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Juggernaut Publication The DarkColoured Waters
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Juggernaut Publication The Woman Who Ran Aiims
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HarperCollins India A Life in the Shadows: A Memoir
Book SynopsisFrom a Partition-bloodied childhood in Lahore and New Delhi to his early years as a young intelligence officer.
£19.35
Double 9 Booksllp The Road
Book SynopsisThe Road, first published in 1907, is an autobiography by Jack London. London explains about his experiences and adventures as one of the hoboes. He spent his years as a hobo in America and Canada in the years 1894-1895. London starts with a story showing what excellent liars hoboes could be. He presents his illustration as an apology to a woman in Salt Lake City that he convinced to provide him support. The next chapter explains some other skills of the hobo, the most important of which is the 'holding down' of the train. The rest of the book details different aspects of hobo life, including their diverse backgrounds. The last chapter is about the bulls, the cops. London says throughout the book about how the American system is unfair to the hoboes.
£10.44
Double 9 Booksllp The Letters Of Anne Gilchrist And Walt Whitman
Book SynopsisAmerican poet Walt Whitman made a close relationship with English writer Anne Gilchrist. Here are collection of their correspondence in this book. After reading Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass for the first time Anne Gilchrist instantly written a letter to the author to convey her delight in his poems and to thank him for their publication. From Whitman's reply was emerge an writing relationship between the two writers, the substance of which is contained within this interesting collection. This book is a decent view of a life well-lived (Anne's) and while most of it is basically a fan girl letter to Whitman, even calling him godlike at one point. As to the particular set of letters presented, most of these letters are from Anne Gilchrist to Walt Whitman, a few are replies to her letters, and a few are letters from her children to Whitman. Their correspondence was began through William Michael Rossetti, English writer and critic who edited Whitman's works and this correspondence was initiated with Gilchrist's letter to Whitman in the form of a critical essay she wrote in his defence called 'A Women's Estimate of Walt Whitman'.
£13.59
HarperCollins India The Last Courtesan: Writing My Mother's Memoir
Book SynopsisIn this poignant memoir, she narrates the unbelievable story of her survival to her son with candour, grace and humour, never missing a beat and always full of heart.
£16.19
Double 9 Booksllp The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus
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Double 9 Books The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom
Book SynopsisThe Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom is a novel by Tobias Smollett. The story follows the titular character, a young man of unknown parentage who sets out to make his fortune in the world. Fathom is initially presented as charming and charismatic, but soon reveals himself to be a ruthless and deceitful opportunist. Fathom begins his adventures as a con artist, manipulating and swindling people for his own gain. He meets a variety of characters, including wealthy socialites, criminals, and members of the working class. Along the way, he engages in a variety of schemes, from gambling and forgery to seduction and murder. Despite his many misdeeds, Fathom manages to charm his way into the affections of several women, including a wealthy heiress and a virtuous young woman named Monimia. However, his schemes eventually catch up with him, and he is imprisoned and sentenced to death. In the end, he repents of his misdeeds and is spared from execution, but is left to live out his days in ignominy. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom is a darkly comic satire that explores the themes of deception, morality, and class in 18th century society. It is considered one of Smollett's most important works and a notable contribution to the literary genre of picaresque fiction.
