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గౌరీశంకర్ గారి కలం నుండి వెలువడిన 'ఓ కలం జ్ఞాపకం'లో విశ్వనరుడు జాషువా, గురజాడ, కవిసమ్రాట్ విశ్వనాథ సత్యనారాయణ, చలం, కొడవటిగంటి, జంధ్యాల, తిరుమల రామచంద్ర, పాలగుమ్మి పద్మరాజు, నార్లవారితో పాటు బుచ్చిబాబు, పఠాభి, రావిశాస్త్రి, దాశరథి, ఆరుద్రలను.. అలాగే, వాసిరెడ్డి సీతాదేవి, సావిత్రి, ఆలూరి బైరాగి, మరియు చెరబండరాజు, అలిశెట్టి ప్రభాకర్, గంటేడ గౌరునాయుడు, ప్రసాదమూర్తి వంటి సమకాలీన, ప్రసిద్ధ కవుల జ్ఞాపకాల పుటలు విప్పి మనకు తెలియని ఎన్నో అంశాలను అక్షరీకరించారాయన. ఓ రచన చేయడానికి గల కారణాలు, చేయాలంటే రచయితలు పడిన మథనం, ఒక్కొక్క అక్షరం వెనుక గల వేదన, తపనలను ప్రత్యేకంగా స్పృశించి మన ముందుంచారు.- లోగిలి (అంతర్జాల పత్రిక)

An expansive and illuminating study of legendary writer Dorothy Parker's life and legacy in Hollywood from the author of the "fascinating" (Town & Country) Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz. The glamorous extravagances and devasting lows of her time in Hollywood are revealed as never before in this fresh new biography of Dorothy Parker--from leaving New York City to work on numerous classic screenplays such as the 1937 A Star Is Born to the devastation of alcoholism, a miscarriage, and her husband's suicide. Parker's involvement with anti-fascist and anti-racist groups, which led to her ultimate blacklisting, and her early work in the civil rights movement that inspired her to leave her entire estate to the NAACP are also explored as never before. Just as she did with her "deliriously fast-paced and erudite" (Library Journal) dual biography of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath, Gail Crowther brings Parker back to life on the page in all her wit, grit, and brilliance.

An introduction into the history of crime in BuffaloThe beginnings of Mafia activity in the Queen CityPast and present alleged leaders, soldiers and associates of The Arm and its affiliated operationsGovernment sources and witnesses imperative to understanding mob activitiesAn introduction to recent criminal activity indicating the Mafia in Buffalo is anything but dormant.

With the kiss of death, I thought they would make things right, but was I deceived.As soon as I stepped out of the car without my gun, the joker, who was the victim I intended to kill, l seemingly beamed down out of nowhere like in Star Trek.Standing directly in front of me, about ten yards away, he pointed his automatic at my chest. This deadly set-up went into slow motion as the barrel of his gun became larger than life. My entire life flashed through my mind as the prayers of the church mothers in Macedonia came to me. At that moment, in the face of death, I heard Ma Jennie's voice saying clearly, "Lord, don't let that devil kill my boy."The next voice I heard was the fool with the gun saying, "I am going to kill both of you." My last plea was, "Lord, please don't let this negro pull the trigger. I don't want to die like this."I was so focused on the fool with the gun that I didn't see his reinforcement posted thirty yards away with an AK-47 assault rifle pointed down at Marvin and me ...

Like many post-9/11 combat veterans, JT Blatty struggled to regain her sense of purpose in the first years returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2018, a chance encounter brought her to Ukraine, drawn in by the familiarity of war and those who serve in wars. Over five years, JT captured the oral history and portraits of a tribe of revolutionaries, the Donbas volunteer soldiers. As she embedded with them on the front line in bunkers and forests, and in Kyiv flats, JT's story began to blend with theirs in a universal bond of combat veterans. The love of a soldier and an entire veteran community compelled her to stay as a new war began.

This is the story of a kid who came out of the Montreal welfare system (three juvenile homes from age 6-16), pulled out of high school and sent to work at 16. Joined the Royal Canadian Navy at 17. Five years later, honourably discharged. The youngest Clearance Diver (CD) to be trained at that time. The first person to walk on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico at a depth greater than 1,000 feet. And the first person to work on the bottom of the North Sea at 1,065 feet.From cutting free 50-gallon drums off a pipeline in a swamp outside Cameron, Louisiana with alligators sunning themselves on the barrels, to performing CPR at 1,000 feet in the North Sea.This is a story about diving and especially about saturation diving - about the dangers involved and what it was like to live under pressure for weeks on end. This is my story.

