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| Author | : Krishna Rau |
| Publisher | : Inkfeathers Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2021-10-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9789390882427 |
This is a compilation of seventeen unique 'feel good' short stories inspired by real-life incidents that reflect the inimitable yet enchanting adventures of a young doctor newly commissioned into the medical corps of the Indian Army and posted to a remote military cantonment in the Northeast of the country four decades ago. While imparting medical aid, advice and relief to the soldiers and their families is the essence of his newfound life, his experiences and interactions while on duty make for fun and often illuminating stories. This narrative is also a testimony to the intricacies of army life and its culture, the ethos and its spirit and celebrates in full measure the honourable life lived and the camaraderie enjoyed by the men and women in uniform. Many of the tales have joyful endings, a few culminate in tears but nonetheless, they reveal the soul of those bygone days of youthful exuberance and the carefree life in olive - green. This is just the kind of book that will appeal to the discerning reader seeking a large measure of humour, cheer and optimism in these difficult times. Proceeds from this book will fund the education of deserving medical students across India.
| Author | : Burt E. Pringle |
| Publisher | : Trafford Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2010-07 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 142693047X |
Prolific artist and poet Burt E. Pringle presents his sixth volume of poetry-a volume that reveals his real and imaginary past, present, and future. Some selections are direct, personal, or reflective of the times and narrate the human condition in several voices, such as an observer, a lover, and the forlorn by exploring fantasies and making social comments. Meant to entertain, enlighten, inform, and heal, many of the works in this collection evoke vivid imagery, as in "Dimming Fire." The dimming of the fire, / the dwindling of the flame, / the smoke ribbon's curl / - ceases to ascend, / and love is lost / among the ashes. / Remembering Yesterdays Imagining Tomorrows expresses Pringle's thoughts on love, desires, anticipation, loss, and departing with hope for the unseen tomorrow. It's a collection from a man who values the gift of love late in life and who experiences peace of mind.
| Author | : Aleksandar Hemon |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2009-12-23 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1400076366 |
In this stylistically adventurous, brilliantly funny tour de force-the most highly acclaimed debut since Nathan Englander's-Aleksander Hemon writes of love and war, Sarajevo and America, with a skill and imagination that are breathtaking. A love affair is experienced in the blink of an eye as the Archduke Ferdinand watches his wife succumb to an assassin's bullet. An exiled writer, working in a sandwich shop in Chicago, adjusts to the absurdities of his life. Love letters from war torn Sarajevo navigate the art of getting from point A to point B without being shot. With a surefooted sense of detail and life-saving humor, Aleksandar Hemon examines the overwhelming events of history and the effect they have on individual lives. These heartrending stories bear the unmistakable mark of an important new international writer.
| Author | : Rudolf Becher |
| Publisher | : KIES PUBLISHING COMPANY |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2005-03 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0976743701 |
| Author | : Skila Brown |
| Publisher | : Candlewick |
| Total Pages | : 33 |
| Release | : 2019-03-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0763690473 |
Queue up for a whistle-stop tour of trains of all kinds, narrated in lively verse and featuring dynamic retro artwork. Rows of grooves, cables, and bars. Graffiti rockin’ out the cars. A badge of rust. A proud oil stain. There’s nothin’ plain about a train. Trains of all shapes and sizes are coming down the track — bullet train, sleeper train, underground train, zoo train, and more. All aboard! Skila Brown’s first-class poems, as varied as the trains themselves, reflect the excitement of train travel, while Jamey Christoph’s vintage-style illustrations provide a wealth of authentic detail to pore over.
