I do no live in the US, so I only buy books from them (they only ship books, CDs and DVDs to international destinations).

They are doing a _terrible_ job packing them, and they always arrive damaged to a certain degree. For example, one hard cover picture book I ordered from them was wrap in a carton envelop with no isolation or bubble wrap what so ever. It arrived damaged, and this is a _picture book_, that should look good.

They are horrible. The also don’t let me talk to someone who is in charge. They stop everything in the Indian customer service representatives level.

For people who live in the US there are alternatives. But I am stuck with them.

This isn’t an argument about originality and nationalistic origins of creativity, just examination into influence. Such as how pasta is thought to have originated in Arab countries, not Italy. http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/pastas/history-of-pasta.asp
http://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/pasta-history.asp
I am more interested in examining cultural influences via trade than wondering whether some peoples or other were “primitive” or not before x, y, or z.

Here is some info from Wikipedia about culture in Japan, Japan, way before the 16th century:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan about even eight century

“The Nara period of the eighth century marked the first emergence of a strong central Japanese state, centered around an imperial court in the city of Heijō-kyō, or modern day Nara. In addition to the continuing adoption of Chinese administrative practices, the Nara period is characterized by the appearance of a nascent written literature with the completion of the massive chronicles Kojiki (712) and Nihon Shoki (720). (Nara was not the first capital city in Japan, though. Before Nara, Fujiwara-kyō and Asuka served as capitals of the Yamato state.)

In 784, Emperor Kammu moved the capital from Nara to Nagaoka-kyō for a brief ten-year period, before relocating it to Heian-kyō (modern day Kyoto) in 794, where it remained for more than a millennium.[18] This marked the beginning of the Heian period, during which time a distinctly indigenous Japanese culture emerged, noted for its art, poetry and literature. Lady Murasaki’s The Tale of Genji and the lyrics of modern Japan’s national anthem, Kimi ga Yo were written during this time.[19]

Japan’s feudal era was characterized by the emergence of a ruling class of warriors, the samurai. In 1185, following the defeat of the rival Taira clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo was appointed Shogun and established a base of power in Kamakura. After Yoritomo’s death, the Hōjō clan came to rule as regents for the shoguns. Zen Buddhism was introduced from China in the Kamakura period (1185–1333) and became popular among the samurai class. The Kamakura shogunate managed to repel Mongol invasions in 1274 and 1281, aided by a storm that the Japanese interpreted as a kamikaze, or Divine Wind. The Kamakura shogunate was eventually overthrown by Emperor Go-Daigo, who was soon himself defeated by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336. The succeeding Ashikaga shogunate failed to control the feudal warlords (daimyo), and a civil war erupted (the Ōnin War) in 1467 which opened a century-long Sengoku period.”

This deity is Fuujin, who along the Silk Road was taken from the Greek god Aeolus who was in turn taken from the Indo-European proto-god of the wind.

Michelangelo, an Italian from the 16th Century studied ancient Greek and Roman statues during the period known as Renaissance, where he studied the human body and the function each muscle had.

To that effect, he was able to imitate his artistic predecessors such as Phideas and other anonymous sculptors.

The Japanese statue and Michelangelo are not directly mutually inspired, but are indirectly inspired by Indo-European influences.

Make no mistake, however; Michelangelo is far more superior in his craft and scholarship of the human body than the highly derivative craftspeople of Japan during the making of these Fuujin statues.

Original 80’s Acid House & Detroit Techno mixed with a couple of Vocal Classics.

1. The Garden Of Eden - the serpent in the garden (198

2. Metro - journey thru the N.Y. underground - angel of mercy (Rheji Burrell) - NuGroove recs

3. Annette - dream 17 - 1988

4. Pierres Fantasy Club - dream girl (mixed by Ralphie Rosario & Mickey Oliver)

5. Tyree - lets get together (prod. by Tyree & Joe Smooth) - 1988

6. Reese & Santonio - the sound (Derek May mix)

7. L.E. Bass - acid bitch (mixed by The House Addicts) - 1988

8. Adonis - no way back

9. Ecstacy Club - jesus loves the acid - 1988

10. Mr Lee - pump up london

11. This Aint Chicago - ride the rhythm (acid not placid) - 1988

12. LNR - work it to the bone - 1987

13. Tyree - acid crash - 1987

14. CiTy LiMiTs - “jammin breaks” - rhythm rising (Howie How)

15. Rhythm Is Rhythm - kaos - 1987

16. Neal Howard - perpetual motion (mixed by Kevin Saunderson) - 1988

17. Rhythm Is Rhythm - the dance - (Derek May living room mix) - 1987

18. Neal Howard - indulge