“…In ancient Roman and medieval Islamic traditions, descriptions of these creatures and their vampirizing practices were most often found in horror-genre literature and accounts of foreign exotica; however in medieval South and East Asia, these predatory 'were-creatures' were integrated into esoteric traditions, wherein they played a salutary role in the transformation of tantric practitioners…”

“…Their analyses of efforts by governments and defence, security, and coast guard organizations to address these challenges make timely and urgent reading.Rather than a single national perspective, The Fast-Changing Arctic brings together circumpolar viewpoints from North America, Europe and Asia for an integrated discussion of strategic military, diplomatic, and security challenges in the high North. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Jan Scholz, Max Stille, Ines Weinrich / Introduction -- Part I: Trajectories of Religious and Aesthetic Interpretations -- Lore Knapp / Religious Experience as Aesthetic Experience -- Annette Wilke / Classical Indian Aesthetics and rasa Theory: Observations on Embodied Rhetoric, Reader Response, and the Entanglement of Aesthetics and Religion in Hindu India -- Omaima Abou-Bakr / "Bride of the Quran": An Aesthetic Reading of Surat ar-Rahman -- Part II: Aesthetics of Islamic Sermons -- Tahera Qutbuddin / A Sermon on Piety by Imam AIT ibn AbT"falib: How the Rhythm of the Classical Arabic Oration Tacitly Persuaded -- Max Stille / Between the Numinous and the Melodramatic: Poetics of Heightened Feelings in Bengali Islamic Sermons -- Jan Scholz / Dramatic Islamic Preaching: A Close Reading of Amr Khalid -- Part III: Experiencing Religion in and through Literature -- Tony K. …”

“…His previous books Optimal Currency Areas in East Asia, Eccentric Views on Money and Banking, and Austrian Economics in One Lesson lay stress on money, banking, and economics. …”

“…This new supply chain management case study examines how a leading North American 3PL and a Taiwan-based 3PL operating throughout Asia have partnered to serve the global logistics and shipping needs of North American customers far more effectively. …”

“…This book is a collection of papers written by an array of international authors interested in the question of entrepreneurship from a gender point of view (male vs female entrepreneurship), a geographical point of view (Africa, Europe, America and Latin America, Asia...) or a specific social context point of view (agricultural economy, farming or family business, etc.)…”

“…The existing studies and lines of research around the Solidarity Organization of the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Tricontinental design are relatively recent in the field of history. …”

Materias: “…Stele (Archaeology) Ukraine Black Sea Lowland…”

“…As part of the colonial encounter they have been translated into new temporal authenticities in the Americas, Asia and Africa. Culturally determined as they are, these periodisation schemes are begging for systematic comparison in order to identify their contextual specificity and contingency. …”

“…., centrada en el llamado arte conceptual, arte de la información o arte de la idea, con referencias a áreas de denominación tan vaga como arte minimal, antiforma, arte de sistemas, arte de la tierra o arte procesual, que están teniendo lugar en América, Europa, Australia y Asia, en ocasiones con tonos políticos…”

“…It deals with the European threat and the non-Western response, but the focus is on the ways in which people in Asia, Africa, and Indian America have tried to adapt their ways of life to the overwhelming European power that existed in this period. …”
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“…Provides the most up to date and comprehensive collection of essays from top scholars in the field includes contributions from western and eastern Europe, North and Central America, Africa and Asia; offers new conceptual frameworks and new methodologies for mapping the contours of emergent global media and communication policy; draws on theory and empirical research to offer multiple perspectives on the local, national, regional and global forums in which policy debate occurs…”

“…Espectaculares paisajes de África, Europa, Asia, Australia y América, imágenes de los cinco continentes obtenidas gracias a una perfecta combinación entre avanzada tecnología y arte para mostrar el mundo desde una perspectiva totalmente nueva. …”
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“…The purpose of the SAIACS Academic Consultation, and the aim of this book, is to stimulate, encourage and provide direction for the academic, evangelical and missional thinking in South Asia."…”

“…Descubrimos un sistema que asla a los banqueros del resto del mundo y les convierte en incapaces de reflexionar sobre su propio trabajo…”

