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  A Comprehensive Guide to...

  Howard J. Resnick (H.D.Goswami)

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  Widely revered as a work of spiritual and philosophic genius, Bhagavad-gītā excels in providing reasonable, satisfying responses to life’s biggest issues: Who am I? Why do I exist? What is the universe? What is God? This Comprehensive Guide, with its systematic analysis of major Gītā themes, provides a unique companion for beginners, advanced students and mature scholars alike. With encyclopedic knowledge and an insider’s grasp of the text, the author guides us in simple elegant prose to the very heart of the Gītā’s sublime conclusions.

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  Ancient and Medieval Warfare in...

  Editors Charles River

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  For the Greeks, a hoplite was only as strong as the hoplite next to him; without hoplites on the sides, both flanks were exposed, and heavy infantry units are not mobile. Thus, they implemented the phalanx formation, one of history’s most important military innovations. The phalanx was a line of infantry as wide across as the battlefield dictated, anything from five to 30 men deep, with each rank of men officered by a veteran. The formation also included an additional, expert file-closer at the back of each file, to keep the formation cohesive. The phalanx advanced slowly to maintain its tight formation and unit cohesion, speeding up in unison just before reaching combat.   
  	While the Roman army is rightly famed as an institution, the image of the individual legionary is also an iconic one. The uniformed, disciplined soldier of the late Republic and early Empire is one of the first things many people imagine when they think of Rome. They are the ultimate image of the ancient soldier, their arms and armor instantly recognizable. Their abilities, not only as warriors but also as engineers and administrators, have made them role models for other soldiers through the centuries. In the same vein, their commanders are still celebrated and studied, and generals the world over have tried to emulate the likes of Julius Caesar. 
  If anything, the one aspect of the Middle Ages that has been romanticized is medieval warfare. Indeed, the Middle Ages have long sparked people’s imaginations thanks to imagery of armored knights battling on horseback and armies of men trying to breach the walls of formidable castles. What is generally forgotten is that medieval warfare was constantly adapting to the times as leaders adopted new techniques and technology, and common infantry became increasingly important throughout the period. By the end of the period, warfare was radically changing thanks to the rise of gunpowder weapons and artillery. 

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  Founding an Empire

  Santiago Machain

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  From the wind-swept plains of Anshan to the terraced palaces of Persepolis, Founding an Empire follows how a cluster of royal ambitions became the ancient world’s most sophisticated superstate. Opening with Cyrus the Great’s audacious conquests and his radical politics of legitimacy—liberation, local autonomy, and measured mercy—the narrative moves through Cambyses II’s Egyptian campaign at the edge of the known world and into the turbulence of succession that nearly cracked the young empire. It culminates with Darius I’s disciplined counterrevolution: a reforming king who turned roads, taxes, languages, and law into a scalable system.

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  Summary of Thinking Fast and...

  Anton Gavrailov

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  Get the key insights of the bestseller 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman in this easy-to-comprehend audio book. 
  We've distilled the complex topics into a concise and accessible version, perfect for those who want to learn how we think and make decisions. 
  Perfect for anyone interested in psychology, economics, or just understanding themselves better, without getting bogged down in jargon and details.Learn about the two systems of thinking that drive our decision making processesDiscover how our biases and heuristics can affect our judgments and choicesUnderstand the impact of framing and context on our perceptions and decisionsExplore the psychology of risk and uncertainty and how we assess probabilitiesGain insights into the role of intuition and emotions in our thinkingFind out how to improve your decision making by recognizing common cognitive errorsGet a practical framework for understanding and analyzing complex problems 
  The summarization was generated using AI and reviewed by a human editor to ensure accuracy and clarity. 
  Humans also facilitate the AI by tuning it to create most valuable and understandable content for the general public without difficult to understand language and details.

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  Ninety Days - The True Story of...

  Adwait Karambelkar, Anirudhya Mitra

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  At 10.20 p.m. on 21 May 1991, a young woman bowed before Rajiv Gandhi at an election rally in Sriperumbudur, 42 km north of Chennai. And then there was an explosion.  
  This book is the definitive account of one of the most controversial crimes in contemporary India. It unravels the complex plot hatched by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) to ensure that Rajiv Gandhi did not return to power in the 1991 general elections.  
  Ninety Days provides a blow-by-blow account of how the Special Investigation Team of the CBI cracked the assassination plot, identified the assassins and chased the mastermind, Sivarasan, to his final hideout. The deaths from cyanide consumption of the members of the hit squad left several unanswered questions in their wake, which this book explores.

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  Can Thought Bring Order? -...

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

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  Can thought bring order? - 18 July 1974 
  • Are thoughts, feelings, reactions and relationships merely mechanical? Is there 
  any other movement? 
  • Where there is a cause there is time and so living becomes relative. 
  • Is my relationship with another based on opinions, memories, demands and 
  sexual appetites? 
  • Is there a way of living which has no cause? 
  • Do I actually see disorder or only its description? 
  • Is it only when the ‘me’ is non-existent that I am related? 
  • What takes place when the mind has order and a sense of total relationship? • Can the mind be free of the word to look and discover its disorder? 
  Questions from the audience followed the talk."

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