Biography Books
Gefen Publishing House But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and
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£14.39
Independently Published Vindas e Idas: Uma viagem pela Croácia resgatando
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£6.48
Palmetto Publishing Mama Nonne
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£16.14
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC The Bus Trip
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£7.99
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Mikey Speaks Out
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£6.99
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Horse Racing An Opinion
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£13.29
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Six Feet from the Edge
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£12.34
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC The Reflections
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£13.49
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC The Sweet Pain of Being Alive
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£9.49
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC I Was a 12YearOld Rock Star...
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£15.29
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC DAMN An Emotional and Physical Journey Through
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£12.34
Hanuman Editions THE LIE OF THE TRUTH
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£11.39
Vanderbilt University Press Hot Spot
Book SynopsisWhen Nashville identified its first case of coronavirus in March 2020, the city was between directors of public health and as unprepared as the rest of the world for what was to come. Dr. Alex Jahangir, a trauma surgeon acting at that time as chair of the Metro Nashville Board of Health, soon found himself in front of the cameras and eventually in the unenviable position as head of the city's Coronavirus Task Force. What followed was a year of unprecedented challenge and scrutiny. Jahangir, a first-generation Iranian immigrant, grew up in Nashvillebut that didn't stop ethnic, racial, and cultural tensions around masking, schools, vaccines, and the very reality of the virus from dominating what should have been a collective effort at keeping Nashville healthy and safe. Hot Spot is Jahangir's narrative derived from his actual op notes (the journal-like entries surgeons often keep following operations) and expanded to include his personal reflections and a glimpse into the inner sanctTrade ReviewI will only assert that my friend Alex Jahangir's pandemic memoir is a touchstone for anyone who led through or lived through the pandemic. More crucially, his account gives us a template for leadership when there is none to be had."—from the foreword by Dr. James HildrethTable of Contents Foreword by Dr. James E. K. Hildreth Prologue Surge One: March 8, 2020 – May 31, 2020 Surge Two: June 1, 2020 – September 30, 2020 Surge Three: October 1, 2020 – March 7, 2021 Epilogue: Surge Four
£25.60
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Unraveling
Book SynopsisPart memoir, part rumination on the declining moral compass of the American political class, The Unraveling is the first book to place restoring political ethics at the center of the renewal of American democracy. Politics is a brutal game, but Bauer asks where does the line fall between the hardball of politics and attacks on the very foundation of democracy? Looking back on 46 years in the political arena, Bauer tries to better grasp what has gone wrong and to understand what shaped his own decisions and actions. He offers anecdotes, perspectives, and insights that are vitally relevant in our world today, including efforts in 2020 (and 2024) to stop one president from overturning democratic elections, and the struggles with social media, such as Meta, to combat disinformation in a post-truth politics. He writes about the various personal experiences along the waythe highs, the lows, and the absurd. Bauer presents a smart and serious look at our political culture and the role that
£17.99
Seal Press Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's
Book SynopsisIt has been decades since women of color first turned feminism upside down, exposing the feminist movement as exclusive, white, and unaware of the concerns and issues of women of color from around the globe. Since then, key social movements have risen, including Black Lives Matter, transgender rights, and the activism of young undocumented students. Social media has also changed how feminism reaches young women of color, generating connections in all corners of the country. And yet we remain a country divided by race and gender.Now, a new generation of outspoken women of color offer a much-needed fresh dimension to the shape of feminism of the future. In Colonize This!, Daisy Hernandez and Bushra Rehman have collected a diverse, lively group of emerging writers who speak to the strength of community and the influence of color, to borders and divisions, and to the critical issues that need to be addressed to finally reach an era of racial freedom. With prescient and intimate writing, Colonize This! will reach the hearts and minds of readers who care about the experience of being a woman of color, and about establishing a culture that fosters freedom and agency for women of all races.
