Author: Janice Leoshko
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: histories, visions, asia, south, buddhism, traces, british, explorations, sacred
Number of Pages: 169
Published: 2003-04
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0754601382
ISBN-13: 9780754601388

Only in the 19th century did the western world realise the extent of the role of Buddhism in India’s past. The excavation of Buddhist material remains was often guided by the accounts of Buddhist pilgrims from China, written long before, who went to India in search of sacred traces of the Buddha. Western explorers, however, had other interests besides the religion itself. They were motivated by concerns tied to the growing British control of the subcontinent. Building on earlier interventions, Janice Leoshko examines this history of 19th-century exploration to track the origins of the wa

Author: Visions of Governance in the 21st Century (Program
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: governance, downside, visions, upside, century, demand, based, supply, market
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2002-08
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0815706286
ISBN-13: 9780815706281

The latest in a series exploring twenty-first-century governance, this new volume examines the use of market means to pursue public goals. "Market-based governance" includes both the delegation of traditionally governmental functions to private players, and the importation into government of market-style management approaches and mechanisms of accountability. The contributors (all from Harvard University) assess market-based governance from four perspectives: The "demand side" deals with new, revised, or newly important forms of interaction between government and the market where the publi

Author: Visions of Governance in the 21st Century (Program
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: governance, downside, visions, upside, century, demand, based, supply, market
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2002-08
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815706278
ISBN-13: 9780815706274

This volume examines the use of market means to pursue public goals. "Market-based governance" includes both the delegation of traditionally governmental functions to private players, and the importation into government of market-style management approaches and mechanisms of accountability. The demand side section deals with forms of interaction between government and the market where the public sector is the "customer". The supply side section deals with the unsettled questions about government’s role as a provider within the market system. A third section explores experiments with mark

Author: Tim Harpman
Publisher: Xulon Press
Keywords: visions
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2010-08-16
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1609575709
ISBN-13: 9781609575700

He wanted me to tell people about him. What it was like to know him, to be around him, to listen to him. I pulled up across from the girl’s house. Always polite, she thanked me for the ride and started to open the door. Instantly, bright lights scorched our eyes. Huge searchlights exploded on all sides. An even brighter light burst from above, accompanied by the thumping of helicopter blades. "FREEZE!," boomed a voice from seemingly nowhere. The girl froze - half in and half out of the car. I was too stunned to move. Black shadows of men could barely be seen beyond the lig

Author: C. L. Zastrow
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: visions
Number of Pages: 294
Published: 2005-06-03
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0595354297
ISBN-13: 9780595354290

Before…Devon would have been looking forward to diving into her bed when she got home after a night like last night…but now, her cold, empty bed was nothing but a chilling reminder that Chris was gone…she was alone. Death is no stranger to Detective Devon McKinney—it’s her job. But when her life partner, Chris, is killed, Devon loses interest in life. But there’s a brutal killer on the loose, targeting the children of Kent City, and Devon must pull herself out of her downward spiral and focus on saving the innocent. As she digs deeper into the case, strange voices assist in h

Author: Shawn Mangum
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Keywords: visions
Number of Pages: 68
Published: 2007-09-19
List price: $12.49
ISBN-10: 1434317870
ISBN-13: 9781434317872

This book I would hope would open the minds of alot of people who refuse to accept the greatness of the afro- american, and all those who climb from the bottom, and want to be recognize for their glory and not their short comings.In the mist of this day i want people to know they can achieve anything they set out to achieve, and don’t let no one tell you different. When putting these poems together my theme was for us to rise as people and stop killing one another and start helping one another, for now is the time to rise, for tomorrow may overcome your true radiance!

Author: Luis Royo
Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
Keywords: visions
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2003-07
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1561633550
ISBN-13: 9781561633555

An artist of the spectacular. Each collection sparkles with pieces seen on book covers from around the world. Fantasy, science fiction, eroticism, etc... Royo has devised a special personal mix of media that makes his work so uncannily real, so beguilingly engaging as to make him a best-selling star.