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Great Britain: Granada, 1982. Paperback. A History of the Great War. 1914-1918. previous owners name written neatly to inside covers. Very slighty crease to spine. The Great War began in … Mehr…

Great Britain: Granada, 1982. Paperback. A History of the Great War. 1914-1918. previous owners name written neatly to inside covers. Very slighty crease to spine. The Great War began in Europe on 28 July 1914, one month after the assassination of the heir to the Austrian throne. By 12 August the major powers of Europe were locking in a conflict of arms that was to become the bloodiest and most costly in human lives the world had seen, and which was rapidly to spread to nearly every part of the globe. it was claimed that it would be 'the war to end all wars' but in the devising of the peace there were to be sown the seeds of a second global war twenty-one years later. Here is a concise, vivid and detailed history of the Great War 1914-1918 that aims at presenting the general reader with an accurate, intelligent and graphically readable account of the campaigns and battles enlivened by brilliant portraits of the leaders and generals of all the countries involved. Scrupulously fair, praising and blaming friend and enemy as circumstances demand, it has become established as the classic account of the first world-wide war. Illustrated. 655 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Paperback., Granada, 1982, 3, Viking, Australia, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Condition. Hardcover. 587 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking, Australia, 1998. First Edition. *** CONDITION: Very Good book with Very Good Condition dust jacket ... Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Jessica is the story of a remarkable young Australian woman who defied the conventions of her time. She had a stubborn streak and the courage to act out her convictions, in spite of the consequences. Jessica is a tomboy, the pride of her father, as she grows up on their farm. One quiet day, the peace of the bush is shattered by a terrible murder. Only Jessica is able to save the killer from the lynch mob - but will justice prevail in the courts? Nine months after their arduous journey together through the bush, a baby boy is born. and only Jessica knows the secret of the father's identity. The rivalry of Jessica and her sister for the love of the same man will echo through their lives - until finally the truth must be told. Set in the harsh Australian countryside against the outbreak of World War I and the years beyond, this story is heartbreaking in its innocence, and shattering in its violence. Based on a true story, this is Jessica's personal fight for justice which is a testimony to the power of the human spirit triumphing against the odds. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 0670883514. ISBN/EAN: 9780670883516. Inventory No: 17050022.. 9780670883516, Viking, 1998, 3, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2004. 5th or later edition. Hardcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. Contents I. INTRODUCTION : 1. General Remarks 2. The Dadistan-i Dinik 3. The Epistles of Manuskihar II. TRANSLATIONS : A. DADISTAN-I DINIK : 1. Introductory 2. Why a righteous man is better than all creatures, Spiritual or worldly 3. Why a righteous man is created, and how he should act 4. Why a righteous man is great 5. How temporal distress is to be regarded 6. Why the good suffer more than the bad in this world 7. Why we are created, and what we ought to do 8. Whether good works done for the dead differ in effect from those ordered or done by themselves 9. How far they differ 10. The growth of good works during life 11. Whether the growth of a good work be as commendable as the original good work 12. Whether it eradicates sin equally well 13. Whether one is made responsible for au his sins and good works separately at the last account, or only for their balance 14. The Angels who take account of sin and good works, and how sinners are punished 15. The exposure of a corpse does not occasion the final departure of life and is meritorious 16. Whether the Soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed 17. Reason for the exposure of corpses 18. How the corpse and bones are to be disposed of 19. Whether departed souls can see Auharmazd and Aharman 20. Where the souls of the righteous and wicked go 21. The Daitih peak, the Kinvad Bridge, and the two paths of departed souls 22. Whether the Spirits are distressed when a righteous man dies 23. How the life departs from the body 24. Where a righteous soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 25. Where a wicked soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 26. The Nature of heaven and its pleasures 27. The nature of hell and its punishments 28. Why ceremonies in Honour of Srosh are performed for the three days after a death 29. Why Srosh must be reverenced separately from other angels 30. Why three Sacred Cakes are consecrated at dawn after the third night from a death 31. How a righteous soul goes to heaven, and what it finds and does there 32. How a wicked soul goes to hell, and what it finds and suffers there 33. The position and subdivisions of hell 34. The two ways from the Daitih peak; that of the righteous to heaven, and that of the wicked to hell 35. The continuance of mankind in the world till the resurrection 36. The prepares of the renovation of the universe 37. The contest of the good and evil spirits from the Creation till the resurrection, and the condition of creation after the resurrection 38. The effect of doing more good works than are necessary for attaining to the supreme heaven 39. Reasons for wearing the sacred thread-girdle 40. On the sacred shirt and threat-girdle, grace before and after eating, and cleansing the mouth before the after-grace 41. The sin of apostasy, and how to atone for it 42. The good works of him who saves others from apostasy 43. The distance at which the Fire can be addressed, the use of a lamp, and the proper order of the propitiatory dedications, when consecrating a sacred cake 44. Whether a skilful priest who is employed to perform ceremonies, but is not officially the priest of the district, should be paid a regular stipend 45. The separate duties of Priests and disciples 46. When a priest can abandon the priesthood to obtain a livelihood 47. Whether a priest who knows the Avesta, or one who understands the commentary, be more entitled to the foremost place at a sacred feast 48. The advantage and proper mode of celebrating the ceremonial 49. Whether it be lawful to buy corn and keep it long, so as to raise the Price for the sake of profit 50. Whether it be lawful to sell wine to foreigners and infidels 51. The sin of drunkenness, and what constitutes immoderate drinking 52. Whether a man who bargains to deliver Wheat in a month, and takes a de Printed Pages: 514. NA, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2004, 6<

