i need to read a book about china india or the middle east for school and i cant find anything. it should be nonfiction, maybe historical fiction, maybe a novel, and hopefully interesting and not too long. i like fantasy and sci-fi so that might make the book more interesting to me. any suggestions?
"Children of Jihad," Jared Cohen, is good; he graduated Stanford 2004, Oxford Rhodes Scholar 2006, and traveled to Iran and met and partied with many students there. He now works in the State Department. The book is about the students he met, and Iranian society,
"Psychonavigation," by John Perkins (of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" and "Secret History of the American Empire" fame) earlier wrote this based on his travels, encountering shamanic practices.
"China’s Super Psychics," Paul Dong. PD is a chi gong master, based in the U.S., with many contacts in PRC and ROC. Excellent book on what’s happening (e.g., the CP giving receptions for a thousand leading Party dignitaries at which little children cause a thousand tightly closed, out of season buds, each held by a dignitary, to blossom in minutes).
"Autobiography of a Yogi," Yogananda, http://www.yogananda-srf.org Great insight into India.
"Gandhi, the Man: The Story of His Transformation," Eknath Easwaran, Ph.D. http://www.easwaran.org Dr. Easwaran was a professor of English Literature at U. C. Berkeley.
"To Live Within," Lizelle Reymond’s memoir about study in the East. Professor of Religion Dr. Jacob Needleman described her book as bringing a new insight to the West.
"The Station of No Station," Henry Bayman’s very good account of his Sufi Teacher.
"The Teachers of Gurdjieff," Rafael Lefort. A Muslim explanation of Gurdjieff’s travels.
"Long Pilgrimage," John G. Bennett; Bennett met the gentleman who is the subject of this biography; according to official Indian birth records, he lived over 120 years; he walked around the earth ages 50-85, staying in England as Queen Victoria’s advisor, at her request, until she should pass on. He accepted no students, lived in the forest, having given his great wealth early on to his twin sister, but gave wisdom to Bennett.
February 13th, 2010 at 6:37 am
"Children of Jihad," Jared Cohen, is good; he graduated Stanford 2004, Oxford Rhodes Scholar 2006, and traveled to Iran and met and partied with many students there. He now works in the State Department. The book is about the students he met, and Iranian society,
"Psychonavigation," by John Perkins (of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" and "Secret History of the American Empire" fame) earlier wrote this based on his travels, encountering shamanic practices.
"China’s Super Psychics," Paul Dong. PD is a chi gong master, based in the U.S., with many contacts in PRC and ROC. Excellent book on what’s happening (e.g., the CP giving receptions for a thousand leading Party dignitaries at which little children cause a thousand tightly closed, out of season buds, each held by a dignitary, to blossom in minutes).
"Autobiography of a Yogi," Yogananda, http://www.yogananda-srf.org Great insight into India.
"Gandhi, the Man: The Story of His Transformation," Eknath Easwaran, Ph.D. http://www.easwaran.org Dr. Easwaran was a professor of English Literature at U. C. Berkeley.
"To Live Within," Lizelle Reymond’s memoir about study in the East. Professor of Religion Dr. Jacob Needleman described her book as bringing a new insight to the West.
"The Station of No Station," Henry Bayman’s very good account of his Sufi Teacher.
"The Teachers of Gurdjieff," Rafael Lefort. A Muslim explanation of Gurdjieff’s travels.
"Long Pilgrimage," John G. Bennett; Bennett met the gentleman who is the subject of this biography; according to official Indian birth records, he lived over 120 years; he walked around the earth ages 50-85, staying in England as Queen Victoria’s advisor, at her request, until she should pass on. He accepted no students, lived in the forest, having given his great wealth early on to his twin sister, but gave wisdom to Bennett.
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