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HarperCollins Publishers India City on Fire
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Bloomsbury India The Cell and the Soul
£20.82
HarperCollins Publishers India The SIS story
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HarperCollins Publishers India Nations Calling
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Aleph Book Company Unladylike: A Memoir
Book SynopsisA wildly original and humorous account of growing up as an Indian woman. Unladylike is a memoir that spans four decades of the author''sife. From stories about a childhood spent wishing she could change everything about herife (including her parents), to her chronically delayed puberty, and the self-esteem issues that accompany a flat chest, Vaz doesn''t pull any punches. She takes us through her college years, where under the vigilance of Catholic nuns she grappled with a major decisionto have or not have pre-marital sex as well as the discovery that the female body is capable of some very strange sounds at very inappropriate times. Out of respect for various ex-boyfriends, she will dwell on just one manher wheat-eating, milk-drinking Jat husband. From their extra-long courtship (that he didn''t tell his mother about), to their wedding day and beyond, there areessons for every girl who has ever thought one day I''dike to be married''. Theesson is: Don''t say you weren''t warned''
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Lector House Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin: Edited By
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Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Buy Softly Dies a Lake
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£23.44
Juggernaut Publication My Life as a Comrade: The Story of an
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£17.99
Steve Lambley Information Design Aussie Ties: My Australia
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£22.80
Amsterdam Publishers Aftermath: Coming of Age on Three Continents
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£25.60
Central European University Press The Triumph of Uncertainty: Science and Self in
Book SynopsisTauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account through science’s – and his own personal – quest for explanatory certainty. During the 20th century, that goal was displaced by the probabilistic epistemologies required to characterize complex systems, whether in physics, biology, economics, or the social sciences. This “triumph of uncertainty” is the inevitable outcome of irreducible chance and indeterminate causality. And beyond these epistemological limits, the interpretative faculties of the individual scientist (what Michael Polanyi called the “personal” and the “tacit”) invariably affects how data are understood. Whereas positivism had claimed radical objectivity, post-positivists have identified how a web of non-epistemic values and social forces profoundly influence the production of knowledge. Tauber presents a case study of these claims by showing how immunology has incorporated extra-curricular social elements in its theoretical development and how these in turn have influenced interpretive problems swirling around biological identity, individuality, and cognition. The correspondence between contemporary immunology and cultural notions of selfhood are strong and striking. Just as uncertainty haunts science, so too does it hover over current constructions of personal identity, self knowledge, and moral agency. Across the chasm of uncertainty, science and selfhood speak.Table of ContentsForeword by Scott F. Gilbert Preface Introduction Chapter 1—Beginnings Chapter 2—On Ways of Knowing Chapter 3—Transitions Chapter 4—Rewriting Immunology Chapter 5—The Immune Self Chapter 6—Systems Philosophically Considered Chapter 7—Pursuing the Enigmatic Self Chapter 8—Rethinking Science Chapter 9—Outline of a Post-Positivist Philosophy of Science Chapter 10—A New Agenda Chapter 11—Personalizing Science Chapter 12—Moral Epistemology Chapter 13—Requiem for the Ego Chapter 14—Identity Reconsidered Conclusion Appendix 1—The Modernist Self Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
£24.65
Central European University Press Listening to the Languages of the People: Lazare
Book SynopsisThis tale of great achievements and great disappointments offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between scholarship and political sentiment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Lazăr Șăineanu (1859-1934), linguist and folklorist, was a pioneer in his native Romania, seeking out the popular elements in culture along with high literary ones. He was among the first to publish a study of Yiddish as a genuine language, and he uncovered Turkish features in Romanian language and customs. He also made an index of hundreds of Romanian folktales. Yet when he sought Romanian citizenship and a professorship, he was blocked by powerful figures who thought Jews could not be Romanians and who fancied the origins of Romanian culture to be wholly Latin. Faced with anti-Semitism, some of his friends turned to Zionism. Instead he tried baptism, which brought him only mockery and shame. Hoping to find a polity to which he could belong, Șăineanu moved with his family to Paris in 1900 and became Lazare Sainéan. There he made innovative studies of French popular speech and slang, culminating in his great work on the language of Rabelais. Once again, he was contributing to the development of a national tongue. Even then, while welcomed by literary scholars, Sainéan was unable to get a permanent university post. Though a naturalized citizen of France, he felt himself a foreigner, an “intruder,” into his old age.Trade Review"Davis quotes Sainéan’s own assessment of his situation at the end of his long career: ‘indeed, here, in regard to social relations, I am always still “the intruder”’. One of the virtues of her book is that she does not seek to hide her subject’s foibles—including a somewhat thin-skinned insistence on his own rightness, a certain defiant self-regard, a pragmatism that didn’t always do him much good. Rather, Davis goes constantly in search of more complex motives behind Sainéan’s scholarly preoccupations and life choices: this renders us a very human figure, whose story serves as a litmus for the atmosphere of the times through which he lived." (The review is complemented by the author's response.) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/2472 -- Alex Drace-Francis * Reviews in History *Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART ONE: ROMANIA Early Years: Studies and Friendships The Field of Linguistics 1. FIRST PUBLICATIONS The Science of Judaism: Advancing Emancipation Semasiology Paris, Gaston Paris, and the Jours D’emprunt Leipzig and the neogrammarians 2. RESEARCH ON YIDDISH The Dialectological Study of Judeo-German Spreading The Word on Yiddish B.p. Hasdeu, anti-semitism and jewish relations 3. UNIVERSITY LECTURES AND NEW BOOKS V. A. Urechiǎ and the first rejection of naturalization Favorable Reviews and Marriage 4. BASMELE ROMANE The Basmele Wins a Prize Second Defeat of Request For Naturalization Self-Defense and Studies in Folklore 5. THE DICŤIONAR UNIVERSAL Non-Zionist Jew and His Circle of Friends Paris, London: Gaster and Zionism Paris: Nordau and Zionism The Rejection of Zionism, The Dreyfus Affair Baptism And Its Consequences 6. THE ORIENTAL INFLUENCE ON THE ROMANIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Șǎineanu and Other Jews The Last Months: Publication and Defeat Repairing And Describing His Life: The Philological Career PART TWO: FRANCE The New Emigré 7. LIVING AND MAKING A LIVING; SOME TRANSLATIONS Judeo-German for The French Scholar 8. THE POPULAR LANGUAGES OF FRANCE Rabelais Les Sources Indigènes and Disappointment 9. SUMMING UP Languages And “The People” In The 1920s and 1930s Two Jewish Critics on Sainéan’s Life Abbreviations Bibliography Index
£100.89
Central European University Press The Triumph of Uncertainty: Science and Self in
Book SynopsisTauber, a leading figure in history and philosophy of science, offers a unique autobiographical overview of how science as a discipline of thought has been characterized by philosophers and historians over the past century. He frames his account through science’s – and his own personal – quest for explanatory certainty. During the 20th century, that goal was displaced by the probabilistic epistemologies required to characterize complex systems, whether in physics, biology, economics, or the social sciences. This “triumph of uncertainty” is the inevitable outcome of irreducible chance and indeterminate causality. And beyond these epistemological limits, the interpretative faculties of the individual scientist (what Michael Polanyi called the “personal” and the “tacit”) invariably affects how data are understood. Whereas positivism had claimed radical objectivity, post-positivists have identified how a web of non-epistemic values and social forces profoundly influence the production of knowledge. Tauber presents a case study of these claims by showing how immunology has incorporated extra-curricular social elements in its theoretical development and how these in turn have influenced interpretive problems swirling around biological identity, individuality, and cognition. The correspondence between contemporary immunology and cultural notions of selfhood are strong and striking. Just as uncertainty haunts science, so too does it hover over current constructions of personal identity, self knowledge, and moral agency. Across the chasm of uncertainty, science and selfhood speak.Table of ContentsForeword by Scott F. Gilbert Preface Introduction Chapter 1—Beginnings Chapter 2—On Ways of Knowing Chapter 3—Transitions Chapter 4—Rewriting Immunology Chapter 5—The Immune Self Chapter 6—Systems Philosophically Considered Chapter 7—Pursuing the Enigmatic Self Chapter 8—Rethinking Science Chapter 9—Outline of a Post-Positivist Philosophy of Science Chapter 10—A New Agenda Chapter 11—Personalizing Science Chapter 12—Moral Epistemology Chapter 13—Requiem for the Ego Chapter 14—Identity Reconsidered Conclusion Appendix 1—The Modernist Self Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
£57.75
Central European University Press Beyond the Siege of Leningrad
Book SynopsisThis memoir about the experiences of German occupation during the siege of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) was written by Moscow-born Evdokiia Vasil'evna Baskakova-Bogacheva (18881976), an émigré in Australia, at the age of eighty-one. The text had been forgotten in the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco since 1970 until the editors of this volume discovered it.In the memoirs, after accounting on her youth spent against the background of the First World War and of the two Russian revolutions of 1917, Evdokiia describes the inferno of the Nazi occupation as experienced in a suburb of Leningrad in 1941-43. She survived for nearly two years almost on the front line, within a few kilometers of the blockade ring. As a medical practitioner, she became useful for the occupational authorities and the ever-shrinking town population, until her family was evacuated to the west in October 1943. Besides hunger, discord, disease, the hunt for food and firewood, along with violence and death, Evdokiia's account deals with various forms of cooperation between Soviet citizens and the new authorities. All the events she recalls can be confirmed through other sources. The introduction and the detailed notes to the text help the reader to locate Evdokiia's recollections in time and place, and situate them in their historical context.
