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Deftly combining social satire with political critique, Taunsvi anticipates Manto's Partition fiction, written after 1948… The Sixth River is a most welcome addition to the burgeoning personal narratives on Punjab's and India's partition.' -Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson Professor of History, Tufts UniversityThe Partition of India in 1947 left millions displaced amidst indiscriminate murders, rapes and looting. The Sixth River, originally published as Chhata Darya, is an extraordinary first-person account of that violent time. Born Ram Lal Bhatia in the town of Taunsa Sharif, then in the Punjab, Fikr Taunsvi left for the cosmopolitan city of Lahore in the 1930s. Here he worked with various newspapers, wrote poetry and articles, and became a part of the intellectual circle. But when independence was announced, Fikr was faced with a new reality-of being a Hindu in his beloved city, now in Pakistan.The Sixth River is the journal Fikr wrote from August to November 1947 as Lahore disintegrated around him. Fikr is angry at the shortsightedness and ineptness of Radcliffe, Nehru, Gandhi and Jinnah. In the company of likeminded friends such as Sahir Ludhianvi, he mourns the loss of the art and culture of Lahore in the bloodlust and deluded euphoria of freedom; and derides the newly converted, who adopted stereotypical religious symbols. He is bewildered when old friends suddenly turn staunch nationalists and advise him to either convert or leave the country. And the deep, unspeakable trauma millions faced during Partition reaches Fikr's doorstep when his neighbour murders his daughter, and when he is eventually forced to migrate to Amritsar in India. Powerful, ironic and deeply harrowing, The Sixth River is an invaluable account of the Partition. This brilliant translation by Maaz Bin Bilal makes the classic available in English for the first time.

The only band member who remains synonymous with the Byrds is front man Roger McGuinn. The person closest to him, who witnessed the band's rise, glittering heyday, and tumultuous clash of wills-artistic and personal within the group-was his wife, Ianthe. Sharing tales of the Byrds' rise to fame from her unique vantage point as the only woman consistently involved with and at the center of the drama and success of the Byrds, Ianthe tells the story of the exploding rock music scene in 1960s Los Angeles. In the Wings is also Ianthe's memoir of being a young and beautiful Latina from Tucson getting a crash course in love, loss, sex and drugs, marriage, and motherhood while being immersed in the aureate and vagaries of celebrity. And of course, it is the love story of Ianthe and Roger, how that love was destroyed, and how she survived to find herself. The Byrds' worldwide hit songs from the 1960s, "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Turn! Turn! Turn!," and "Eight Miles High," are iconic. Today, the group is considered by rock critics one of the most influential bands of the 1960s. The Beatles called them their favorite contemporary American group.Rolling Stone magazine dubbed the Byrds one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in1991.

Born in 1923 in Stubberup, Denmark, Inge Buus enjoyed an idyllic childhood on her father's farm, Klostergaarden. Though she never mastered the art of milking cow, she picked up many other practical homemaking skills that would serve her well throughout her life. An excellent student, she learned to speak English without a trace of an accent. In 1940 she witnessed the German invasion of Denmark. When she came of age, she moved to Copenhagen and found employment during the brutal Nazi occupation, under which she became accustomed to German tanks rumbling menacingly through the town square and armed soldiers demanding to see her Ausweis card. She worked as a bookkeeper at the largest shipyard in Denmark, which, as it was now forced to manufacture U-boat engines for the German navy, became a prime target for both Allied bombers and the Danish Resistance. When the war was over, Inge met a charismatic GI at a dance. After a whirlwind courtship, Inge agreed to marry Sergeant Bob Peterson and start a new life in the States. Eventually settling down on an undeveloped plot of land in rural New Jersey and camping out in the wild without running water or electricity, the resourceful couple built their dream house with their own hands.Included in the memoir is a selection of photos from my mother's albums, depicting her childhood and young adulthood in Denmark and her subsequent life in America.