They were part of the Baby Boomer vanguard, three boys thrown together in a 1950s Southern California subdivision looking like most other boys of that era. Under coonskin hats they ran free all summer long inventing their own games and endless challenges, fought imaginary Indians and pirates in a nearby orange grove, and on occasion battled a neighborhood bully or two. Their greatest enemy, however, was an infectious disease called polio - a paralyzing scourge that maimed and too-often killed little kids.This is a coming-of-age tale based on actual events and the experiences of real people. Told chiefly through the eyes of a child, at times it will warm your soul as well as, perhaps, break your heart. Then, too, there will be plenty of twists and turns that will leave you laughing out loud.So, let us journey now back to that long-ago time and see what it was really like - with hula hoops, bouffant hair and flat tops with wings; "American Bandstand," "Ozzie and Harriet" and "Davy Crockett" on TV; Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Elvis electrifying the up-and-coming Boomer generation - and a nation as terrified by the threat of nuclear war with the Russians as by a crippling and deadly microscopic bug.

The life of Harry Morris was a classic 'rags to riches' tale: an East End Jewish barrow boy who became a feted nightclub operator in Knightsbridge and Mayfair. But there was a price to pay - his drive to transcend humble roots and a devastating early illness came at the cost of much myth-making and a family schism.Now, in 1963, as Harry makes a swansong cruise around the world with his mistress on a 'millionaire's yacht', the Caronia, his mask starts to slip. Each port of call brings back fresh memories and challenging revelations.Taking advantage of the crumbling of Harry's facade, Daniel Gardner tries to separate fact from fiction and understand why his glamorous but enigmatic grandfather disowned his heritage. It becomes a journey that will take him all the way back to the ancestral village in Poland and a universal story of emigration and reinvention. And in the process will he be able to help put the splintered ends of the family tree back together again?

The Women Coach Internship Programme, launched at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, was a resounding success and created enduring bonds of friendship and support.When the women crowded into a small room in the Athletes Village for their first meeting, no one knew what to expect and there was no hint that something extraordinary was about to happen. But almost immediately, a powerful connection was established.Their diverse backgrounds range from growing up in farming communities to small towns to sophisticated urban centres. All were athletes, all are committed to improving opportunities for girls to succeed in sport and in life, and all have a strong desire to give back to sport, which has given them so much.This book is testimony to these remarkable women and demonstrates that much is possible when talent, determination, discipline, and courage come together.

I want to know what it was like to have crossed into the realm of madness. After all, I did it. I went mad. Why can't I have the secret knowledge that comes with it? How do you write a memoir when you have lost your memories? She awakens in hospital, greeted by nurses and patients she doesn't recognise, but who address her with familiarity. She decides to untangle the clues. How to Knit a Human is about the splintering of memory from psychosis and Electroconvulsive therapy that Anna Jacobson experienced as an involuntary patient in 2011. Through knitting and assemblage, weaving experiences around the gaps of memories that are not accessible, the memory barriers begin to crumble. This book is a reclamation of memory and self.

5-year Anniversary Edition In this gripping memoir, Randall James tears open his life story, taking the reader on a breathless roller coaster ride through his childhood, teen and adult life.Despite years of neglect, poverty, and violence, Randall graduates from high school and heads out into the world. But his shaky foundation soon leads to drastic consequences, including a suicide attempt.After battling alcohol, marital and health issues, Randall ultimately learns that life's roller coaster doesn't always conclude with a fairy tale ending. What's most important is not the ride itself, but who is with you along the way.At times hilarious, at times harrowing, this candid account of one man's struggle, growth, and transformation points to the meaning beneath the hardships of life.

This book is a personal account of Jorge Lara-Braud's life.During our twenty-two years of marriage, I was the conservator of Jorge's letters, interviews, sermons, and speeches. Since his death in 2008, I have endeavored to weave his own words into a tapestry that tells the story of his remarkable life.I approached his story as if he were writing his own memoir in his final years, because I believed this approach would bring him closer to you, the reader. My hope is that this writing brings him vividly to life for you, connecting his heart to yours, and inspiring you to aim as he did for the seemingly impossible.

This book Provides a concise details of my journey in life and how my faith brought me through most of the struggles I endured. There are lots of teen-aged poverty stricken parents out there who have lost hope. This book is to bring hope to those who are experiencing this type of hopelessness and restlessness. This story is going to encourage you never give up on a better life, furthermore it teaches how putting God first helps us overcome our struggles in life. We often forget our roots because God has elevated us to a prestigious level. This book will bring awareness to the audience not to forget their roots as well as teach them how to respect and honor the supporting parents.