£91.21
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore Winston Choo: A Soldier at Heart
Book Synopsis"Don't be a coward. What are you afraid of? Never mind if people do not take favourably to what you have to share. Just be honest and truthful, don't embellish but humbly present your story." This was how Winston Choo convinced himself to write this memoir. As a boy, all he wanted was to be a soldier. Never in his wildest dream did he imagine that he would, one day, have three stars on his shoulders. He tells how he was groomed by Dr Goh Keng Swee to lead the Singapore Armed Forces - and yet had to surmount hurdles within both the military and civilian administration. He relates how he shaped the structure, values and culture of the SAF by focusing on people and esprit de corps, and taking a strategic yet pragmatic approach. After 33 years being a man of war, he found himself once again handpicked, this time to be a man of peace - first in the diplomatic service, then as Chairman of the Singapore Red Cross. His novel experience of being ADC to President Yusof Ishak and his astute dealings with the military around the world for the SAF ensured his success in making friends for his homeland. Stricken with cancer, but ever disciplined and never ready to surrender, Winston Choo shares what keeps him soldiering on.
£13.50
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Reluctant Editor: The Singapore Media as Seen
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Penguin Random House SEA Whispers of Hope: A Family Memoir of Myanmar
Book SynopsisAs a British teenager, I meet a beautiful Burmese girl on the school bus. Her family self-exiled in 1964, soon after the military coup, to start a new life in England. My fascination is fired for this far-off land.How did Burma, with such a regal past, swathed in natural beauty and populated by a people of unmistakable poise and serenity slide into repression and obscurity? How can the up-beat memories of April's parents be reconciled with Myanmar's current malaise?Over 16 years I recorded the oral history, anecdotes and reminiscences of her family who were eye witnesses to momentous events in mid-century Burma. These together with more recent conversations - with Aung San Suu Kyi and a range of Burmese millennials - provide a unique portrait of Myanmar stretching back to April's great, great grandfather in 1852.For all the woes of this country, whispers of hope can be heard.Trade Review"I think many Myanmar as well as others who are interested in our country will find your book very refreshing and vibrant as you have written in a warm, friendly way, touching vividly on many areas, of the past and the present, from an emotional as well as psychological angle." Kyi Kyi May, former BBC Correspondent to Myanmar"Affecting, influential, challenging, educational, balanced and compassionate. The mix of narrative voices - often complimentary, sometimes contradictory - brings much colour, vibrancy, immediacy to the piece." Dr Daniel Doherty Endorser's credentials: founder of the Critical Coaching Research Group, UK"Having looked for things to read about Myanmar prior to my visit a year ago, I feel confident that this book is a unique and contemporary addition to what exists." Dr Clare Rigg, Senior Lecturer, University of LiverpoolThis book is intelligent, thoughtful, thorough, and threaded with lyrical expression especially around architecture, landscape, costume and food. It disseminates ideas and knowledge acquired from and inspired by a unique location, with the gravitational undertow of faith and family. Anastasia Parkes, feature writer and author The plight of the many minority peoples in Myanmar today is heart-rending yet, apart from the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, it is rarely publicised. Also perplexing is the public stance of Aung San Suu Kyi. In a gently probing manner, Dr. Mabey exposes the roots of these and other vexing issues. In this rare and revealing book, the conundrums of modern Myanmar are animated by a string of unusual encounters, family connections and intimate observations. The Baroness Cox, Founder and CEO Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust The history of Burma is encapsulated in this brief piece of work, done with a lightness of touch . . . Aung San Sui Kyi's observation that the Burmese realise that "one's destiny is decided entirely by one's actions" is borne out by these lovingly crafted vignettes of expats and Burmese people from all walks of life: their resilient spirit permeates the exquisitely crafted tale. This is a deeply intimate yet eternally universal story about family, survival, culture, nourishment, memory, courage, and love -- all unfurled before the pitiless and uncaring gaze of politics, governments, edicts, laws and military juntas. Ultimately it is a tour de force of how we lose ourselves and then find ourselves. Dr Christine Eastman, School of Business, Middlesex University