Download or read book A Bird from Afar written by Anshul Chaturvedi and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Chaturvedi goes beyond the admiration and the controversy to chase down the mystique of the man Bose was ... A compelling read’ Pritish Nandy ‘Combines a sure grasp of history with an ability to convert little-known facts into a marvellous fictional page-turner’ Mihir Bose Nazi Germany, 1942. Stalingrad has fallen to the Axis powers after a bitter, brutal campaign; in North Africa, Field Marshal Rommel’s Afrika Korps has emerged victorious; Rangoon has been seized by the Japanese after their capture of Singapore. Amidst these developments, Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose has been camped in wartime Berlin, since 1941, working furiously to build an army that will be able to march with him overland towards the Indian frontier. Bose is confronted with multiple dilemmas: in order to free India militarily from the clutches of the British empire, he must ally with Hitler’s forces, the Japanese army and Mussolini’s troops. And even if he succeeds, can a post-British India emerge as a single, united country? Set during a turbulent and complex time in our nation’s history, A Bird from Afar is an unforgettable tale of courage, resilience and Subhas Bose’s obsessive quest for Indian independence during the Second World War.
Download or read book Loving From Afar FREE Romance Series Starter written by Mona Ingram and published by Mona Ingram. This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FREE Romance Series Starter. Allison knows she shouldn’t cling to memories of a lost love. Torn from her high school sweetheart and left to rebuild the pieces of her life, Allison has almost given up on finding love. Ten years have passed, but when she sees Cole again, her pulse kicks up in that old, familiar way. The question is, can they resolve the issues that tore them apart – and can she learn to love again? Loving From Afar is Book One of The Women of Independence series.
Download or read book The Yellow Birds written by Kevin Powers and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Book Award, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive in Iraq. "The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes actions he could never have imagined. With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, The Yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic.
Download or read book Hawks at a Distance written by Jerry Liguori and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hawks at a Distance" is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Jerry Liguori, a leading expert on North American raptors, factors in new information and approaches for identifying twenty-nine species of raptor in various lighting situations and settings. The field guide's nineteen full-color portraits, 558 color photos, and 896 black-and-white images portray shapes and plumages for each species from all angles. Useful flight identification criteria are provided and the accompanying text discusses all aspects of in-flight hawk identification, including flight style and behavior. Concentrating on features that are genuinely observable at a distance ..."--Jacket.
Download or read book Vivekananda Handbook for Everyday Living written by Anshul Chaturvedi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF VIVEKANANDA TO YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE Are you weighed down by societal expectations, family pressure or the need for digital validation? Vivekananda will help lighten that burden so that you care a little less about the opinions of others. Are you struggling with your work – or your workplace – despite no obvious deficit of skill? Vivekananda will help you redefine how to measure your own success or failure. Does death – your own, or of those closest to you – frighten you? Vivekananda will teach you how to cope with grief and loss, and be the support your loved ones need in trying times. Anecdotal and thought-provoking, The Vivekananda Handbook for Everyday Living unravels the wisdom of Swami Vivekananda's teachings to guide you through your life, whether at home or at the office.
Download or read book Cherishing Men from Afar written by James Louis Hevia and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late eighteenth century two expansive Eurasian empires met formally for the first time--the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain. The occasion was the mission of Lord Macartney, sent by the British crown and sponsored by the East India Company, to the court of the Qianlong emperor. Cherishing Men from Afar looks at the initial confrontation between these two empires from a historical perspective informed by the insights of contemporary postcolonial criticism and cultural studies. The history of this encounter, like that of most colonial and imperial encounters, has traditionally been told from the Europeans' point of view. In this book, James L. Hevia consults Chinese sources--many previously untranslated--for a broader sense of what Qing court officials understood; and considers these documents in light of a sophisticated anthropological understanding of Qing ritual processes and expectations. He also reexamines the more familiar British accounts in the context of recent critiques of orientalism and work on the development of the bourgeois subject. Hevia's reading of these sources reveals the logics of two discrete imperial formations, not so much impaired by the cultural misunderstandings that have historically been attributed to their meeting, but animated by differing ideas about constructing relations of sovereignty and power. His examination of Chinese and English-language scholarly treatments of this event, both historical and contemporary, sheds new light on the place of the Macartney mission in the dynamics of colonial and imperial encounters.
Download or read book Voice from Afar written by Tony Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timely poetry collection about peace and war by acclaimed children's poet and author Tony Johnston, stunningly illustrated by Susan Guevara.The poems in this collection present haunting images of war and peace. Set all over the world, from Belfast to Africa to the Middle East, these lyric snapshots show the effects of war on ordinary people, as well as the hope and cautious joy that mark each person's journey to survive. The poems startle with a quiet power: a sister makes up a sweet story for her brother about their house flying away from gunfire; a lentil is wryly asked to fling itself into boiling water so that a desperate family can be fed; a stubborn rosebush blooms, because no matter what it must endure. Full of sweeping, vivid color and emotion, Susan Guevara's accompanying acrylic paintings astonish, move, and provide a fascinating interpretation of and tribute to Tony Johnston's call for peace.
Download or read book His Shoes Were Far Too Tight written by Edward Lear and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned author Daniel Pinkwater and best-selling poet and artist Calef Brown team up to champion the ridiculous! These endlessly fascinating and imaginative poems are as fresh and delightful today as they were when Edward Lear wrote them more than a hundred years ago—from "The Owl and the Pussycat" to "The Pobble Who Has No Toes." This charming book proves that, sometimes, there's nothing children need more than a healthy dose of nonsense!
Download or read book Far from Land written by Michael Brooke and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to increasingly sophisticated and miniaturized devices that can track their every movement and behavior, it is now possible to observe the mysterious lives of these remarkable creatures as never before. This book takes you on a breathtaking journey around the globe to provide an extraordinary up-close look at the activities of seabirds. Featuring stunning illustrations by renowned artist Bruce Pearson, Far from Land reveals that seabirds are not the aimless wind-tossed wanderers they may appear to be, and explains the observational innovations that are driving this exciting area of research.
Download or read book A Bird for Buddha written by Jorge H. Aigla and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may be true that while traveling, one accepts. I have found the obverse also to be the case in Japan, and even more so in Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, where the traveler is welcomed by everyone and everything. These poems are articulations of explorations of physical, emotional and spiritual (if these be perchance at all different), far away, allowing animate and inanimate voices to be heard, which eventually coalesced into a Single Presence. This is my response and an offering to it.--Jorge Aigla
Download or read book The Field Afar written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Little Bird Biddle Bird written by David Kirk and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2001 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little bird tries to find something good to eat, looking at flowers, candy, wires, and cats before finally deciding to eat a worm.
Download or read book Far From the Madding Crowd written by Thomas Hardy and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Setting off to Far Country written by Arne Schneider and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2024-01-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legend tells of the danger posed by the abuse of an overpowering force of nature, the "White Dragon", which in ancient times brought about the downfall of an entire continent. This dragon will one day awaken from its millennia-long sleep and ignite the world conflagration. A small circle of faithful is called by the sages of the Brotherhood to lift the veil of mystery that hides behind the legend. Their directive: to warn humanity of this threat, which must be recognized and averted. A task that confronts all those involved with unimagined challenges. Can they succeed, in agreement with the Council of the Wise, to banish the disaster?
Download or read book Works written by Francis Beaumont and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life Histories of North American birds Marsh birds written by Arthur Cleveland Bent and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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