Like so many others who served in World War II, Leon Granacki was an ordinary guy from a working-class immigrant family drafted into the US Army and thrust into the horrors of war in the South Pacific. But through sheer luck and pluck, he leveraged his art talents to survive and thrive, catapulting himself from private infantryman to Master Sergeant and mapmaker for General McArthur in the Americal Division's Intelligence section. Inspired by the Southern Cross as his troop transport crossed the equator, he designed the Americal Division patch for the Army's only named division, created in New Caledonia. Overseas for three-and-a-half years without any stateside furlough, he labored over maps of enemy positions in a primitive tent in the steamy, mosquito-infested jungles of Guadalcanal and Bougainville. In An Artist Goes to War, author Victoria Ann Granacki paints a portrait of her father, Leon, through his original maps, jungle watercolors, journal illustrations, scrapbook photos, and letters home to "Dear Gang"-his extended Polish American family crowded together in a Chicago "six-flat" apartment building. Despite only slyly alluding to awful conditions to evade the censors' scissors, his indomitable optimism always comes through. The Polish-language letters directed to his beloved parents are filled with childlike tenderness as he tries to reassure them he'll be safe. His plaintive longings for family, holidays home, fishing, and a woman to love are poignant reminders of the personal effects of war on reluctant soldiers.

Surviving Reproductive Loss: Stories of Creativity and Positive Transformation in Women's Lives tells the fascinating stories of the lives and creative accomplishments of nearly fifty women who experienced infertility, pregnancy loss or stillbirth. Robert J. Dinkin, PhD, historian, and Roxane Head Dinkin, PhD, clinical psychologist, have teamed up again to write a follow-up to their previous volume, Infertility and the Creative Spirit, published by iUniverse in 2010. The Dinkins tell the stories of women innovators in writing, entertaining, sports, politics, and social reform. When Julia Child was living in Paris with her husband Paul and unable to become pregnant, she turned to learning the art of French cooking, ultimately producing her famous cookbooks and TV shows. When she showed up with a hot plate and an omelet pan on an educational television program, the first cooking show was born. Read about her and the many other women who made major contributions in their own fields and who also changed the larger society by contributing to the well-being of women and children.

After suffering a workplace injury, Loretta Jones faced the harsh realities of a workers' compensation system that provided a mere £120 a week for her and her young son, a situation that led them into homelessness. But her hardships didn't stop there. Loretta found herself ensnared in a web of surveillance abuse that landed her in the hospital multiple times, stripping away her freedom and peace of mind. Amidst the unseen torment inflicted by clandestine technologies and unwarranted animosity, it was her unyielding resolve that kept her afloat amidst the storm of adversity. Now, with the backing of various supportive agencies, Loretta has reclaimed her life, rising above the harassment that once threatened to engulf her. Through every challenge, her indomitable spirit shines as a beacon of resilience.

This is the story of Sheku Gibril Kamara from his childhood days in Sierra Leone. It deals first with his parents in the capital, Freetown, and then with his aunt's family in the rural countryside. Educated in Freetown, he gained employment as an accounting assistant in the colonial Daily Mail newspaper in his home town and later at the iron ore mining company in nearby Lunsar, a job he relinquished to pursue his dreams of higher studies in Britain. With great finesse, Sheku provides intimate details about life as a private student in London and the political wrangling among fellow Sierra Leonean students. This culminated in the temporary seizure of the country's high commission at Portland Place in London in 1972 after a mass demonstration. Sheku and his colleagues were sent to the Old Bailey on a charge of treason but were instead found guilty of trespass. On appeal, the House of Lords reached the landmark judgment in British law: a case for trespass cannot hold where the national of a country occupies his country's diplomatic mission since that territory is, after all, deemed to be his home ground. Defended by Sir Dinglefoot, the students were bound to peace for six months... Upon the establishment of Sierra Leone's state-owned insurance company, Sheku was encouraged to return home to help develop the nation's market. When he became the Company's first indigenous chief executive, Sheku was to traverse the gruelling events that accompanied his role in top management. In what follows, the reader will join him in enjoying the exciting experiences with his supervising authorities...

This book Beyond Destiny volume 2 is a tale of Era when an immigrant female came to USA alone to join her husband who was residing in New York. It is a story, that vividly takes one to the past and present Era of changing world.

