![]() ![]() It’s also about regeneration as a philosophy: “Regeneration is an inclusive and effective strategy compared to combating, fighting, or mitigating climate change. These are actions for the next generation, a make or break moment for the planet as we know it. And the idea of regeneration runs through it.īoth meanings of the word apply. ![]() The emphasis has shifted from a potential menu of solutions to what it might look like to take action – from a ‘what if?’ to ‘how to’. But there is a different dynamic to this book. There’s a similarly large team of people behind it and a huge amount of expertise, and again all brought together by Hawken. It’s presented in the same attractive but slightly unwieldy format, halfway between a paperback and a coffee table book. Drawdown is one of my favourite climate books, an extensive study into the top fifty ways to reverse climate change, edited into an accessible and inspiring book by Paul Hawken. ![]()
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![]() Hussain Zaidi is a Mumbai based journalist and a veteran of investigative, crime and terror reporting in Mumbai media. This book is an in-depth view on the mafia’s games of supremacy. It captures Dawood and his daring, cunningness, focus, ambition and hunger for power. These include: the rise of the Pathans, formation of the Dawood gang, the first supari, the mafia’s role in Bollywood, Pakistan’s role in giving shelter to one of the most wanted persons in the world. The story recalls many milestones in the history of crime in India. He went on to wipe out any competition and was eventually known as a nemesis of the Mumbai police. Dawood Ibrahim got into the path of crime as a hostage in the hands of the Mumbai police. This is a story of a little boy who went astray even though his father was part of the police force. It is the story of gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Varadarajan Mudaliar, Chhota Rajan and Abu Salem. The book is the first attempt to record the history of the Mumbai mafia. ![]() This is a story about a boy from Dongri came to be a don in Dubai. ![]() ![]() ![]() Basu spoke about the complexities of writing about his personal life while thanking her extended family for their support throughout the time.ĭiscussing his career, Basu touched upon Menon’s relationships with prominent figures from the Indian freedom movement and the challenges of integrating 565 princely states into a single nation. ![]() The book offers a glimpse into Menon’s childhood and his rise to the man we know today. Her aim was to move Menon’s life from the shadows to the frontline, shedding light on an otherwise reticent figure in Indian history. The event featured a conversation between Basu and Aditya Ramanathan, a Research Analyst at Takshashila.īasu, who is a foreign policy analyst and Menon’s great-granddaughter, explained that she had spent five years researching and writing the book. The Takshashila Institution organised a book launch of ‘V.P Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India’ by Narayani Basu on Friday, March 6 in Bangalore. Takshashila hosts Narayani Basu for the book launch of ‘V.P Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India’ ![]() ![]() When his venue cancels at the last minute, Micah offers the use of his parent’s barn in rural Pennsylvania. His senior project is directing Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream just before the Christmas break. When a chance spin of a bottle at a party has him locking lips with Micah Springfield, president of the Delts, dread-headed, serial-dating, straight Micah, Leo is determined to forget about it, no matter how incendiary the sparks or how gorgeous Micah may be. He stays focused and in control, and he never, ever, dates straight guys. Leo is passionate about two things: gay rights activism and acting. Sure, Micah’s always been a little bi-curious, but he never thought he’d pursue a guy, much less a guy who doesn’t seem to be interested in getting caught. But when he gets the hottest kiss of his life from a cute guy during a game of ‘spin the bottle’, Micah’s cool turns into a puddle of anxious goo. Micah is the hippest, most chill guy on campus. ![]() ![]() Today’s wonderful story is Eli Easton’s Midwinter Night’s Dream. I can’t believe it’s day 5 of my huuuuge Christmas Stories giveaway already! ![]() ![]() ![]() something a person does to make his or her soul complete"), celebrate holidays and form friendships. ![]() In other ways, Elsewhere resembles the world Liz left behind residents work at jobs (although here, everyone has a chance to pursue an "avocation. When they reach infancy, they are sent down the River to be reborn on Earth. Liz learns that the aging process works differently in this land of the dead: instead of getting older, humans (and animals) grow younger. Her situation gradually comes into focus after she arrives at the island of Elsewhere and is greeted by her grandmother, who died before Liz was born. A surreal atmosphere permeates chapter one as Liz awakens on a ship (mostly occupied by elderly people), unaware of its destination. ![]() Even readers who have strong views on what happens after death may find themselves intrigued by the fascinating world of "Elsewhere," the place 15-year-old Liz ends up after she is killed in a bicycle accident. ![]() ![]() Take this course with a master teacher in a live online class. You can also purchase The Iliad & Odyssey Complete Set (with Streaming) instead of the set with DVDs. between the story of the siege and Fall of Troy, and the story of Homers Iliad The