£15.19
WriteLife LLC A Teenage Girl in Auschwitz: Basha Freilich and
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£16.10
Pitchstone Publishing How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering
Book SynopsisChristopher Hitchens was for many years considered one of the fiercest and most eloquent left-wing polemicists in the world. But on much of today’s left, he’s remembered as a defector, a warmonger, and a sellout—a supporter of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who traded his left-wing principles for neoconservatism after the September 11 attacks. In How Hitchens Can Save the Left, Matt Johnson argues that this easy narrative gets Hitchens exactly wrong. Hitchens was a lifelong champion of free inquiry, humanism, and universal liberal values. He was an internationalist who believed all people should have the liberty to speak and write openly, to be free of authoritarian domination, and to escape the arbitrary constraints of tribe, faith, and nation. He was a figure of the Enlightenment and a man of the left until the very end, and his example has never been more important. Over the past several years, the liberal foundations of democratic societies have been showing signs of structural decay. On the right, nationalism and authoritarianism have been revived on both sides of the Atlantic. On the left, many activists and intellectuals have become obsessed with a reductive and censorious brand of identity politics, as well as the conviction that their own liberal democratic societies are institutionally racist, exploitative, and imperialistic. Across the democratic world, free speech, individual rights, and other basic liberal values are losing their power to inspire. Hitchens’s case for universal Enlightenment principles won’t just help genuine liberals mount a resistance to the emerging illiberal orthodoxies on the left and the right. It will also remind us how to think and speak fearlessly in defense of those principles.
£14.36
MIT Press Letters and Other Texts
Book SynopsisA posthumous collection of writings by Deleuze, including letters, youthful essays, and an interview, many previously unpublished.Letters and Other Texts is the third and final volume of the posthumous texts of Gilles Deleuze, collected for publication in French on the twentieth anniversary of his death. It contains several letters addressed to his contemporaries (Michel Foucault, Pierre Klossowski, François Châtelet, and Clément Rosset, among others). Of particular importance are the letters addressed to Félix Guattari, which offer an irreplaceable account of their work as a duo from Anti-Oedipus to What is Philosophy? Later letters provide a new perspective on Deleuze''s work as he responds to students'' questions.his volume also offers a set of unpublished or hard-to-find texts, including some essays from Deleuze''s youth, a few unusual drawings, and a long interview from 1973 on Anti-Oedipus with Guattari.
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Great Plains Publications Ltd Chasing Baby: An Infertility Adventure
Book SynopsisGrow up, get a job, find a partner, have a family, live the dream. This was always the plan...with some deviations along the way. Using sarcasm and vulnerability, Morwenna speaks about growing up, finding love, and then struggling when the rest of "the plan" isn't meant to be. This is the raw & real story of one couple's rollercoaster ride as they discover infertility, try various treatments, suffer an adoption reversal, and learn to make new plans and find the funny moments. A raw, sarcastic, and sometimes funny account of the struggles of growing up, dealing with infertility, fertility treatments, and the adoption process.
£17.06
Octopus Publishing Group The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister: A
Book SynopsisWITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV'If you read only one book about the war, this is the one to read.' -Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm'Unforgettable. An immediate history of a cruel war and a personal chronicle of unbearable loss' -Simon Sebag-Montefiore, author of The WorldKilled by shrapnel as he served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Olesya Khromeychuk's brother Volodymyr died on the frontline in eastern Ukraine. As Khromeychuk tries to come to terms with losing her brother, she also tries to process the Russian invasion of Ukraine: as a historian of war, as a woman and as a sister.In a thoughtful blend of memoir and essay, Olesya Khromeychuk tells the story of her brother - and of Ukraine. Beautifully written and giving unique, poignant insight into the lives of those affected, it is an urgent act of resistance against the dehumanising cruelty of war.'If you want to understand Ukraine's determination to resist, Olesya Khromeychuk's book is essential.' -Paul Mason, author of How to Stop Fascism[A] tender and courageous book... Khromeychuk's clear-sighted prose expresses the pain that thousands, even millions, have felt in every conflict, past and present. -The Literary Review Magazine'A touching and brilliantly written account about grief, and also about strength. I read it in one night.' -Olia HerculesTrade ReviewElegantly written... packed with the sharpness of moments when a death suddenly becomes real * Times Literary Supplement *I admire a book that invites me to grapple with knotty questions. Olesya Khromeychuk has written such a book - beautifully. * Professor Cynthia Enloe, author of Nimo's War *Moving, intelligent and brilliantly written, this is a sister's reckoning with a lost brother, an émigré's with the country of her childhood, and a scholar's with her own suddenly acutely personal subject matter. A wonderful combination of emotional and intellectual honesty. It even manages to be funny. * Anna Reid, author of Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine *In vivid, intimate prose and with unflinching honesty, Olesya Khromeychuk introduces us to the brother she lost in the war and found in her