David Gibbins' "A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks" is also a history of the world in 270 pages, which is why, as you might imagine, the book is jam-packed with information - and why, as Gibbins explains, it is not the history, but a history.
What Gibbins, a maritime archaeologist wh
A Japanese Buddhist nun has stepped forward to allege that she was brainwashed and sexually violated by the chief priest of a major sect's temple for over a decade, shocking the country's religious establishment.
Editor: This is the third installment of a three-part feature. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In late January, the Tendai Religious Office in Otsu received a petition for a disciplinary hearing sent by Eicho, and in March, the Tendai sect commenced an investigation and began questioning her.…
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