2004, ISBN: 9788120801196

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2004. 5th or later edition. Hardcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. Contents I. INTRODUCTION : 1. General Remarks 2. The Dadistan-i Dinik 3. The Epistles of… Mehr…

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2004. 5th or later edition. Hardcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. Contents I. INTRODUCTION : 1. General Remarks 2. The Dadistan-i Dinik 3. The Epistles of Manuskihar II. TRANSLATIONS : A. DADISTAN-I DINIK : 1. Introductory 2. Why a righteous man is better than all creatures, Spiritual or worldly 3. Why a righteous man is created, and how he should act 4. Why a righteous man is great 5. How temporal distress is to be regarded 6. Why the good suffer more than the bad in this world 7. Why we are created, and what we ought to do 8. Whether good works done for the dead differ in effect from those ordered or done by themselves 9. How far they differ 10. The growth of good works during life 11. Whether the growth of a good work be as commendable as the original good work 12. Whether it eradicates sin equally well 13. Whether one is made responsible for au his sins and good works separately at the last account, or only for their balance 14. The Angels who take account of sin and good works, and how sinners are punished 15. The exposure of a corpse does not occasion the final departure of life and is meritorious 16. Whether the Soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed 17. Reason for the exposure of corpses 18. How the corpse and bones are to be disposed of 19. Whether departed souls can see Auharmazd and Aharman 20. Where the souls of the righteous and wicked go 21. The Daitih peak, the Kinvad Bridge, and the two paths of departed souls 22. Whether the Spirits are distressed when a righteous man dies 23. How the life departs from the body 24. Where a righteous soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 25. Where a wicked soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 26. The Nature of heaven and its pleasures 27. The nature of hell and its punishments 28. Why ceremonies in Honour of Srosh are performed for the three days after a death 29. Why Srosh must be reverenced separately from other angels 30. Why three Sacred Cakes are consecrated at dawn after the third night from a death 31. How a righteous soul goes to heaven, and what it finds and does there 32. How a wicked soul goes to hell, and what it finds and suffers there 33. The position and subdivisions of hell 34. The two ways from the Daitih peak; that of the righteous to heaven, and that of the wicked to hell 35. The continuance of mankind in the world till the resurrection 36. The prepares of the renovation of the universe 37. The contest of the good and evil spirits from the Creation till the resurrection, and the condition of creation after the resurrection 38. The effect of doing more good works than are necessary for attaining to the supreme heaven 39. Reasons for wearing the sacred thread-girdle 40. On the sacred shirt and threat-girdle, grace before and after eating, and cleansing the mouth before the after-grace 41. The sin of apostasy, and how to atone for it 42. The good works of him who saves others from apostasy 43. The distance at which the Fire can be addressed, the use of a lamp, and the proper order of the propitiatory dedications, when consecrating a sacred cake 44. Whether a skilful priest who is employed to perform ceremonies, but is not officially the priest of the district, should be paid a regular stipend 45. The separate duties of Priests and disciples 46. When a priest can abandon the priesthood to obtain a livelihood 47. Whether a priest who knows the Avesta, or one who understands the commentary, be more entitled to the foremost place at a sacred feast 48. The advantage and proper mode of celebrating the ceremonial 49. Whether it be lawful to buy corn and keep it long, so as to raise the Price for the sake of profit 50. Whether it be lawful to sell wine to foreigners and infidels 51. The sin of drunkenness, and what constitutes immoderate drinking 52. Whether a man who bargains to deliver Wheat in a month, and takes a de Printed Pages: 514., Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2004, 6<