grief. Poignant, wise and unforgettable. * Dr Rory Finnin, University of Cambridge *[A] tender and courageous book... Khromeychuk's clear-sighted prose expresses the pain that thousands, even millions, have felt, not just in Ukraine now but in every conflict, past and present. * The Literary Review Magazine *With disarming candour and an arresting mix of the mystical and the everyday, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the impact of Putin's war on Ukrainians * Lucy Ash *A touching and brilliantly written account about grief, and also about strength. I read it in one night. * Olia Hercules *Heartbreaking, agonizing, poetical and unforgettable. An immediate history of a cruel war and a personal chronicle of unbearable loss, beautifully and vividly told by a superb historian and elegant writer in a work that brings every death in Ukraine alive with transcendent grief and love * Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World: A Family History *A deeply moving and beautifully written account of her brother's death fighting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. If you read only one book about the war, this is the one to read. * Henry Marsh, bestselling author of 'Do No Harm' *Khromeychuk is a scholar, and as such she brings an insight that is inseparable from her very personal story. She is able to frame the war in Ukraine with the rich particularity of human experience. It's the account only she could write. * Julie Durbin, Current *Khromeychuk shows that the experience of grief transcends individual circumstance and in fact, unites us * Los Angeles Review of Books *
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Welbeck Publishing Group Limited Interior Style Maximalism
Book SynopsisThe extrovert of interior design and the definition of ''more is more'', maximalism is an exuberant celebration of pattern, colour and texture that deliberately clash. Its roots lie in 1930s Hollywood Regency style, Rococo and Neoclassicism, as well as Greek, Egyptian and Asian styles.With a historical overview of the decor, and illustrated with examples of notable interiors and key elements of lighting, furniture, colour palette, texture and textile, the book offers practical advice on how to recreate the look in your own home.
£14.44
Experiment Nearly Departed
Book SynopsisHow far would you go to save your own life? In this funny and heartfelt memoir, Gila Pfeffer recounts losing both parents to cancer and the choices she made to avoid the same early demise.
£17.99
The Westbourne Press London's Overthrow
Book SynopsisLondon's Overthrow is a potent polemic describing the capital in a time of austerity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Award-winning author and essayist China Mieville cuts through the hyperbole of our politicians to present a view from ordinary London - of the inequality, oppression and indignity and the hidden, subversive sentiment pervading throughout our streets.Trade Review'Mieville gives us a vision of a pre-apocalyptic London, where the chasm between rich and poor has reached catastrophic levels and anger is the only reasonable response.' Hari Kunzru 'China Mieville does more than reveal the skull beneath the London's scabby, piebald skin; he offers effervescent nourishment for the downpressed souls that stalk the streets of his divided city. Anybody who wants to know what has happened here - in the ground zero of a failed neoliberal experiment - must start with his unsettling panorama.' Paul Gilroy
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The Book Guild Ltd Lakeland Larks Laughter and Lunacies
Book SynopsisLakeland Larks, Laughter and Lunacies is a quirky memoir poking fun at the travails and tribulations of Anna Nolan's car-less exploration of the Lake District, her home and playground, and reflecting her Polish ebullience.This exuberant and frolicsome book is shot through with humour, suffused with satire and drenched in comedy, striving to strike a balance between her mountain escapades and mishaps on one hand and jocular musings and satirical asides on the other. The latter touch on a wide range of topics including the hilarities arising out of culture clashes between native Britons and a foreigner in their midst, the quirks of human nature and the delights of a more mature age.Lakeland Larks, Laughter and Lunacies is a series of humorous anecdotes and witty digressions richly interspersed with comic verse with no particular chronology, which makes it perfect for being dipped in and out.
£8.54
Life Graduate Publishing Group Los ESCUELA EN CASA Profesor Planificador: El
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£9.19
Tellwell Talent Robust in Love: My Brave Heart Journey
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£8.70
Wilkinson Publishing The Bull - David Warner: Daring to be Different
Book SynopsisDavid Warner: Daring To Be Different Unveiling cricket''s greatest entertainer!The first Australian cricketer to play 100 internationals across all three levels (Tests, ODIs and T20s), David Warner is a champion of his generation; fabulous but flawed. No Australian opener in history has surpassed his rapid-fire strike rate in excess of 70 runs per 100 balls. Only one other has surpassed his aggregate of 45 centuries across all levels.Feisty, flamboyant, verbose and villainous, few have been as entertaining or as polarising as the great David Warner.
£20.39
Australian Scholarly Publishing The Intelligent Mr Kinghorne Intelligent Mr
Book SynopsisAlexander Kinghorne was a child of the Scottish Enlightenment, an agricultural innovator, surveyor, civil engineer and incurable romantic. But at the age of 54, driven by adversity and hope, he chose to take his family to the penal colony of New South Wales. Would he succeed in this new land? Would he rescue his children and restore them to the prominence in society he was sure was enjoyed by his shadowy forbears? Alexander's achievements extended beyond these things to a more intangible legacy of humanity and support for others.
