Raza

Raza
Author: Norman Stephenson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0595346057

Raza is the fifth in the series of novels about the 13th century, and the various crusades and wars that occurred during that period. Raza has been a main character in several of the previous Paw Prints books, and now breaks out on his own. As an agent of the Pope, Raza undertakes several important missions in the cause of Christianity versus the Moslem forces seeking to overrun the West.

Rosemary Class 4 Semester 2

Rosemary Class 4 Semester 2
Author: Dr Lucy Shaily
Publisher: Goyal Brothers Prakashan
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2024-01-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9357262881

Our new semester series, Rosemary-An Activity-based Integrated Course for Classes 1 to 5, has meticulously followed the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, and the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2023. Pramanas, Panchakosha Vikas, and Panchpadi, the three main constituents, have been used significantly through the explanations, examples, and exercises used in this series. It means the focus has shifted to the process of learning. This series envisages conceptual understanding as a continuous process. The books for Classes 1 and 2 include English, Mathematics, Environmental Studies, and General Knowledge. For Classes 3 to 5, the subjects expand to include English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and General Knowledge. In developing this educational series, considerable attention has been focused on creating an engaging and enjoyable learning environment. This approach aims to establish a solid educational foundation for young learners, contributing to their all-around growth and development at every educational level. The series is characterised by several notable features: • Integrates key educational concepts with visually appealing activities, interactive games, and practical real-world examples • Methodically structured and comprehensive exercises, ensuring thorough assessment and understanding • Robust online support, including animated tutorials, interactive modules, subject-specific videos, and digital books (exclusively for teacher use), tailored to meet the needs of each topic ENGLISH: Combines with historical and contemporary elements, it focuses on interest-based selections to engage learners and improve memory retention. It emphasises the four key language skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing) with clear grammar explanations. MATHEMATICS: With engaging and thorough presentation of concepts, it is suitable for all learning levels, using a graded and age-appropriate approach. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: It focuses on analysis and inquiry, encouraging learning through discussion, observation, and conversation. SCIENCE: It offers meaningful learning by connecting scientific concepts to students' everyday experiences and the natural world. SOCIAL STUDIES: In this subject, innovative teaching methods are used to enhance life skills, civic understanding, and prepare students for life's challenges. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: It is designed to incite curiosity and a passion for learning about the world. Online support in the form of animated Lesson, interactive exercises, topic-wise videos and E-books (for Teachers only) as per the requirement of the subject. Teachers' Resource Book (TRB) includes Lesson Plan and Learning Objectives along with the answers of the questions to facilitate teaching. Feedback from students, teachers, and parents is welcomed for consideration in future updates and editions. -The Publisher

The Lies of Locke Lamora

The Lies of Locke Lamora
Author: Scott Lynch
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 641
Release: 2024-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593725425

Fantasy meets crime caper in the first book of a landmark, enduringly popular epic series about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin has called “fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.” An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges relentless danger, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentlemen Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game—or die trying.

The Nymph King

The Nymph King
Author: Gena Showalter
Publisher: HQN Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2017-04-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488026769

Females young and old, beautiful and plain crave Valerian's touch. None can resist his blatant sensuality and potent allure—until he steals Shaye Holling from a Florida beach and holds her prisoner in his underwater kingdom. The cynical Shaye wants nothing to do with the mighty warlord, but she's inexplicably drawn to him. For underneath the warrior's arrogant beauty lies a complex and powerful man. A man whose caress is like fire…. Now Valerian must fight for the privilege of claiming her as his own. Because there's one thing Shaye doesn't know…. That when a nymph discovers his true mate, she's his for life.

Marching to Freedom

Marching to Freedom
Author: Tapas Guha
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2021-12-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 8728023153

Mahatma Gandhi and his followers have decided to march to Dandi to protest against the unfair salt tax imposed by the British. 9-year-old Dhani who lives at the Sabarmati Ashram wants to go too. This tale captures the spirit behind the momentous event that inspired millions of Indians to join the struggle for Independence. 'Marching to Freedom' (English), written by Subhadra Sen Gupta, illustrated by Tapas Guha, published by Pratham Books (© Pratham Books, 2005) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in

One Crazy Summer

One Crazy Summer
Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2010-01-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060760885

Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though her father and Big Ma will send them from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to stay with Cecile for the summer. And even though Delphine will have to take care of her sisters, as usual, and learn the truth about the missing pieces of the past. When the girls arrive in Oakland in the summer of 1968, Cecile wants nothing to do with them. She makes them eat Chinese takeout dinners, forbids them to enter her kitchen, and never explains the strange visitors with Afros and black berets who knock on her door. Rather than spend time with them, Cecile sends Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern to a summer camp sponsored by a revolutionary group, the Black Panthers, where the girls get a radical new education. Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, one crazy summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls in search of the mother who abandoned them—an unforgettable story told by a distinguished author of books for children and teens, Rita Williams-Garcia.

Punk Orientalism: the Art of Rebellion

Punk Orientalism: the Art of Rebellion
Author: Sara Raza
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781912165391

Punk Orientalism explores the spaces and places associated with the former Soviet Union, focusing on the artists and ideas hailing from Central Asia and the Caucasus, which were long perceived as an extension, or "client" states, of the USSR. The theme of non-conformity and the punk rejection of state authority is a continuous thread throughout the book.

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Author: Jack Weatherford
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2005-03-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0609809644

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age—by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan. The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture, granted universal religious freedom, and smashed feudal systems of aristocratic privilege. From the story of his rise through the tribal culture to the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed, this brilliant work of revisionist history is nothing less than the epic story of how the modern world was made.

Scene

Scene
Author: Rahi Masoom Raza
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2017-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9352770439

A no-holds-barred expose of the Hindi film industry's sordid underbelly. Ali Amjad comes from Benares to make it as a scriptwriter in Bombay, only to experience the absurd and tragic reality behind the film world's glamour as he navigates through it with his fellow strugglers. A short, fascinating novel set in the Bombay of the 1970s, Rahi Masoom Raza's Scene: 75 is a crazy kaleidoscope of stories within stories populated by a cast of extraordinary and memorable - but also cynical and manipulative - characters, from struggling directors and wealthy lesbians to film-obsessed social climbers and sleazy producers. In this irreverent, surreal, deeply satirical and darkly humorous work, the author's biting prose takes an unflinching look at both Hindu-Muslim and class relations, as well as at how human ties corrode and wither because of ambition and self-interest. Superbly translated by Poonam Saxena, this lost classic from Rahi Masoom Raza rips off the tinsel curtain that hides the film industry's hypocrisy, insecurity and desperation for success. It is a novel that will delight and disturb in equal measure.