“…It is also widespread, causing human disease in the Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa. The environments in which this disease occurs range from desert to tropical jungle to urban habitats. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Text and Translation -- 1 Fundamentals of Astrology and the Annual Revolution -- 1.1 The Author’s Family Lineage -- 1.2 The Tājika Teaching: Lawful and Useful -- 1.3 Fate, Human Effort, and the Astrologer -- 1.4 The Signs of the Zodiac -- 1.5 The Planets -- 1.6 Calculating the Time of the Annual Revolution -- 1.7 General Methods for Gauging the Nature of the Year -- 1.8 Calculating the Planetary Positions in the Annual Revolution -- 1.9 Calculating and Judging the Houses in the Annual Revolution -- 2 Aspects and Dignities -- 2.1 The Various Aspects and Their Results -- 2.2 Dexter and Sinister Aspects -- 2.3 Numerical Values of the Aspects -- 2.4 Schemes of Friendship and Enmity -- 2.5 The Five Dignities -- 2.6 The Sixfold Strength -- 2.7 Other Calculations of Strength -- 2.8 The Twelve Dignities -- 2.9 The Joys of the Planets -- 3 The Sixteen Configurations -- 3.1 The Names of the Configurations and the Orbs of Light of the Planets -- 3.2 The ikkavāla and induvāra Configurations -- 3.3 The itthaśāla Configuration -- 3.4 The īsarāpha Configuration -- 3.5 The nakta Configuration -- 3.6 The yamayā Configuration -- 3.7 The maṇaū Configuration -- 3.8 The kambūla Configuration -- 3.9 The gairikambūla Configuration -- 3.10 The khallāsara Configuration -- 3.11 The radda Configuration -- 3.12 The duḥphālikuttha Configuration -- 3.13 The dutthotthadabīra Configuration -- 3.14 The tambīra Configuration -- 3.15 The kuttha Configuration -- 3.16 The duruḥpha Configuration -- 4 The sahamas -- 4.1 The Names of the sahamas -- 4.2 Calculating the sahama of Fortune: Conflicting Opinions -- 4.3 Calculating the Remaining sahamas -- 4.4 Converting the sahamas to Ascensions -- 4.5 Sahamas of Signs, Planets, and Family Members -- 4.6 The Results of sahamas -- 4.7 The Times of Results -- 5 The Ruler of the Year and Related Matters -- 5.1 Calculating the munthahā -- 5.2 General Results of the munthahā -- 5.3 Results of the munthahā Occupying the Twelve Houses -- 5.4 The munthahā in the Nativity and in the Revolution -- 5.5 Planets Influencing the munthahā -- 5.6 Finding the munthahā from a Query -- 5.7 The Triplicity Rulers -- 5.8 Finding the Ruler of the Year -- 5.9 Special Considerations -- 5.10 General Results of the Ruler of the Year -- 5.11 The Results of Each Planet as Ruler of the Year -- 5.12 Unfortunate Configurations -- 5.13 Cancellation of Misfortune -- 5.14 Configurations for Dominion -- 5.15 Cancellation of Dominion -- 6 Judging the Twelve Houses -- 6.1 General Principles of Judgement -- 6.2 The First House -- 6.3 The Second House -- 6.4 The Third House -- 6.5 The Fourth House -- 6.6 The Fifth House -- 6.7 The Sixth House -- 6.8 The Seventh House -- 6.9 The Eighth House -- 6.10 The Ninth House -- 6.11 The Tenth House -- 6.12 The Eleventh House -- 6.13 The Twelfth House -- 7 The Planetary Periods -- 7.1 The Periods Based on Deducted Degrees -- 7.2 Including or Excluding the Signs: Different Opinions -- 7.3 Three Varieties of tāsīra Periods -- 7.4 The Periods Based on Planetary Hours -- 7.5 The haddā Periods -- 7.6 The Natural Periods of the Planets -- 7.7 The Results of Periods -- 7.8 The Subperiods of the Planets -- 7.9 Periods according to the Schools of Gaurī and Mahādeva -- 7.10 Periods according to the School of (Bala)rāma -- 7.11 The Use of the Different Systems of Periods -- 8 Monthly and Daily Revolutions -- 8.1 Preliminary Calculations -- 8.2 The Three Corrections -- 8.3 An Example from the Nativity of Shāh Shujāʿ -- 8.4 The Ruler of the Month and Results according to the Ninth-Parts -- 8.5 The Planets in the Ninth-Parts of the Houses -- 8.6 The Planets in the Houses -- 8.7 The Results of Periods within a Month -- 8.8 The Results of Daily Revolutions -- 8.9 The Ruler of the Day and Other Planets -- 8.10 Periods within a Day -- 8.11 Planetary States in the Daily Revolution -- 8.12 The Judgement of Meals -- 8.13 The Judgement of Hunting -- 8.14 The Judgement of Dreams -- 8.15 How to Write out a Complete Annual Horoscope -- 8.16 Dedication and Conclusion -- Appendix: Solar Equation ( mandaphala ) -- Glossary of Astrological Terms -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…Drawing on more than seventy works that dispersed the Oedipus legend from Greece to Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Edmunds provides a foundation for discussion of the lasting appeal of this legend, for claims of its universality, and for its uses as a vehicle for personal and cultural expression…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Continuity and transformation : martrydom in the Bahā'ī faith. The birth of a monotheistic religion in modernity : on jihad and martyrdom in the Bahā'ī Faith / Sasha Dehghani. …”

“…These demand, supply and trade pressures are all evident in Southeast Asia, where this report identifies scope to improve agricultural productivity sustainably. …”