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Exisle Publishing Truthteller: An Investigative Reporter's Journey
Book SynopsisThere is a war on truth. And the liars are winning. There is an increasingly large number of weapons in the arsenal of the rich, the powerful and the elected to prevent the truth from coming out - to bury it, warp it, twist it to suit their purposes. Truthteller reveals how governments and corporations have covered-up mass murder, corruption and catastrophe. In a world where Putin and Trump have successfully branded journalists as traffickers in fake news, while promoting the actual creators of fake news, an investigative reporter shows the tools that are used to deceive us and explains why they work. Using exclusive documents and interviews drawn from three decades as an award-winning reporter, editor, foreign correspondent, television producer, documentary filmmaker, and journalism educator, Stephen Davis reveals shocking details of deception in the United States, the UK, Russia, Sweden, the Baltic republics, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, the Arctic and Antarctic. Truthteller is an essential guide for understanding the modern media world - for teachers, students and concerned citizens who want to know the facts, not fake news and conspiracy theories. It takes you inside the world of investigative reporting in an intimate history of a reporter''s battles, won and lost, the personal and professional costs and the lives damaged along the way.
£9.99
Alan Squire Press Already Gone: 40 Stories of Running Away
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Forefront Books Live Beyond
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Woodhall Press Fast Fallen Women: 75 Essays of Flash NonFiction
Book SynopsisFast Fallen Women includes 75 previously unpublished pieces on the topic of the ways in which women fall— whether they reach the boundaries of their lives and take flight, whether they stumble, or are pushed over the edge. Holding a compact mirror up to life, given that all the essays are under 750 words, the book bears witness to women's resilience, creativity, and wit as women write about rising up against all odds. With new and original works by Amy Tan, Jane Smiley, Bobbie Ann Mason, Caroline Leavitt, Darien Hsu Gee, Honor Moore, and Lynn Peril, as well as a dazzling range of emerging authors writing from diverse perspectives, ages 20-92,Fast Fallen Women gives whispered conversations a full voice.Table of Contents1. Maggie Mitchell— Party Girl 2. Caroline Leavitt— Lousy Dancer 3. Amy Tan— Fallen Woman 4. Marna Deitch— Woman on the Motorcycle, Riding Alone 5. Ebony Murphy-Root— Feeling 39 6. Deboarh Hochman Turvey— Planned Parenthood 7. Honor Moore— Good Calcium and a Red Sky 8. Pamela Katz— Breaking Ground 9. Jane Smiley— Looking Up 10. Kelly Andrews Babcock— Bruce Whore 11. Darien Hsu Gee— Platitudes 12. Gina Barreca— The Other Woman 13. Jianna Heuer— That Girl 14. Heidi Rockefeller— Stability 15. Ilene Beckerman— Good Girls 16. Rosie Gonzalez— Leveling the Playing Feild 17. Katherine Jimenez— Rubbers 18. Emily Heiden— Uncharted 19. Anne Bagamery— Feminism and Mom 20. Nicole Catarino— Rituals 21. Michelle Carter— Hystorechtomy Hysteria5 22. Louisa Ballhaus— I Can Keep aSsecret 23. Claire Lasher— Gingerbread Woman 24. Pia Bertucci— Baba’ s Mirror 25. Pat Myers— Burnice Kotkin 26. Lynn Peril— Summer 1976 27. Jennifer Rizzo— On Some Days 28. Lisa Douglas— Paper Robes and Good Panties 29. Madiha Shafqat— Roti-making dreams 30. Greta Scheibel— Beware of the which bites 31. Emily Toth— When Your Friends Say “ OOH LA LA” 32. Jennifer Scharf— First Kiss 33. Kylie Ramia— Sweet Tooth 34. Meredith Tibbetts— Hope and Pain 35. Sarite Konier— POP Star 36. Jessie Lubka— The Toxic Friend 37. Melissa Llarena— Imagine a Better Way 38. Laura Pope— Aspiring Mother 39. Joyce Saltman— Virgins and Sluts: Then and Now 40. Amy Hartle Sherman— Taking Off 41. Kelsey Tynik— When Will Enough Be Enough? 42. Bobbie Ann Mason— Bobbycoddle 43. Sydney Melocowsky— How to Scramble an Egg 44. Joan Seigler Sidney— How I Escaped Mom’ s Voice 45. Angela Bonavoglia— Close Encounters of the Episcopal Kind 46. Krysia Carmel— Nelson Life Alert 47. Monique Heller— Green Beans 48. Erica Buehler— Worth my Salt 49. Cindy Eastman— Moving Out; Moving In 50. Dana Starr— Put out to Pasture 51. Angel Johnstone— Taking It Off 52. Cristina Caruk— Falling for the Baby 53. Pat Pannell— Lost and Found 54. Susan Cossette— Letter to My 18-Year-Old Self 55. Melissa Johnson— Old Friends 56. Kim Hanson— The Iron and the Belt 57. Bonnie Jean Feldkamp— Depths of the Damned 58. Julie Danis— Hostage for a Prayer 59. Kathleen Jones— Virtue Signaling 60. Brenda Murphy— Salem Witches 61. Barbara Cooley— A Singel Woman 62. Jane Cook— Scar 63. Erin Brochu— Good as Nude 64. Jennifer Forrest— Getting up 65. Cara E. Kilgallen— Rituals & Resurgence: 66. Carol Gieg— Swept Off My Feet 6 67. Misty Knight— A Calculated Fall 68. Cecilia Gigliotti— Psycho Killer, Twelve Years Old 69. Heidi Woods— Falling in Love While Falling Apart 70. Amy Mullis— Rebel Pants 71. Tammy Rose— In Clover 72. Emily Raymond— The Couch Story 73. Mia Yanosy— The Gift 74. Joan Muller— Nursery Rhymes 75. Emma Corby— Emerald Shoes
