Download or read book Under Another Sky written by Charlotte Higgins and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author and classics scholar shares “a delightful, deeply informed recounting of her journeys across Britain in search of its ancient Roman past” (Kirkus, starred review). What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments of Roman Britain. She explores the land that was once Rome’s northernmost territory and how it has changed since the years after the empire fell. Under Another Sky invites readers to see the British landscape, and British history, in an entirely fresh way: as indelibly marked by how the Romans first imagined and wrote, these strange and exotic islands, perched on the edge of the known world, into existence. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize
Download or read book Another Sky written by Fereshteh Roshan and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bosnian humanitarian entangled with an Afghani doctor in a clash between Taliban-linked rebel groups and Government – how likely that can be? With stories drawn out from the drawers of humanitarian response, and non-response, in Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Afghanistan and Pakistan, „Another Sky” hooks them all up into a single truth-based fiction book. Read on… Wounded, kidnapped by the Afghani rebels, and then imprisoned at infamous interrogation cell of Pakistani Intelligence Service, Anika stubbornly follows her own vision of humanitarian work, where the ultimate aim is to assist those who need the assistance the most. And the aim, in her vision, justifies all the means. Doctor Zia Rashidi, an official of Afghan Ministry of Health, is the first on move when the conflict escalates to help the displaced population, despite the risk for his own life and safety. He has no means of knowing that the encounter with the stubborn Bosnian will be fateful. Mirza, an ex-humanitarian turned a rebel leader, filled with the hatred and anguish after the loss of beloved wife and their child. Rencounter with the old friends of past sets him back on the path of humanitarianism, love and friendship – long thought gone alongside with his family. Caught in the whirlpool of the complex military-rebel conflict in Afghanistan, Anika, Dr Rashidi and Mirza must find the way of confronting their own feelings and prejudices towards the Government, rebel formations and humanitarian aid delivery to those affected by it. From the heat of Kabul asphalt, across the desert dunes of Shams to the humming bazaars of Peshawar – Mirza, Zia and Anika will experience the hell brought on by the grief, hatred and desperation, yet never abandoning the spirit of defiance carrying them towards the embouchure of the unstoppable river of love and friendship.
Download or read book Beneath Another Sky written by Norman Davies and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'He writes history like nobody else. He thinks like nobody else ... He sees the world as a whole, with its limitless fund of stories' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This evocative historical journey around the world shows us. 'Human history is a tale not just of constant change but equally of perpetual locomotion', writes Norman Davies. Throughout the ages, men and women have endlessly sought the greener side of the hill. Their migrations, collisions, conquests and interactions have given rise to the spectacular profusion of cultures, races, languages and polities that now proliferates on every continent. This incessant restlessness inspired Davies's own. After decades of writing about European history, and like Tennyson's ageing Ulysses longing for one last adventure, he embarked upon an extended journey that took him right round the world to a score of hitherto unfamiliar countries. His aims were to test his powers of observation and to revel in the exotic, but equally to encounter history in a new way. Beneath Another Sky is partly a historian's travelogue, partly a highly engaging exploration of events and personalities that have fashioned today's world - and entirely sui generis. Davies's circumnavigation takes him to Baku, the Emirates, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Tasmania, Tahiti, Texas, Madeira and many places in between. At every stop, he not only describes the current scene but also excavates the layers of accumulated experience that underpin the present. He tramps round ancient temples and weird museums, summarises the complexity of Indian castes, Austronesian languages and Pacific explorations, delves into the fate of indigenous peoples and of a missing Malaysian airliner, reflects on cultural conflict in Cornwall, uncovers the Nazi origins of Frankfurt airport and lectures on imperialism in a desert oasis. 'Everything has its history', he writes, 'including the history of finding one's way or of getting lost.' The personality of the author comes across strongly - wry, romantic, occasionally grumpy, but with an endless curiosity and appetite for knowledge. As always, Norman Davies watches the historical horizon as well as what is close at hand, and brilliantly complicates our view of the past.
Download or read book Another Love Another Sky written by Aruna Jethwani and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Second Simplicity written by Yves Bonnefoy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAn eagerly awaited anthology of recent poetry and prose by the celebrated French poet Yves Bonnefoy/div
Download or read book Another Sky written by Lucy Popescu and published by Profile Books(GB). This book was released on 2007 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of writing from prison, including autobiography, letters and poems, will include pieces by Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy currently under 'protective custody' in Myanmar, and Orhan Pamuk, who was arrested for a comment published in a Swiss newspaper earlier this year; and an extract from the last (unpublished) work of the Nigerian dissident Ken Saro-Wiwa, which he wrote a week before his execution in 1995. Shedding much-needed light on the world's darkest regimes, other unpublished work gives accounts of life in countries from Syria and Saudi Arabia to Cuba and Cameroon. And to reflect truthfully the work that PEN's Writers in Prison Committee undertakes today, the anthology will also feature writing from those who have suffered for new forms of communication - for example, those punished by restrictive regimes in countries such as China and for cyberdissent, the new samizdat, on the internet. Visit the PEN website Listen to readings from the event at the National Theatre, lead by Michael Palin.
