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Samurai! is the gripping autobiography of Saburō Sakai, one of Japan’s most renowned fighter pilots during World War II. Co-written with Fred Saito and Martin Caidin, the book chronicles Sakai’s rise from a poor rural upbringing to becoming an elite Zero pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

In 1846 C.E., when they had defeated the Sikh nation of Punjab, the officers of the British East India company found themselves in charge of a vast tract of land inhabited by a proud people with a history of surviving political and religious oppression. The Khalsa Sikhs, the order of "saint-soldiers" founded by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699 had weathered Mughal oppression and rebounded from two ghallugharas, or "holocausts" (1746 and 1762). When the Sikh confederacy was joined together by Maharaja Ranjeet Singh in 1801, it governed a domain the size of France. The Punjab was the last part of ...

During the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese state sought to eradicate religious life throughout the country. But by 1978, two years after the death of Mao Zedong, the Communist Party under Deng Xiaoping cautiously embraced the revival of religion. At the same time, the newly elected Pope John Paul II made a point of renewing outreach to China. Paul P. Mariani tracks the fate of Chinese Catholicism in the wake of these transformative leadership changes, focusing on the influential Catholic community in Shanghai.

Following the war in Ukraine, all eyes have turned to Taiwan as the next possible geopolitical tinderbox. Yet while it lies at the epicentre of China and the USA's tense relationship, its story and its people go overlooked and misunderstood. In Ghost Nation, leading journalist Chris Horton will uncover why this disputed country has become so critical to the world's future.

« Par une nuit sans lune, une ombre glisse sous de rares lampadaires. Le faubourg nord de Tokyo s'assoupit dans l'air glacial, bercé par le ronronnement des trains. Adossé aux gratte-ciels, il se réduit à des maisons basses, des trottoirs déserts et à quelques vélos en liberté posés contre des voitures bâchées. Le lieu idéal pour se cacher, disparaître, s'évader. » Chaque année, quelque 100 000 Japonais, hommes et femmes de tous âges, s'évaporent sans laisser de traces… Un récit immersif sur un phénomène unique au monde.

Buddhism was once a thriving and proselytizing religion, which competed with Hinduism and Jainism in its birthplace of India. Today, it accounts for less than 0.7 percent in South Asia. What went wrong? Why is it declining in popularity? Dr. Siddiqui surveys history to find the root causes of its decline in South Asia. He also recommends prudent methods to reclaim Buddhism.

The author examines the minority Rohingya issue tracing their history of settlement in Arakan state of Burma (Myanmar) and shows that far from the propaganda of the Myanmar regime and racist propagandists within the Burmese and Rakhine society, the Rohingyas are the Bhumiputras (Adibashis) – the genuine children of the land of Arakan. The author opines that the only way Myanmar can survive and evolve into a civilized state is not through the brutal and savage arms of injustice, denial, xenophobia, abuse and oppression of the minorities but a federal democratic framework that genuinely ...

Stories are stories. When a powerful story takes root in a child’s heart, that story may shape and guide that tiny heart to imagine, to hope, to love, to conquer, and live an extraordinary life. Some among us who have lived by magnificent stories, have themselves gone on to be storied. Such is the magic of stories. Stories can be fun. They may be blood-curdling. They can be funny. The stories we tell and the ones we dare not, in turn, they tell a story about us. While on a teaching mission to South America, I saw boys there had no books of the stories I know and live by. The book I wrote ...

Las historias son historias. Cuando una historia poderosa se arraiga en el corazón de un niño, esa historia puede moldear y guiar ese pequeño corazón para imaginar, tener esperanza, amar, conquistar y vivir una vida extraordinaria. Algunos quienas han vivido éstas historias magníficas, se han hecho dignos de ser recordados y celebrados. Así es la magia de las historias. . Las historias pueden ser divertidas. Pueden ser espeluznantes. Pueden ser graciosas. Las historias que contamos y las que no nos atrevemos a contar, a su vez, cuentan una historia sobre nosotros. Durante una misión...

Imagine that you are living in a country that does not recognize you as a citizen in spite of the fact that your people have maintained a continuous existence there for several centuries. If that was not enough of a traumatic experience, consider that because of your racial, ethnic and religious identity other ethnic groups that are fighting the brutal military regime in your country for their self-determination and human rights consider you as “settlers” from a neighboring country. It must be your worst nightmare when you realize that half of your people (almost 2 million) have been ...

With all eyes on Ukraine and the Middle East, Taiwan is emerging as the next geopolitical tinderbox. Despite sitting at the heart of the tense relationship between China and the US, Taiwan’s history and its people have long been overlooked and misunderstood. In Ghost Nation, Taiwan-based journalist Chris Horton tells their stories and explores why this diplomatically isolated country has become such an important player on the world stage. As China’s military preparations continue apace, the stakes have never been higher.