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Di Angelo Publications Dream of Flight
Book SynopsisWhen adventurer Sequoia Schmidt began a pursuit into the world of human flight, it was originally to understand her own emotions; specifically her fear. But what started with a skydiving license, lead to a life changing journey of more than she could have ever imagined.Every step of Sequoia''s life has been filled with trials of differing caliber. She has faced tragic loss and extreme catharsis, and she has faced each of these experiences in the same way: with persistence and forward movement. This next stint of life, which follows Sequoia''s pursuit of extreme activities, she discovers fear can manifest in more ways than just jumping off a cliff, as she falls in love in the midst of her exploits. A powerful voyage of finding strength, and an intimate look into understanding the risks one woman is willing to take. From speed riding the French Alps, to BASE jumping the big walls of Brazil, this is a journey of love, passion, strength and commitment...all beginning with
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Di Angelo Publications Freiheit
Book SynopsisFor decades, the climber and extreme mountaineer Thomas Huber has been teetering on the edge, always at the limit. He recorded great success in first ascents and spectacular climbing tours that no one had dared to do before. He has suffered defeats and has survived serious accidents and a kidney tumor — but through every challenge and failure, he has had the strength to always get back up. In his autobiography, Huber talks about his childhood at the foot of the Alps, about the power of the first step, about passion, courage, and doubt. This book is both the story of one of the most famous mountaineers of our time and a hymn to freedom.
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Fighting High Ltd Extremes of Fortune: From Great War to Great
Book SynopsisHerbert Martin Massey was by any measure, a remarkable man. He was wounded three times in three separate conflicts, the first of which, in the First World War, almost killed him. Brought down in flames by one of Germany’s great aces, Werner Voss, he somehow recovered from his horrific, life-threatening injuries to continue his flying career in the Royal Air Force, only to be nearly killed once more in the Palestine Emergency of 1936, when his life was saved by the thin metal of his cigarette case. Then, at the age of 44 and having risen through the ranks to Group Captain, he was shot down over Holland on the second of the Thousand Bomber Raids in June 1942.Massey was taken prisoner by the Germans and sent to Stalag Luft III at Sagan. Here, he was to excel as the Senior British Officer, vigorously defending the rights of his fellow prisoners of war, the men now under his command. Respected and admired by his comrades and captors alike, fate handed to him the decision to authorise the Great Escape, the famous breakout from Sagan in March 1944.Too badly wounded to join the escape himself, Martin Massey was the man to whom the Germans first broke the news of the execution of fifty of those who had been recaptured. Repatriated to Britain because of his wounds shortly afterwards, it was Massey who brought home the details of the murders which began the process of bringing the perpetrators to justice post-war.Decorated for his gallantry and leadership six times, men like Martin Massey come along only rarely. This book, using previously unseen documents and photographs, tells his story.Trade ReviewExtremes of Fortune is an intimate look at Massey's amazing life through the lens of contemporary letters and memoirs...definitely qualifies as adventure reading for the World War I aviation enthusiast. * Indy Squadron Dispatch *
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i2i Publishing Thy Will Be Done
Book SynopsisThis is the story of a Yorkshire lad, who, aged three, was taken to live in South Africa. A rapscallion, or worse, Peter Conway came to the attention of the Johannesburg police and then, the South African Defence Force. As Peter’s scrapes escalated, he was shrewdly manipulated into serving, first the Apartheid South African Government and then, following Nelson Mandela’s assumption of the Presidency, the new masters of this achingly beautiful land. Intelligence officer, infantryman in the Bush War in Angola, Hells Angel, brothel keeper, drug smuggler and mercenary, Peter was all these and more. In 2004, together with Simon Mann, Mark Thatcher and others, Peter participated in the Wonga Coup, the failed attempt to overthrow the Government of Equatorial Guinea. Finally, the venality and cynicism of modern South African governance became too much and in 2012, aged forty-six, Peter abandoned the land of his dreams to live in England and write this memoir. Thy Will be Done discloses a frighteningly violent dysfunctionality, bordering upon anarchy, both in present-day South Africa and elsewhere in that continent. It is no read for the faint-hearted, but for those interested in one of the fastest growing and yet most dangerous parts of our world, it’s a must.