| Author | : Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz |
| Publisher | : Metropolitan Books |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 2021-04-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1250317150 |
A BEST BOOK OF 2021 FOR THE GUARDIAN * FINANCIAL TIMES * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT * MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE * THE TIMES Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing absurdity about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany Berlin, November 1938. Jewish shops have been ransacked and looted, synagogues destroyed. As storm troopers pound on his door, Otto Silbermann, a respected businessman who fought for Germany in the Great War, is forced to sneak out the back of his own home. Turned away from establishments he had long patronized, and fearful of being exposed as a Jew despite his Aryan looks, he boards a train. And then another. And another . . . until his flight becomes a frantic odyssey across Germany, as he searches first for information, then for help, and finally for escape. His travels bring him face-to-face with waiters and conductors, officials and fellow outcasts, seductive women and vicious thieves, a few of whom disapprove of the regime while the rest embrace it wholeheartedly. Clinging to his existence as it was just days before, Silbermann refuses to believe what is happening even as he is beset by opportunists, betrayed by associates, and bereft of family, friends, and fortune. As his world collapses around him, he is forced to concede that his nightmare is all too real. Twenty-three-year-old Ulrich Boschwitz wrote The Passenger at breakneck speed in 1938, fresh in the wake of the Kristallnacht pogroms, and his prose flies at the same pace. Taut, immediate, infused with acerbic Kafkaesque humor, The Passenger is an indelible portrait of a man and a society careening out of control.
| Author | : Vinod Patel |
| Publisher | : Austin Macauley Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 414 |
| Release | : 2024-06-21 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1035846942 |
Set during the first pivotal year of the Covid-19 pandemic, Guru Pi, a teacher, finds himself staying with a family in the UK. He embraces three challenges: reading a stack of books equal to his own height within a year, contemplating the vastness of a Googol (10100), and participating in a unique cultural interview. As Pi shares his eccentric ideas, some are welcomed while others are met with skepticism. This unexpected situation provides Pi with an opportunity to explore his life in ways he never thought possible. His world expands as he discovers the beauty of wildflowers, the wonder of birds, and other captivating aspects of nature. At its core, this novel celebrates the camaraderie among the characters at the Beck household and the diverse friends Pi makes at the local café, bars, and allotment. Through his eclectic reading and encounters with literary characters, Pi embarks on a transformative journey, ultimately embracing a profound shift in his personal philosophy.
| Author | : Terry Pindell |
| Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company |
| Total Pages | : 429 |
| Release | : 2014-09-23 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1466881747 |
Since 1988, Terry Pindell has been exploring North America, seeking integration of past and present, history and headlines. The result has been three highly acclaimed book spinning a beautiful web of culture, people, travel, and sociology. Now, in his fourth quest for the soul of the continent, Pindell brings us his fullest history and most expansive cultural portrait yet. Yesterday's Train starts from a twisted tree at the shore near Veracruz--where according to local legend Cortes first chained his ships in 1519--a place where the earth itself seems in protest. From there, Pindell and collaborator Lourdes Ramirez Mallis travel to the stunning extremes of Mexico's landscape while casting back through its past. From ancient Toltec myth and Aztec ritual to the recent crisis in Chiapas and the halls of Mexico City power, they explore the strange contradictions of Mexico's character. Journeying mostly by train, Pindell and Ramirez Mallis discover a country in conflict with the Western symbolism of their chosen mode of travel. That is Mexico's story today--a clash between the old Mexico and the new one its leaders and much of the rest of the world hope to create. In Yesterday's Train, Terry Pindell brings us an odyssey through the most troubled part of the continent, witnessing for a year the roots of Meixco's current civil upheaval. And as always, he accomplishes more than a journey, traveling straight to the restive heart of a land and its people.
| Author | : Ashea S. Goldson |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 138 |
| Release | : 2002-10 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 0595248535 |
When Torn Down Is All You Know is a collection of poetry and short stories that deliver a powerful message of first inner struggle and ultimately inner peace. No matter how impossible it seems, you don't have to be a nobody anymore. Through Christ, you can become a winner.
| Author | : Paula Hawkins |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2015-01-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0698185390 |
The #1 New York Times bestseller, USA Today Book of the Year and now a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple having breakfast on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?
