Welcome, dear reader, to the sixth volume of this vibrant anthology series, where fact and fiction interlock in a dance of storytelling! As with the volume before, we offer you a tapestry woven from diverse threads, a kaleidoscope of experiences to ignite your imagination and pique your curiosity. Within these pages, you'll find yourself transported to realms both familiar and fantastical. You'll meet characters who will challenge your perspectives and stay with you long after the final line. Whether you crave the raw honesty of personal narrative or the immersive escapism of fiction, this anthology caters to your every literary desire. This year we also have some experimental results from generative AI: most of this preface, the two haikus and one story in this volume, were generated by AI.

Welcome, dear reader, to the sixth volume of this vibrant anthology series, where fact and fiction interlock in a dance of storytelling! As with the volume before, we offer you a tapestry woven from diverse threads, a kaleidoscope of experiences to ignite your imagination and pique your curiosity. Within these pages, you'll find yourself transported to realms both familiar and fantastical. You'll meet characters who will challenge your perspectives and stay with you long after the final line. Whether you crave the raw honesty of personal narrative or the immersive escapism of fiction, this anthology caters to your every literary desire. This year we also have some experimental results from generative AI: most of this preface, the two haikus and one story in this volume, were generated by AI.

Translation has a long history in China. Down the centuries translators, interpreters, Buddhist monks, Jesuit priests, Protestant missionaries, writers, historians, linguists, and even ministers and emperors have all written about translation, and from an amazing array of perspectives. Such an exciting diversity of views, reflections and theoretical thinking about the art and business of translating is now brought together in a two-volume anthology. The first volume covers a time-frame from roughly the 5th century BCE to the twelfth century CE. It deals with translation in the civil and government context, and with the monumental project of Buddhist sutra translation. The second volume spans the 13th century CE to the Revolution of 1911, which brought an end to feudal China. It deals with the transmission of Western learning to China - a translation venture that changed the epistemological horizon and even the mindset of Chinese people. Comprising over 250 passages, most of which are translated into English for the first time here, the anthology is the first major source book to appear in English. It carries valuable primary material, allowing access into the minds of translators working in a time and space markedly different from ours, and in ways foreign or even inconceivable to us. The topics these writers discussed are familiar. But rather than a comfortable trip on well-trodden ground, the anthology invites us on an exciting journey of the imagination.

In the next few years, it is expected that most businesses will have transitioned to the use of electronic commerce technologies, namely e-commerce. This acceleration in the acceptance of e-commerce not only changes the face of business and retail, but also has introduced new, adaptive business models. The experience of consumers in online shopping and the popularity of the digital marketplace have changed the way businesses must meet the needs of consumers. To stay relevant, businesses must develop new techniques and strategies to remain competitive in a changing commercial atmosphere. The way in which e-commerce is being implemented, the business models that have been developed, and the applications including the benefits and challenges to e-commerce must be discussed to understand modern business. The Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business discusses the best practices, latest strategies, and newest methods for implementing and using e-commerce in modern businesses. This includes not only a view of how business models have changed and what business models have emerged, but also provides a focus on how consumers have changed in terms of their needs, their online behavior, and their use of e-commerce services. Topics including e-business, e-services, mobile commerce, usability models, website development, brand management and marketing, and online shopping will be explored in detail. This book is ideally intended for business managers, e-commerce managers, marketers, advertisers, brand managers, executives, IT consultants, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in how e-commerce is impacting modern business models.

This Holy Book titled "Upanishads Dedicated to Lord Ram" is in TWO PARTS-viz. Part 1 and Part 2. It is a unique, rare and an excellent presentation of all the Upanishads dedicated to Lord Ram, all of which have been brought together under the cover of a single Book in a bilingual format (Hindi + English) for the first time in the world. Since this was a voluminous work, it became expedient to split it into TWO PARTS. However, it is advised and imperative for the reader to have both the parts concurrently as they together complete the full Book, and having the two parts at hand would make the reading seamless and understanding of the Upanishads easy as all of them are inter-related. This present volume is Part 1 of the 2-Part Book, and it contains the following three Upanishads: (i) Ram Purva Tapini Upanishad, (ii) Ram Uttar Tapini Upanishad, (iii) and Ram Rahasya Upanishad. All the other Upanishads dedicated to Lord Ram, viz. (i) Mukti Upanishad, (ii) Kalisantaran Upanishad, (iii) and Sita Upanishad have been included in Part 2 of this Book. Further, there are three Appendices added to Part 2, the first describing what a Upanishad is, the second quoting around 60 wonderful verses selected randomly from a wide swathe of Upanishadic Texts that bring to the reader the salient philosophy and teaching of these classical spiritual & metaphysical scriptures which have no parallel in the world, and the third gives the Key by which one can read the English Transliteration of the Sanskrit verses. The 'Worship Instrument' used in formal rituals has also been added. The Book contains the full Original Texts of the Upanishads with their verse-by-verse Roman Transliteration, followed by Hindi and English renderings and detailed explanatory notes in a simple language. This approach will surely make this Book exceptionally useful to even the lay reader, as much as it would be of great help and of reference value to the researchers and scholars of ancient Indian scriptures, philosophy and classics, both the temporal and the spiritual. The 'KINDLE' version of this book is available at www.amazon.com/kdp

This Is The First Of Three-Volume Anthology Of Writings In Twenty-Two Indian Languages, Including English, That Intends To Present The Wonderful Diversities Of Themes And Genres Of Indian Literature. This Volume Comprises Representative Specimens Of Poems From Different Languages In English Translation, Along With Perceptive Surveys Of Each Literature During The Period Between 1850 And 1975.