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Yankee beacon of Buddhist light: life of Col. Henry S. Olcott: formerly published as Hammer on the mountain
A biography of Henry Steel Olcott, cofounder of the Theosophical Society in 1875 and a central figure in the Buddhist revival in India and Ceylon.
Women of Classical Mythology: a Biographical Dictionary
Over 2,600 entries identify the women of classical mythology.
Offers information on women from mythology, including heroines, murderesses, lovers, female animals and monsters, hermaphrodites, and transsexuals.
Offers information on women from mythology, including heroines, murderesses, lovers, female animals and monsters, hermaphrodites, and transsexuals.
Woman in Islam
"This book examines the subject of woman in Islam from a largely historical standpoint. Attention is focused on the main Islamic countries; that is, the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and Mogul India. Islamism in Black Africa and east and Southeast Asia…