Embárquese en un apasionante viaje a través de la vida y el legado cinematográfico de Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, el legendario director de cine inglés que dejó una huella imborrable en la historia del cine. En esta biografía meticulosamente investigada, los lectores descubren al hombre detrás del suspense, el mismísimo "Maestro del Suspense", cuya influencia en la industria cinematográfica no tiene paralelo. Desde sus humildes comienzos como empleado técnico y redactor publicitario hasta su debut como director con la película muda británico-alemana "The Pleasure Garden" (1925), se desarrolla la evolución de Hitchcock como cineasta. La narrativa profundiza en sus innovadoras aportaciones al género del thriller, con clásicos como "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog" (1927) y el primer cine sonoro británico, "Chantaje" (1929). A medida que la carrera de Hitchcock se disparó, se convirtió en una figura icónica, reconocida no sólo por su destreza como director sino también por sus cameos en sus propias películas y su papel como presentador y productor de la antología televisiva "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955-1965). El libro explora la transición de Hitchcock a Hollywood y la serie de películas exitosas que siguieron, incluida "Rebecca" (1940), que ganó el Premio de la Academia a la Mejor Película. A pesar de numerosas nominaciones al Premio de la Academia, incluso por clásicos como "La ventana indiscreta" (1954) y "Psicosis" (1960), Hitchcock nunca consiguió el galardón al Mejor Director. Se examinan las colaboraciones de Hitchcock con las estrellas más importantes de Hollywood, como Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ingrid Bergman y Grace Kelly, revelando la química que resultó en algunos de los momentos más memorables del cine. Como testimonio de su impacto duradero, el libro analiza la aclamación de la crítica y el éxito financiero de las obras maestras posteriores de Hitchcock, incluida "Vértigo" (1958), que encabezó la lista de las mejores películas jamás realizadas por el British Film Institute en 2012. Las favoritas personales de Hitchcock, como Se explora "La sombra de una duda" (1943) y los lectores obtienen una idea del reconocimiento que recibió, incluida la beca BAFTA y el premio AFI Life Achievement Award. Con su título de caballero en diciembre de 1980, pocos meses antes de su fallecimiento, el legado de Hitchcock como maestro del cine se celebra en esta cautivadora biografía.

Have you ever wondered who you are and why you're here? There are many who question who they are in the world, thrown into a whirlwind of confusion without warning. Carmen Seguinot Matos was one of those people who questioned her identity with good reason. We are born. We live our lives based on what is given to us starting from birth through to adulthood. It could be prosperous, good, fair, bad, or horrible. If you think about the great uncertainty that surrounds us when we are born, you must admit there should be a manual to guide newborns into a successful life. Our parents should have a goal for us that will lead to victory. It's a good thing there is such a manual: the Bible, God's infinite Word. The goal all parents should have is for their children to have hearts for Jesus and live victorious lives into adulthood. God uses a variety of different ways to help us become strong, vital servants of Jesus Christ. Instead of shrinking back in the face of the struggles and challenges of this world, let's look up to the Lord and seek His strength, plan, and purpose. Come and let Carmen tell you a little bit about herself; you may have more in common than you would have imagined.

A young mother is left alone with her two young children for a week while a serial killer hunts in her community. In a near panic, she prays to God, whose existence she thinks questionable, issuing him an ultimatum: prove You exist. He does. This is her true story.

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This book discusses the cultural and linguistic gap between today's generation of teachers and their highly digital students who rely on (and trust) their social networks for answers to day-to-day questions. For teachers to succeed in their job they must cross that cultural divide; they must acquire the knowledge that drives today's world while, at the same time, sharpening their mastery of the unchanging, essential skills of teaching: communication, motivation and leadership. For schools, the book promotes the use of the marketing approach to school administration. The book discusses topics critical for schools to attract and keep students.

This book is about people who are starting to awaken. To give them some of the experiences that I have had and to show them that you can have these experiences and still have a loving, productive life. To let them know there is nothing wrong with them, they are magnificent.

