Ever since Karl Jasper's "axial age" paradigm, there have been a number of influential studies comparing ancient East Asian and Greco-Roman history and culture. Most of these have centered on the emergence of the world's philosophical and religious traditions, or on models of empire building. However, to date there has been no comparative study involving literatures of multiple traditions in the ancient East Asian and Mediterranean cultural spheres. At first glance, it would appear that the literary cultures of early Japan and Rome share little in common with each other. Yet both were intimately connected with the literature of antecedent "reference cultures," China and Greece respectively.
Do you love history, even its gory parts? Do you love Horrible Histories? If you answered YES to both the questions, don’t worry you are perfectly normal, what’s more there are others like you out there. But if you answered differently, well still read on. ‘Horrible Histories’ is a bestselling series which comprises not only books and Television shows but a magazine too! The best thing about this magazine is that it’s different. Horrible Histories Magazine actually is like a short book filled with facts, jokes, puzzles and the like.
All you need for hours of fun is a swimming pool and this book. The Best Ever Swimming Pool Games explains how to play over 60 games, which require little or no equipment. There are games for as few as two players and games for large teams. This brightly illustrated book si a great resource for families, summer parties, schools and swimming instructors. Kids and adults will agree that there is no better way to exercise, develop water skills and enjoy the time in the water. From traditional games such as "Marco Polo" to other more inventive games such as "Netpune's Treasure" and "Davy Jones's Locker", there are endless summers' worth of fun with this book.
After nearly 1,000 books, half a dozen journals, two official inquiries, several million pages of declassified documents, dozens of TV documentaries, and hundreds of websites, is there anything left to say about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? Hell, yes. The Kennedy assassination remains both the greatest whodunit of the post-World War II era and the best route into recent American history.
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end—the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived. . . .
