBook
Author Bruce Benderson
Publisher Semiotext(e)
Pages 188
Release 2009-09-18
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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"Depressed, cynical, and subversive, East Coaster Reginald Fortiphton has been brought to Seattle by a West Coast publishing company that wants him to write a guide to the American Northwest. His job is to travel, on their dime, from Eugene, Oregon, to Vancouver, shining an admiring light on the region which the publishers feel has been neglected by the New York publishing monopoly. To ensure that the project goes as planned, the very respectable Narcissa Whitman Applegate - notable member of the Willamette-Columbia Historical Legion and the Daughters of the Oregon Trail Historical Committee - is asked to annotate the manuscript. Her notes at the bottom of the page become progressively more outraged as the alienated Reginald's mock travel narrative skewers the region with merciless political observations - while he spirals into a depressive mania." "This acidic, satirical novel hilariously eviscerates contemporary American culture at the same time that it exposes some of the darker motivations of American middle-class liberalism." --Book Jacket.

When the Iron Bird Flies

When the Iron Bird Flies
Title When the Iron Bird Flies PDF eBook
Author Jianglin Li
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 421
Release 2022-01-18
Genre History
ISBN 1503629791

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An untold story that reshapes our understanding of Chinese and Tibetan history From 1956 to 1962, devastating military conflicts took place in China's southwestern and northwestern regions. Official record at the time scarcely made mention of the campaign, and in the years since only lukewarm acknowledgment of the violence has surfaced. When the Iron Bird Flies, by Jianglin Li, breaks this decades long silence to reveal for the first time a comprehensive and explosive picture of the six years that would prove definitive in modern Tibetan and Chinese history. The CCP referred to the campaign as "suppressing the Tibetan rebellion." It would lead to the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in India, as well as the Tibetan diaspora in 1959, though the battles lasted three additional years after these events. Featuring key figures in modern Chinese history, the battles waged in this period covered a vast geographical region. This book offers a portrait of chaos, deception, heroism, and massive loss. Beyond the significant death toll across the Tibetan regions, the war also destroyed most Tibetan monasteries in a concerted effort to eradicate local religion and scholarship. Despite being considered a military success, to this day, the operations in the agricultural regions remain unknown. As large numbers of Tibetans have self-immolated in recent years to protest Chinese occupation, Li shows that the largest number of cases occurred in the sites most heavily affected by this hidden war. She argues persuasively that the events described in this book will shed more light on our current moment, and will help us understand the unrelenting struggle of the Tibetan people for their freedom.

Death and Philosophy

Death and Philosophy
Title Death and Philosophy PDF eBook
Author J.E Malpas
Publisher Routledge
Pages 228
Release 2002-06-01
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1134653972

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Death and Philosophy considers these questions with different perspectives varying from the existentialist - deriving from Camus, Heidegger or Sartre, to the English speaking analytic tradition of Bernard Williams or Thomas Nagel; to non-wester approaches such as are exemplified in the Tibetan Book of the Dead and in Daoist thought; to perspectives influenced by Lucretious, Epicurus and Nietzsche. Death and Philosophy will be of great interest to philosphers, or those studying religion and theology, buts its clarity and scope ensures it will be accessible to anyone who has considered what it means to be mortal.

Tibet in Agony

Tibet in Agony
Title Tibet in Agony PDF eBook
Author Jianglin Li
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 465
Release 2016-10-10
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0674088891

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In 1959 the Dalai Lama emerged in India, where he set up his government in exile. Soon after he left Lhasa the Chinese People's Liberation Army pummeled the city in the "Battle of Lhasa." The Tibetans were forced to capitulate, putting Mao in a position to impose Communist rule over Tibet

Atlas of legal medicine

Atlas of legal medicine
Title Atlas of legal medicine PDF eBook
Author Eduard Ritter von Hofmann
Publisher
Pages 522
Release 1898
Genre
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