£10.76
Gallimard Le matin des magiciens
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De Gruyter Wie die Bilder ins Museum kamen: Biografien von
Book SynopsisOft erzählen Bilder Geschichten. Bilder haben aber auch selbst eine Geschichte, wenn sie auf dem Weg in ein Museum durch viele Hände gegangen sind. Sie verfügen über eigene Biografien. Der Autor, der sich auf Ergebnisse einschlägiger Provenienzforschung stützt, geht den Lebensbeschreibungen von Kunstwerken aus dem Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Köln auf die Spur: So musste die Stadt Köln 19 Jahre um ein Gemälde von Cranach gegen die Tochter Hermann Görings prozessieren; der Erwerb eines anderen Gemäldes musste teuer bezahlt werden, weil man es als Geschenk nicht haben wollte, und ein mutiger Museumsdirektor setzte seine Kunstankäufe gegen viele Widerstände durch. In diesem Buch für alle Museumsbesucher und Leser, die mehr über die Exponate erfahren wollen, werden die Geschichten hinter den Bildern lebendig.
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Archeology and Art Publications James Mellaart: The Journey to Çatalhöyük
Book SynopsisJames Mellaart was a pioneering archaeologist who made some of the greatest discoveries about Turkey’s prehistoric past, changing our understanding of the late stone age forever. His excavation of the huge Neolithic mound site of Çatalhöyük, now a World Heritage Site, brought revolutionary evidence of a complex prehistoric town, revealing previously undreamt of art and culture, and making him famous. However, there was far more to the man than his archaeology – his troubled childhood, fierce identity, love for Turkish culture, as well as the controversies by which he was dogged, meant that his life was filled with adventure and exoticism. This book delves into the life of James Mellaart and his wife Arlette, their family histories and historical Istanbul, the romantic backdrop to Mellaart’s ground-breaking work. His son Alan explores in detail how the lives of his parents and their respective families unfolded, set against the social whirl of a summer palace on the Bosphorus. Mellaart’s archaeological discoveries and the excitement of excavation are vividly explained in first-hand accounts by those who were there at the time. Historical reports, eyewitness accounts from those who knew him and assessments of the impact of both Mellaart’s work and character by leading academics show the undoubted importance of his contribution to the archaeology of Turkey and the wider Near East. Richly illustrated in colour throughout, here for the first time the reader encounters previously unseen archive materials, including Mellaart’s personal notebooks and accounts, giving new perspective on one of the greatest and most controversial characters in the history of archaeology.Table of ContentsPreface – Alan Mellaart, Emma L Baysal ; Prologue: The Skeleton Cleaning Club: Childhood Memories of Çatal Hüyük – Alan Mellaart ; The life of James Mellaart – Alan Mellaart ; Arlette Mellaart: A Journey to Archaeology – Alan Mellaart ; Bohemia on the Bosphorus – Arlette Mellaart ; Safvet Pasha – Sinan Kuneralp ; Kadri and Ulviye Cenani – Alan Mellaart ; James Mellaart: A Man Addicted to Archaeology – Mehmet Özdoğan ; Extracts From The Interval: A Life in Near Eastern Archaeology – Seton Lloyd ; Working with Jimmy and Arlette Mellaart from 1955 to 1958 – David Stronach ; James Mellaart and Hacılar – Maxime Brami ; ‘Jimmy Bey of Hacılar’ and some Memories of Fifty Years – Refik Duru ; Notes on the Çatal Hüyük Excavations – Ian Todd ; Letters from Çatalhöyük – Grace Huxtable ; Mellaart’s Notebooks: The Story of Çatalhöyük’s First Days – Emma L. Baysal ; Working With Arlette and James Mellaart at Kanlıca in 1964: Those were the Days – Peder Mortensen ; Jimmy and Arlette Mellaart at Çatal Hüyük – John Ingham ; James Mellaart and Çatalhöyük: An Evaluation – Ian Hodder ; One of archaeology’s great mysteries: Dorak – Seton Lloyd, Kenneth Pearson, Patricia Connor, David Stronach ; Gordon Square – Donald Easton ; Memories of Jimmy and Arlette – Ian Hodder ; Tribute to James Mellaart – John Carswell ; Tribute to James Mellaart – Trevor Watkins ; James Mellaart Bibliography
£76.00
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. 30 Women in Power: Their Voices, Their Stories