material presented: the Iliad covers only 52 days, concentrating on. ![]() ![]() These Memoria Press editions feature the translations of Samuel Butler, which are both scholarly and easily accessible to younger students. The Iliad and the Odyssey have been enormously influential in Western literature and art, and are the perfect place to begin your study of Western culture and the Great Books. The Odyssey was the original great adventure story and character study. The story combines the history, legends, and religion of the ancient Greeks with the imagination. The Iliad was the principal textbook in the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, and the primary authority in matters of ethics and morals, civic behavior, and military tactics. The Iliad is a long narrative poem in dactylic hexameter. Traditionally dated to the 8th century B.C., these epics were the most important influences in the formation of Greek culture. ![]() ![]() Western civilization begins with the two greatest books of the ancient world, the Iliad and the Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer. ![]() ![]() It’s up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. ![]() The strange and disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly.īut then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. In this third installment in the #1 bestselling Stalking Jack the Ripper series, a luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of scandal, madness, and horror when passengers are murdered one by one…with nowhere to run from the killer.Īudrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. ![]() ![]() When Edie receives a mysterious photograph that she believes was taken by Francis, she is more certain than ever he isn’t dead. As he travels through France gathering news for British wives and mothers, he searches for evidence his own brother is still alive. Hired by grieving families in need of closure, Harry returns to the Western Front to photograph soldiers’ graves. ![]() And like Edie, he’s hopeful Francis is living somewhere in France, lost and confused. Harry, Francis’s brother, was there the day Francis went missing in Ypres. Francis is presumed to have been killed in action, but Edie knows he is alive. While many have been reunited with their loved ones, Edie’s husband Francis is still missing. Survivors of the Great War are desperately trying to piece together the fragments of their broken lives. ![]() ![]() In the tradition of Jennifer Robson and Hazel Gaynor, this unforgettable debut novel is a sweeping tale of forbidden love, profound loss, and the startling truth of the broken families left behind in the wake of World War I.ġ921. Genre: Historical (’20s), World War I, FictionĬomplimentary Review Copy Provided by Publisher Through Edelweiss ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The epilogue was thought to be lost, but was re-discovered in 2016, and both were published in a special edition of the novel released by Cemetery Dance Publication. Five years later the prologue was published in Whispers magazine, and an abridged version appeared in the 1997 issue of TV-Guide to promote the upcoming miniseries. originally, there was a prologue and epilogueīefore The Shining was published, there included a prologue titled “Before the Play” which chronicled the events of the Overlook Hotel before the arrival of the Torrence family, as well as an epilogue titled “After the Play,” though neither were included in the final draft. Curiously, though, King seems to have abandoned this strategy entirely, as the majority of his book after the fact have taken place in Maine. ![]() the location of the overlook hotel was entirely arbitraryĪfter writing Carrie and ‘Salem’s Lot, which were both set in small towns in Maine, Stephen King wanted to, in his own words, “spend a year away from Maine so that my next novel would have a different sort of background.” To decide where his next story was to take place, he opened an atlas of the United States on a kitchen table and set his finger down a random location, which just so happened to be Boulder, Colorado. While most people only know of the The Shining thanks to the film adaptation directed by Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King’s 1977 novel was published today, and to celebrate a story that has revolutionized the horror genre, here are a list of fun facts. ![]() ![]() ![]() The City We Became is about the birth of New York City on a multiversal level. “This is the lesson: Great cities are like any other living things, being born and maturing and wearying and dying in their turn.” p6, Kindle Version I have, however, read her short story collection How Long ‘til Black Future Month, wherein lives “The City Born Great,” the short story that The City We Became is based on and I remember wanting more when I finished it. If you know me, this will come as a surprise because 1) I love reading works by Black authors, especially women, and 2) I love science fiction and have been getting into fantasy lately. I’ll begin this review with a confession: this is the first novel I’ve ever read by N. A big, heavy gust of moist air tickles the hairs on my skin…I spend the next two days going all over the city, drawing breathing-holes everywhere, till my paint runs out.” p3, Kindle Version I pause and look around, confused for a moment – and then the throat sighs behind me. ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s a soft, strange sound as I lay down the last streak of black. “All I want to do is paint, man, because it’s in me and I need to get it out. ![]() |