The Khan Shan


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Asad and Zoya are hurtling toward happiness. And a world of hurt. Love, and hope, and joy's in the air. But so is hate. Revenge. Ransom too. As the families unite and celebrate, a fiend waits to rain doom and tear them apart. Promises to stand by each other will be tested. An inescapable climax unleashed eighteen years ago awaits resolution. Its trigger-happy catalyst, Tanveer, looms larger than life. And she will have her day. A place to call home, a family to love and cherish, a future to plan and weave—everything is at stake. Lives rock on a razor’s edge. What price will Zoya and Asad pay to snatch their happily-ever-after from fiery endings?




The Shan of Burma


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In this highly personal account, Chao Tzang Yawnghwe, a son of the first President of the Union of Burma, tells of his youth and involvement in the Shan resistance movement. He gives his version of Shan history and explains the complexity of Shan politics as well as discusses the personalities involved in the war. The final part of this book is a compendium of who's who in Shan history and politics.










The Encyclopædia Britannica


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Later Mughal


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Genghis Khan


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Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals, alive in memory as a scourge, hero, military genius and demi-god. To Muslims, Russians and westerners, he is a murderer of millions, a brutal oppressor. Yet in his homeland of Mongolia he is the revered father of the nation, and the Chinese honor him as the founder of a dynasty. In his so-called Mausoleum in Inner Mongolia, worshippers seek the blessing of his spirit. In a supreme paradox, the world's most ruthless conqueror has become a force for peace and reconciliation. As a teenager, Genghis was a fugitive, hiding from enemies on a remote mountainside. Yet he went on to found the world's greatest land empire and change the course of world history. Brilliant and original as well as ruthless, he ruled an empire twice the size of Rome's until his death in 1227 placed all at risk. To secure his conquests and then extend them, his heirs kept his death a secret, and secrecy has surrounded him ever since. His undiscovered grave, with its imagined treasures, remains the subject of intrigue and speculation. This is more than just a gripping account of Genghis' rise and conquests. John Man uses first-hand experiences in China and Mongolia to reveal the khan's enduring influence. He has traveled the length of the empire. He spotlights the tension between Mongols and Chinese, who both claim Genghis' spirit. He is the first writer to explore the hidden valley where Genghis is believed to have died, and one of the few westerners to climb the mountain where he was likely buried. This stunning narrative paints a vivid picture of the man himself, the places where he lived and fought, and the passions that surround him still. For in legend, ritual and intense controversy, Genghis lives on.







Plants of Central Asia - Plant Collection from China and Mongolia, Vol. 8a


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This book contains the treatment of one of the most important and the largest of the angiosperm families of Central Asian region—Leguminosae—with the exception of complex genera Astragalus and Oxytropis.







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