Book Synopsis30 Women in Power carries the inimitable voices of Indian women who have been pioneers andedarge organizations in banking,aw, the media, advertising, government services, health care, consulting, the fast-moving consumer goods sector and the not-for-profit space. In these narratives told up, close and personal thirty of India''s greatest women achievers speak of the guiding principles that have held them in good stead; The role models who have anchored them; The childhood influences that have shaped their values and the interests outside the world of work that have revitalized them. Coming from all walks ofife, these empowered women discuss their many successes and their dreams for the future. Yet, they also venture to disclose the setbacks that have preceded hard-won conquests; The barriers, psychological or otherwise, that may have held them back at certain points and the compromises they''ve had to make to reach the top. Through these honest and contemplative revelations, thirty women in power answer those questions that confront all working women from how best to balance the personal and the professional, to how to dismantle gender biases. Equally, the essayists consider seminal issues that concern every committed professional, man or woman: What are the qualities that define aeader? Where does one find a mentor? What are the ingredients in the recipe for success? Edited by businesseader extraordinaire Nainaal Kidwai, this topical and relevant book is a must-read, not only for theessons it provides, but also for the intimate accounts it offers ofives powerfullyived.
£13.49
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. THE GANDHI EXPERIMENT
Book SynopsisHow do we take Gandhi''s messages further, asessons that could bring about change in and around us? Perhaps a healthy dose of non-violent, solution-focused activities stemming from Gandhian principles would be a more productive approach both at school and at home, especially for the citizens of tomorrow.How do we teach our youngsters non-violence is a conscious choice; that we need to rise against injustices; that hope in action'' and moving from apathy to action'' are of supreme importance; and that satyagraha'' is the very foundation we stand on?This bookiterally equips teachers and parents with tools and strategies for peace-building. For teachers, it takes these into the rigorous academic classroom; for parents, it is a guide to how they can build better relationships with their children whilst helping them step forward into a better world. The Gandhi Experiment teaches teenagers global citizenship, conflict resolution, anger management, forgiveness and how to mould their thoughts for a more positive future.Using thirty-plus years of experience, Margaret Hepworth combines concepts, techniques and practices, creating activities that engage, provide equity and enable teenagers to make powerful and positive choices for a better tomorrow.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MASTER YOUR MEMORY
Book SynopsisWhat isife without memory? Empty!earn smart tricks to retain events in mind and have a quick recall when you need them the most.Nowadays, we are relentlessly bombarded with various kinds of information from countless sources all the time. It is actually a wonder that we manage to remember anything meaningful at all.This is where Memory Champion Jayasimha Ravirala comes to our rescue. He shows us how to organize our mind, exercise it and ensure that it starts thinking along a specific pattern. Following the concept of Creative Memory which works on the fundamentalaws and rules of memory, this book goes against the common practice of remembering by repetition and writing down everything that needs to be remembered.Simple to use and fun-oriented, it brings out results so fast so that you can measure the improvements the same day. It equips the reader with the tools, techniques and skills required to remember more, faster, forong and witheast effort.Many of the techniques mentioned here are used by contestants in memory championships. This book equips the reader with the tools, techniques and skills required to remember more, faster, forong and witheast effort. This book might even make you a champion.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. DIVIDED BY PARTITION: United by RESILIENCE: 21
Book SynopsisDuring the mayhem of the 1947 Partition,akhs of peopleost their homes andivelihoods, whileakhs died. It was a time of catastrophicoss. Despite this, people found the strength toook towards the future and focused on rebuilding theirives and the country they had migrated to. This book captures stories of resilience and sheer grit of people caught in the vortex.It comprisesife stories of twenty-one extraordinary individuals who were deeply affected by the Partition, yet went on to achieve greatness in Independent India. Through their first-hand accounts, they provide a visceral insight into the devastation of families who endured the migration, the camps and the struggle of rebuilding theirives.Each of these stories is inspirational in a timeless way and the book is ultimately about the resilience and triumph of the human spirit over everything else.Manmohan Singh,.K. Advani, Madanal Khurana, M.S. Kohli, Dharampal Gulati, Faqir Chand Kohli, Manoranjan Byapari, Gulzar, Hamida Habibullah, Kasturial Wadhwa, Krishen Khanna, Kuldip Nayar, Ajeet Cour, Brijmohanall Munjal, Govind Nihalani, Anjolie Ela Menon, Milkha Singh, Ram Jethmalani, Satish Gujral, Surinder Singh Gandhi, Ved Marwah.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Kashmir: Rage and Reason
