This book, which introduces a Chinese version of Tarot, is also about Chinese and Greco-Roman mythology and it relates to the passing of time and the calendar. It contains more than 1000 pencil drawings with captions in English and Chinese and 48 in English and Japanese. These images are in a format suitable for imprinting on playing cards. The book begins with the Five Elements of ancient China: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water and connects them to the elements devised by the Greek philosopher Empedocles. There are images of the 24 Solar Terms into which the Chinese year is divided and...

This book describes ocean travel from the earliest times and looks at the possibility of cultural transmission from Africa, Asia and Europe to the ancient New World. It draws on archaeology and looks at similarities in the design of ancient artifacts and tools. It examines early records from ancient civilizations in China, Japan and Korea as well as in Greece, Rome and the Middle East. The plausibility of voyages across the oceans in antiquity and the various theories proposed by scholars are examined too. There is definite evidence of the Viking discovery of America and a very strong case...

This book deals with the aspirations and goals of the Chinese ethnic minority in Indonesia from 1900 to 1965. Their arrival in Indonesia and their long struggle to improve their legal status and preserve their cultural identity is documented in detail from 1900 to 1965. Political and trading organizations were formed to advance Chinese minority interests in Indonesia and Chinese schools were opened to boost the future prospects of young people. The story is told of how they eventually had some successes in coping with Dutch colonialism. However, they never actually gained complete equality...

This book gives us unique views of the life and struggles of an Australian woman in surmounting unbelievable hardships in remote and isolated parts of Queensland. We are taken into the small town of Gatton in rural Queensland in the early 1900's before the days of electricity and then to the city of Ipswich where my mother studied a college course in dress-making, millinery and cooking. We have views of the remote township of Burketown in the 1940's during the latter stages of World War II, and its connection to the outside world by a barely passable dirt track. Though this book covers the...

This book argues that a new religion like Christianity did not come from nowhere but has its origins in older religions which preceded it. Those older religions include not only the Judaism found in the Old Testament but also the religions of the Greeks and Romans. Questions are also asked about the possibility that Christianity was influenced by Zoroastrianism and Buddhism and what chances existed for contact with practitioners of those faiths. References are made throughout the book to ancient Chinese history and Chinese legends which relate to the Christian story, especially the birth of...