2004, ISBN: 9788120801196

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2004. 5th or later edition. Hardcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. Contents I. INTRODUCTION : 1. General Remarks 2. The Dadistan-i Dinik 3. The Epistles of… Mehr…

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2004. 5th or later edition. Hardcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. Contents I. INTRODUCTION : 1. General Remarks 2. The Dadistan-i Dinik 3. The Epistles of Manuskihar II. TRANSLATIONS : A. DADISTAN-I DINIK : 1. Introductory 2. Why a righteous man is better than all creatures, Spiritual or worldly 3. Why a righteous man is created, and how he should act 4. Why a righteous man is great 5. How temporal distress is to be regarded 6. Why the good suffer more than the bad in this world 7. Why we are created, and what we ought to do 8. Whether good works done for the dead differ in effect from those ordered or done by themselves 9. How far they differ 10. The growth of good works during life 11. Whether the growth of a good work be as commendable as the original good work 12. Whether it eradicates sin equally well 13. Whether one is made responsible for au his sins and good works separately at the last account, or only for their balance 14. The Angels who take account of sin and good works, and how sinners are punished 15. The exposure of a corpse does not occasion the final departure of life and is meritorious 16. Whether the Soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed 17. Reason for the exposure of corpses 18. How the corpse and bones are to be disposed of 19. Whether departed souls can see Auharmazd and Aharman 20. Where the souls of the righteous and wicked go 21. The Daitih peak, the Kinvad Bridge, and the two paths of departed souls 22. Whether the Spirits are distressed when a righteous man dies 23. How the life departs from the body 24. Where a righteous soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 25. Where a wicked soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 26. The Nature of heaven and its pleasures 27. The nature of hell and its punishments 28. Why ceremonies in Honour of Srosh are performed for the three days after a death 29. Why Srosh must be reverenced separately from other angels 30. Why three Sacred Cakes are consecrated at dawn after the third night from a death 31. How a righteous soul goes to heaven, and what it finds and does there 32. How a wicked soul goes to hell, and what it finds and suffers there 33. The position and subdivisions of hell 34. The two ways from the Daitih peak; that of the righteous to heaven, and that of the wicked to hell 35. The continuance of mankind in the world till the resurrection 36. The prepares of the renovation of the universe 37. The contest of the good and evil spirits from the Creation till the resurrection, and the condition of creation after the resurrection 38. The effect of doing more good works than are necessary for attaining to the supreme heaven 39. Reasons for wearing the sacred thread-girdle 40. On the sacred shirt and threat-girdle, grace before and after eating, and cleansing the mouth before the after-grace 41. The sin of apostasy, and how to atone for it 42. The good works of him who saves others from apostasy 43. The distance at which the Fire can be addressed, the use of a lamp, and the proper order of the propitiatory dedications, when consecrating a sacred cake 44. Whether a skilful priest who is employed to perform ceremonies, but is not officially the priest of the district, should be paid a regular stipend 45. The separate duties of Priests and disciples 46. When a priest can abandon the priesthood to obtain a livelihood 47. Whether a priest who knows the Avesta, or one who understands the commentary, be more entitled to the foremost place at a sacred feast 48. The advantage and proper mode of celebrating the ceremonial 49. Whether it be lawful to buy corn and keep it long, so as to raise the Price for the sake of profit 50. Whether it be lawful to sell wine to foreigners and infidels 51. The sin of drunkenness, and what constitutes immoderate drinking 52. Whether a man who bargains to deliver Wheat in a month, and takes a de Printed Pages: 514. NA, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2004, 6<

1987, ISBN: 9788120801196

Editor: Max-Muller, Friedrich, Translator: West, E. W. Motilal Banarsidass, Hardcover, Auflage: New ed of 1882 ed, 514 Seiten, Publiziert: 1987-07-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.5 k… Mehr…

Editor: Max-Muller, Friedrich, Translator: West, E. W. Motilal Banarsidass, Hardcover, Auflage: New ed of 1882 ed, 514 Seiten, Publiziert: 1987-07-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.5 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3156826, Other Religions, Religion & Spirituality, Subjects, Books, Sacred Texts, Motilal Banarsidass, 1987<