Book SynopsisHere is one of the most articulate and well informed of Kashmiris giving voice tohow Kashmiris feel, and what it''s like to live in a pressure cooker.''Andrew Whitehead, former editor, BBC World Service, author and historian''This is one of the most informative and stimulating books that I have ever readabout Kashmir.''Christopher Snedden, noted historian and authorBlending analyses with anecdotes, Kashmir: Rage and Reason is the Valley''s new-age writing, whichtraces, in lucid language, the region''s tortured history, the many facets of Kashmiri nationalism, andthe betrayals. The author has woven together his anecdotes and people''s narratives from groundzero to give us the real picture in all its starkness, minus any journalistic dressing.Written by one of the most eminent and respected journalists from Kashmir.The narrative draws on the many interviews the author has covered and his personalanecdotes.Solid analysis combined with great storytelling.A brave new book on the Kashmir issue, from someone who has himself lived the tragedyof Kashmir.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Saving India from Indira: The Untold Story of
Book SynopsisAn abidingove of natureies at the root of all of Rabindranath Tagore''s works. Thousands of pages have been written in appreciation of his writings on nature. However, Tagore has not commonly been considered relevant to the current environmental debate. Using theens of ecocriticism, the author shows us how Tagore brings up important issues regarding the imbalanced relationship between man and nature, decades before the concept had been formally introduced. Rabindranath Tagore: Aife of Intimacy with Nature differs from earlier works in its exploration of Tagore''s quest to nurture the delicate relationship between the human and natural realms of existence, consciously and consistently. The book shows how an ecocritical evaluation of Tagore, today, can help us discern his pioneering role in this field, especially when man''s neglect of the environment is having a disastrous impact on a global scale. This ecobiography helps us understand hisife and work anew.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. RETHINKING GOOD GOVERNANCE: Holding to Account
Book SynopsisPublic institutions support good governance, which, in turn, promotes sustainable economic development and, thereby nurtures the welfare of the people. The vital bond between a people and its government is that of trust and these public institutions help maintain that trust. They serve as the pillars supporting the foundation of a robust and vibrant democracy. In Rethinking good governance, Vinod Rai highlights the strength of each of these pillars and analyses the circumstances that may haveed to their weakening, resulting in the foundations of our democratic fabric being somewhat shaken. From numerous occasions when parliamentarians failed to adhere to the decorum expected ofawmakers in the house, the serious deficit of impartiality and integrity within the central Bureau of investigation, to the issue of governance that has plagued the Board of control for cricket in India (BCCI) and the imbroglio around the perceivedack of cohesion between the government and the Reserve Bank of India, Rai reveals how each of these instancesed to a gradual decline of the independence and autonomy of these institutions over the decade.
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HarperCollins India Dharma Artha Kama Moksha
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HarperCollins India Nimbu Saab
Book SynopsisCaptain Neikezhakuo Kenguruse, affectionately called ''Nimbu Saab'', is a lesser known hero of the Kargil War. He belonged to the second battalion of the Rajputana Rifles. It played a crucial role in defending Point 4590 - an operation during which it lost twenty-three soldiers. One of the fallen heroes was the twenty-five-year-old Captain Kenguruse, who led his men barefoot into combat in temperatures of -10 degrees Celsius. Kenguruse was posthumously awarded the country''s second highest gallantry award, the Maha Vir Chakra. Even so, his story remains relatively unknown.
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