Ethnic category: 7100 books
John Okada
The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2018
No-No Boy, John Okada�s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II and, upon release from federal prison after the war, is cast out by his divided community. In 1957, the novel faced a similar rejection...
Ndi-Igbo of Nigeria
Identity Showcase
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
This book comes, first of all, as the answer to the yearning for more written literature on the identity of the Igbo people of the southeast of Nigeria. The early chapters deal with their geographical and historical identity. Then it holds a searchlight on the Igbo worldview: their sociocultural values...
by Ph.D., Michael George Davros
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
Greeks arrived in America with the expectation that freedom would permit their families to thrive and be successful. With hard work, belief in the Orthodox faith, and commitment to education, Greeks ascended in Chicago, and America, to positions of responsibility and success. Today Greek Americans are...
Ceausescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989
Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
The Jesuit Missions to China and Peru, 1570-1610
Expectations and Appraisals of Expansionism
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
The rulers of the overseas empires summoned the Society of Jesus to evangelize their new subjects in the ‘New World’ which Spain and Portugal shared; this book is about how two different missions, in China and Peru, evolved in the early modern world. From a European perspective, this book is about...
by Edward William Lane
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
"First Published in 1995, Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."
A Comprehensive Commentary on the Quran
Comprising Sale's Translation and Preliminary Discourse: Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
This comprehensive set includes thorough examinations of the Qurán in Wherry's essential four volume commentary. There is also an excellent overview of Islam by the well known scholar Edward Sell, The Faith of Islam which examines the history of Islam, the different forms of Islam and religious...
Welcome to Iran!
Christian Encounters with Shia Muslims
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
During their four years of living in Iran and sharing their lives with the Iranian people, Evelyn and Wallace Shellenberger encountered and experienced God many times and in many ways. In Welcome to Iran! they narrate how their years in Iran transformed their thinking on religion, politics, and the...
by Friday Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
"Bless my wife! I will never meet a woman that I will love as I love her." So said Friday Jones in the midst of trying desperately to keep his enslaved family together. In this true account of slavery in America, Jones relates the many ways he resisted his masters, bargained with them, and fought...
by Forrest Moore
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
The history of the black church in Tuscaloosa could very well be the story of the black church in most of the southern cities in the United States. The purpose of this book is to document a historical progression of the black church in Tuscaloosa and how it has evolved into what it is today. The saga...
by Christopher McNary, Maria Paniagua
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
What were talking about here isnt seen much in tourist zones like Puerto Vallarta or Cancun. Its not what youd expect in Mexico City either, where gay marriage and adoption were sanctioned in 2010. But theses two stories are all too real and common, adapted from asylum testimonies given by men born and...
by Alexander Wynne
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007
Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based on the early Brahminic literature, namely the early Upanishads and Moksadharma, the author asserts the origin of the method of meditation learned...
The Book of Government or Rules for Kings
The Siyar al Muluk or Siyasat-nama of Nizam al-Mulk
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
A translation of a classic 11th-century Persian text on behaviour and conduct in government, written between 1086 and 1091 by Nizam al-Mulk, who for over 30 years was Chief Minister of two successive rulers of the Seljuk, who had created an Empire which stretched from India to Egypt.