Kishin Is Coming

Author : Anne R. Fitzgerald
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595632475
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kishin Is Coming written by Anne R. Fitzgerald and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-01-17 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They send Kishin. The Yaifolk believe they survived the end of civilization to preserve humanity's wisdom. After two hundred years of seclusion on an island archipelago, they send their apprentice sage to make first contact with the outer world. This young woman is an unlikely and reluctant hero. Armed only with shamanic abilities and knowledge from old books, Kishin will be gravely tested. On the mainland she is employed as tutor to the imperial heir but finds the empire in tatters, hedonistic and depraved. The heir is a spoiled brat, there's something strange about their food and, worst of all, she is held captive in the palace. She is horrifed to learn the aristocrats actually imported her to revive their decayed gene pool. Outside in the city, a horde of abandoned children, ruled by an old nanny, are starving in the ruins. Kishin's skills and soul must be tried before she can complete her mission and go home to the Yai.

Author : JOHN P. PRENDERGAST, ESQ.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE CROMWLLIAN SETTLEMENT OF IRELAND written by JOHN P. PRENDERGAST, ESQ. and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Patrick Prendergast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland written by John Patrick Prendergast and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
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Download or read book Japanese Religions written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Atsushi Ohkubo
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0316297399
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul Eater, Vol. 24 written by Atsushi Ohkubo and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DWMA braces for the final showdown as the Kishin awakens from his slumber at the heart of the moon. Unable to contain his rage, Noah is the first to attack, the Book of Eibon and "BREW" fueling his assault. Despite his formidable efforts, though, Noah is overcome not by the Kishin, but by the sudden appearance of Crona. With the world hanging in the balance, DWMA can only wonder who will prove to be the greater foe--the Kishin...or Crona...

Author : Robert H. Sharf
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824861949
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism written by Robert H. Sharf and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of sinification—the manner and extent to which Buddhism and Chinese culture were transformed through their mutual encounter and dialogue—has dominated the study of Chinese Buddhism for much of the past century. Robert Sharf opens this important and far-reaching book by raising a host of historical and hermeneutical problems with the encounter paradigm and the master narrative on which it is based. Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism is, among other things, an extended reflection on the theoretical foundations and conceptual categories that undergird the study of medieval Chinese Buddhism. Sharf draws his argument in part from a meticulous historical, philological, and philosophical analysis of the Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang lun), an eighth-century Buddho-Taoist work apocryphally attributed to the fifth-century master Seng-chao (374–414). In the process of coming to terms with this recondite text, Sharf ventures into all manner of subjects bearing on our understanding of medieval Chinese Buddhism, from the evolution of T’ang "gentry Taoism" to the pivotal role of image veneration and the problematic status of Chinese Tantra. The volume includes a complete annotated translation of the Treasure Store Treatise, accompanied by the detailed exegesis of dozens of key terms and concepts.

Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134499698
Total Pages : 921 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements written by Peter Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements provides uniquely global coverage of the phenomenon, with entries on over three-hundred movement from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and to neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs. In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, themes, key thinkers and key ideas, for example the New Age Movement, Neo-Paganism, New Religion and gender, NRMs and cyberspace, NRMs and the law, the Anti-Cult Movement, Swedenborg, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Lovelock, Gurdjieff, al-Banna, Qutb. The marked global approach and comprehensiveness of the encyclopedia enable an appreciation of the innovative energy of NRMs, of their extraordinary diversity, and the often surprising ways in which they can propagate geographically. The most ambitions publication of its sort, the Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements is a major addition to the reference literature for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences. Entries are cross-referenced with short bibliographies for further reading. There is a full index.

Author : Hae-kyung Um
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135789894
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diasporas and Interculturalism in Asian Performing Arts written by Hae-kyung Um and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age of globalization, performance is increasingly drawn from intercultural creativity and located in multicultural settings. This volume is the first to focus on the performing arts of Asian diasporas in the context of modernity and multiculturalism. The essays locate the contemporary performing arts as a discursive field in which the boundaries between tradition and translation, and authenticity and hybridity are redefined and negotiated to create a multitude of meaning and aesthetics in global and local contexts. With contributions from scholars of Asian studies, theatre studies, anthropology, cultural studies, dance ethnology and musicology, this truly interdisciplinary work covers every aspect of the sociology of performance of the Asian diasporas.

Author : Deborah Wong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135878242
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speak it Louder written by Deborah Wong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speak It Louder: Asian Americans Making Music documents the variety of musics-from traditional Asian through jazz, classical, and pop-that have been created by Asian Americans. This book is not about "Asian American music" but rather about Asian Americans making music. This key distinction allows the author to track a wide range of musical genres. Wong covers an astonishing variety of music, ethnically as well as stylistically: Laotian song, Cambodian music drama, karaoke, Vietnamese pop, Japanese American taiko, Asian American hip hop, and panethnic Asian American improvisational music (encompassing jazz and avant-garde classical styles). In Wong's hands these diverse styles coalesce brilliantly around a coherent and consistent set of questions about what it means for Asian Americans to make music in environments of inter-ethnic contact, about the role of performativity in shaping social identities, and about the ways in which commercially and technologically mediated cultural production and reception transform individual perceptions of time, space, and society. Speak It Louder: Asian Americans Making Music encompasses ethnomusicology, oral history, Asian American studies, and cultural performance studies. It promises to set a new standard for writing in these fields, and will raise new questions for scholars to tackle for many years to come.

Author : Atsushi Ohkubo
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0316297321
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul Eater, Vol. 21 written by Atsushi Ohkubo and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crona's crimes have become too terrible to ignore, and the troubled youth is added to Shinigami's list. Hoping to reach her friend first, Maka extends her soul perception ability to engulf the entire planet. But the sweep delivers even more than she had bargained for--the location of the Kishin's hideout!