Experience the personal story of a man who changed the world.A melancholy poet weathers tragedy, abuse, and self-doubt to keep a sacred promise.Included in the Lincoln Collection of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential LibraryAbraham Lincoln is inescapably human, reliving the gauntlet of tragedy and abuse that should have consumed him, exposing his private reasons for standing firm on the brink of war.Seven-year-old Abraham Lincoln's boyhood dies when his father drags their family from the relative comfort of Kentucky into an unforgiving Indiana wilderness. While suffering rebuke for teaching himself to read and write, Abraham endures rumors of illegitimate birth, escapes death a half-dozen times, labors to repay his father's debts, and grieves the deaths of his infant brother, angel mother, precious sister, and beloved sweetheart.By his early thirties, he casts off his parents' religion, becomes estranged from his closest friend, and loses faith in his own character when he breaks an engagement to marry a woman he doesn't love. He spirals into life-threatening depression. In the prime of life, unable to keep a pledge made to his dying mother to become someone special, he wrestles with self-doubt, abandons politics, and resigns himself to a life of mediocrity. But when his long-time rival opens the door for slavery's expansion across half the globe, Lincoln faces the greatest challenge of his life-his beloved country is being ripped apart.Grounded in historical record, the story is enriched by insights gleaned from the works of prominent Lincoln biographers.Praise for Lincoln Raw: This is story-telling of a high order. -Chris Robinson, author of The Black GunImpeccably written ... rock solid scholarship ... the humanity of this most humane of men touches my heart and uplifts my soul.-Kathleen Kelly Garlock, author of Gone for a Soldier... a monumental undertaking ... great success. -John Phillip, author of Lady on the Cliff.A masterful piece of writing. -Darius Stransky, author of The King's Jew... an extremely well written insight into the personality of Lincoln - turning him into a living breathing person, rather than just a historical figure. -Kate Murdoch, author of Stone CircleMany speculate about the causes of Lincoln's "melancholy" but Fowler makes the reader feel them. -John C. Gregory, author of The Schomburgk Line

"Without sin, can we know beauty? Can we fully appreciate the summer without the winter? No, I am glad to suffer so I can feel the fullness of our time in the light.”Upstate New York, 1928. Laura Kelley and the man she loves sneak away from their judgmental town to attend a performance of the scandalous Ziegfeld Follies. But the dark consequences of their night of daring and delight reach far into the future....That same evening, Bohemian poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and her indulgent husband hold a wild party in their remote mountain estate, hoping to inspire her muse. Millay declares her wish for a new lover who will take her to unparalleled heights of passion and poetry, but for the first time, the man who responds will not bend completely to her will....Two years later, Laura, an unwed seamstress struggling to support her daughter, and Millay, a woman fighting the passage of time, work together secretly to create costumes for Millay's next grand tour. As their complex, often uneasy friendship develops amid growing local condemnation, each woman is forced to confront what it means to be a fallen woman...and to decide for herself what price she is willing to pay to live a full life."Lovers of the Jazz Age, literary enthusiasts, and general historic fiction readers will find much to love about Call Me Zelda. Highly recommended.” -Historical Novel Society, Editors' Choice

"[A] haunting and beautifully atmospheric novel...brilliantly brings Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald to life in all their doomed beauty, with compelling and unforgettable results."-Alex George, author of Setting Free the KitesFrom New York to Paris, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald reigned as king and queen of the Jazz Age, seeming to float on champagne bubbles above the mundane cares of the world. But to those who truly knew them, the endless parties were only a distraction from their inner turmoil, and from a love that united them with a scorching intensity.When Zelda is committed to a Baltimore psychiatric clinic in 1932, vacillating between lucidity and madness in her struggle to forge an identity separate from her husband, the famous writer, she finds a sympathetic friend in her nurse, Anna Howard. Held captive by her own tragic past, Anna is increasingly drawn into the Fitzgeralds' tumultuous relationship. As she becomes privy to Zelda's most intimate confessions, written in a secret memoir meant only for her, Anna begins to wonder which Fitzgerald is the true genius. But in taking ever greater emotional risks to save Zelda, Anna may end up paying a far higher price than she intended...READERS GUIDE INCLUDED

Einfach rasend gut: die Reportagen des Schriftstellers und Journalisten Marc Fischer. Niemand tanzte so elegant auf der Grenze zwischen Literatur und Journalismus wie der viel zu jung gestorbene Marc Fischer. In seinen Reportagen für Tempo,den Spiegel, den Stern, Welt am Sonntag, Frank furter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Vanity Fair und andere Publikationen zeigt er sich nicht nur als glänzender Geschichtenerzähler, als Reporter, der sich an Orte vorwagt, die andere gar nicht aufder Landkarte haben, sondern es gelingt ihm immer wieder das Kunststück, eine scheinbar alltägliche journalistische Situation in eine irrwitzig lustige, zutiefst wahre Geschichte zu verwandeln. Radikale Subjektivität gepaart mit einem zärtlichenBlick für den Gegenstand. Marc Fischer zeigt uns, dass gute Geschichten überall zu finden sind: in Tokio, Nairobi, Miami, Berlin. Bei Pop stars, Models, Politikern. Aber auch unter Freunden, in unserer Vergangenheit, in der Straße, in der wir leben, in uns. Die Veröffentlichung seiner gesammelten Reportagen hat Marc Fischer noch kurz vor seinem Tod im April 2011 vorbereitet.