Whispers of Hope is a memoir of Burma/Myanmar with a difference as only Chris Mabey (a renowned academic in Leadership studies and a devoted Christian) and his family can tell it. The story begins with the author's telling of his meeting with a beautiful Burmese girl in England and falling for the warmth of her family. As the story unfolds, the author delicately weaves together the conversations about Burma he had with the family members and the people he met in the country and his reflections on the changes in Burma. This family memoir gives an insight into the real lives of Burmese people and their culture and history. It will be of interest to anyone who is intrigued by the paradoxes of early and modern Myanmar. Linda Hsiu-Yun Hsieh, Associate Professor
£16.10
Austin Macauley Publishers FZE The Unseen Divide
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Blackstone Audiobooks,U.S. The Ballad Of Speedball Baby: (A Memoir)
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Ched Ed Aztec Empire: A Brief History from Beginning to
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BookBaby Not My Time To Die . . . But I Didnt Know
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Independently Published Hacking The Corporate Ladder: My Time in Maersk
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Independently Published Confissões de um Sugar Daddy
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Independently Published The Movie About My Life: A Memoir By
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Independently Published Kenn Brooks: My Life and Times, Volume 2
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State University of New York Press Almanac
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Independently Published Planting Seeds of Strength
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Salem Author Solutions The Legend of T.Rex
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Blackstone Audiobooks,U.S. Bits and Pieces
Book SynopsisIf it weren''t for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life, always encouraging them to be true to themselves. When Whoopi lost her mother in 2010 - and then her older brother, Clyde, five years later - she felt deeply alone; the only people who truly knew her were gone. Emma raised her children not just to survive, but to thrive. In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, Whoopi shares many of the deeply personal stories of their lives together for the first time. Growing up in the projects in New York City, there were trips to Coney Island, the Ice Capades, and museums, and every Christmas was a magical experience. To this day, she doesn''t know how her mother was able to give them such an enriching childhood, despite the struggles they faced - and it wasn''t until she was well into adulthood that Whoopi learned just how traumatic some of those struggles were. Fans of personal mem
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Independently Published Carey Mulligan: The Untold Stories of Film star
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Food Allergy
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC The Bus Trip
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC The Dying Art
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Quiet Before the Storm
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Horse Racing An Opinion
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Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Six Feet from the Edge
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Maxwell Leadership From These Roots: Bringing Light, Hope, and
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Academic Studies Press An Improbable Life
Book SynopsisJust how improbable can one man''s survival story be? From evading the KGB and disassembling a downed American plane to narrowly escaping a life sentence in Siberia, Reuven Rashkovsky’s story is a gripping tale of coming of age, searching for belonging, and daring to escape the tightly controlled Soviet regime. Relayed in his point of view by his daughter, Dr. Karine Rashkovsky, An Improbable Life tells the story of a man who has been at the center of some of the most dramatic and tumultuous events in modern history, from World War II to the Six-Day War to the collapse of the USSR, providing insight into the world of Soviet Jewry and the almost insurmountable obstacles to getting out. Filled with quirky, revealing anecdotes, An Improbable Life is a valuable historical resource for anyone intrigued by culture and identity in the Soviet Union from the last days of Stalin to the Brezhnev era and the paradox and perils of being outcast—and possibly heroic—in that time and place. With the return of a totalitarian, imperialist Russia, Rashkovsky’s story is all too relevant to today’s struggles. Here is an improbable true story of what can indeed, be possible.
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