Download or read book In the Presence of Another Sky written by Ranjit Hoskote and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Presence of the Sun written by N. Scott Momaday and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the Presence of the Sun presents 30 years of selected works by [N. Scott] Momaday, the well-known Southwest Native American novelist. His unadorned poetry, which recounts fables and rituals of the Kiowa nation, conveys the deep sense of place of the Native American oral tradition. Here are dream-songs about animals (bear, bison, terrapin) and life away from urban alienation, an imagined re-creation based on Billy the Kid, prose poems about Plains Shields (and a fascinating discussion of their background), and new poems that utilize primary colors ('forms of the earth') to express instinctive continuities of a pre-Columbian vision."--Library Journal "The strong, spare beauty of In the Presence of the Sun is compelling evidence that Scott Momaday is one of the most versatile and distinguished artists in America today."--Peter Matthiessen ". . . the images, the voices, the people are shadowy, elusive, burning with invention, like flames against a dark sky. For behind them is always the artist-author himself . . . a man with a sacred investiture. Strong medicine, strong art indeed."--The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book The Secret To Reach Phase 32 of Kundalini Evolution written by Irwan Effendi and published by Irwan Effendi. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you aware that after reaching the Sahasrara, Kundalini can be evolved phase by phase until it reaches phase 32? This Evolution will bring you to higher stages of spiritual development and allows you to have a better grasp on what we call "existence". In this ebook, the author describes in detail how he managed to complete the evolution within several rather short years, and based on the experience you would understand why no other human has ever managed to do so.
Download or read book The Tiger and the Acrobat written by Susanna Tamaro and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INCLUDES SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED LINE DRAWINGS Little Tiger is not like other tigers. Not content to spend her days alone, roaming the snow forests of Siberia hunting prey, she prefers instead to ponder the ways of the world. One day, eager to discover her own place within it, she sets out on a remarkable journey to discover the secret of life, and to meet the creatures she has heard most about: humans. A moving tale of bravery and spirit, The Tiger and the Acrobat is a celebration of the power of friendship, and a testament to the courage it takes to be true to ourselves. 'This book is a beaut.' Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love You
Download or read book The Dawn of History written by Charles Francis Keary and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Statistics for the Social Sciences written by R. Mark Sirkin and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do your students lack confidence in their ability to handle quantitative work? Do they get confused about how to enter statistical data on SAS, SPSS, and Excel programs? The new Third Edition of the bestselling Statistics for the Social Sciences is the solution to these dilemmas Popular in previous editions, this Third Edition continues to help build students' confidence and ability in doing statistical analysis by slowly moving from concepts that require little computational work to those that require more. Author R. Mark Sirkin once again demonstrates how statistics can be used so that students come to appreciate their usefulness rather than fearing them. Statistics for the Social Sciences emphasizes the analysis and interpretation of data to give students a feel for how data interpretation is related to the methods by which the information was obtained. The book includes lists of key concepts, chapter exercises, topic boxes, and more
Download or read book Holy Quran S Judgement Part 1 written by Sheihul Mufliheen M.S.M Abdullah and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five principles, namely the Quran; Hadith; Ijma; Kiyas and common sense makes and stabilizes the whole of Islam. I have observed that the writings and commentaries of a few who are ignorant or are not fully versed in the knowledge of the Quran and Hadith are taken as the root by a few, who by their writings, commentaries and orations are propagating ideas that are a distortion of and in complete variance with the religion of Islam and thus create Bid`ah amongst the public. To those who seek genuine and authentic ideas of the Quran and Hadith, these expositions have become stumbling blocks. Therefore, I seek to expostulate the basic facts and ideas with supporting evidences that constitute Islam that I gained by years of painstaking and difficult research. The style of writing in this book is much against the traditions and style adopted in normal book writing. It is not divided into chapters but mere orations; some ideas are repeated several times and that too in many different angles. I, therefore seek your indulgence and patience to read and understand and do not come to conclusions by just going through parts of the book. The contractual obligations between you the reader and me is that if you are a Mumin who fully believes in Allah and Rasool (Quran and Hadith) then study this book, if not do not lay hands on this book.
Download or read book The Power of Stars written by Bryan E. Penprase and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are some of the connections that bind us to the stars? How have these connections been established? And how have people all around the world and throughout time reacted to the night sky, the sun and moon, in their poetry, mythology, rituals, and temples? This book explores the influence of the sky on both ancient and modern civilization, by providing a clear overview of the many ways in which humans have used the stars as an ordering principle in their cultures, and which today still inspire us intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. The book explores constellation lore from around the world, celestial alignments of monuments and temples, both from ancient and modern civilizations, and the role the sky has played in the cultures of the Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian, Native American, Chinese, Mayan, Aztec, and Inca. Models of the universe from each of these cultures are described clearly, and each culture’s explanation of the stars, planets, and other celestial objects are described. The roots of astronomy and astrology are presented with original imagery and reproductions of ancient manuscripts that portray the structure of the physical universe as conceived by a diverse array of human cultures over the centuries. Our own scientific Big Bang cosmology and the origin of stars and elements are discussed in a philosophical context, to explore how we as modern people learn about the Universe, and incorporate the findings of science into our world views. A concluding chapter provides a summary of modern science's effort to unlock the celestial secrets from the sky and from past civilizations, and what these answers mean for us today.
Download or read book The British Millennial Harbinger written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book La paix du menage or A comedy of marriage in two acts written by Guy de Maupassant and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life Work of Henri Ren Guy de Maupassant Embracing Romance Travel Comedy Verse for the First Time Complete in English written by Guy de Maupassant and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