Do you want to reach your highest potential? Fulfill your wildest dreams? Build a lasting legacy? Impact the world with your brand of genius? Butterfly Rising In My Soul: A Transformational Journey from Fear to Freedom will inspire and empower you to break free of the mindset that has prevented you from fully living your lifes purpose. This book is for you if:You have experienced abuse of any kind: sexual, physical, emotional, spiritual.You have struggled with intimacy issues in relationships.You have suppressed your sexuality: eroticism, sexiness, or sexual orientation.You have battled with depression and anxiety.You have lived with fear and self-doubt. You want to break free of all these mental and emotional shackles that impede your personal and spiritual growth.Join this author in her journey from fear to freedom and break free of the mental shackles that whisper, Youre not good enough, You dont have what it takes to make your life better, What you do does not matter in this world. Shatter the emotional shackles of guilt and shame that hold you back from being the amazing person you are meant to be. Your brand of genius is needed in this world!

The autobiography of the man who killed Rasputin. Prince Felix Youssoupoff was married to a niece of Tsar Nicholas II. More than any other single event, the assassination of Rasputin helped to bring about the cataclysmic upheaval that ended in the advent of the Soviet regime.

To remember the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, this Memoir, first published in 1871, has been republished in 2017 with editorial annotations and illustrations.

A compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with love at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com

From the beloved educator and host of PBS' Mister Rogers' Neighborhood--the subject of the documentary, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, a runaway success, and the forthcoming Sony feature film starring Tom Hanks, You Are My Friend--a treasured collection of reflections on the joys and challenges of family life.

An exploration of modern masculinity by the first transgender man to box at Madison Square Garden, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

Ndaba Mandela is the grandson of Nelson Mandela. He is the co-founder and co-chairman of the Africa Rising Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting a positive image of Africa around the world and to increasing its potential for growth in the areas of education, employment and international corporate alliances. Ndaba has served as a spokesperson and ambassador for UNAIDS, which seeks to end discrimination around HIV/AIDS. He is also the Founder of the Mandela Project, and is part of the team behind the worldwide celebrations to mark the Nelson Mandela Centenary in 2018.

Never again forget your password because with this journal, you can finally zip it, keep it and lock it up! The nice thing about keeping a password journal is that all your information is just in one place. You can bring it with you anywhere because it fits your bag or suitcase just fine. Start recording your passwords here today!

Otto Dix (1891–1969) is considered one of the true lions of 20th-C art, a man who established himself as an uncompromising artist that refused to temper how he rendered the realities that he witnessed. Dix’s early works often depict the true brutalities of the WWI battlefields and trenches he served in for over three years, as well as the decadent underworld of 1920s Berlin.  With the publication of this first of three volumes of an extensive selection of letters, the most comprehensive collection of Otto Dix texts at last comes into print in English. Encompassing well over 1,000 letters, and ranging from friends and family to other artists, collectors, colleagues, critics & biographers, the letters offer a personal portrait of six decades of the 20th C. Dix himself was a controversial figure throughout his life, and while he claimed never to write self-testimonials, the artist had much to say about the widest range of subjects in his private correspondence. Therein, we discover much about a figure who exhibited a gruff, often abrasive persona to many, a man who depicted war with unrepentant brutality yet who could at the same time pen the most romantic, schmaltzy letters to his wife and sketch amusing caricatures to his daughter.   Following his experiences throughout WWI, Dix immediately took up with the dadaists in Dresden in 1919 and became an established figure as part of the Sezession. A few years later, after his first portrait commission in Dusseldorf in 1922, Dix met his future wife, Martha, with whom he would go on to raise three children, and who is one of the principle correspondents in this volume of letters. Some of his most significant work was produced in the 1920s, including his powerful Krieg (War) portfolio, for which the Nazis branded him a “degenerate artist” and forced him to resign his professorship in 1933. Condemned to internal exile, Dix thereafter resided in Hemmenhofen, in the extreme southwest part of Germany. Twelve years later, he would suffer further indignities from the Nazis when ordered to join the Volkssturm in 1945. Dix ended up in a prisoner-of-war camp, again a survivor of a second harrowing cataclysm. After his release, from 1946 onwards, the painter lived between East and West Germany, never truly at home in either ideologically, yet he remained prolific, continuing to produce art until the end of his life, having lived through two World Wars as well as the “Cold War.” This first volume covers the period 1904–1927 and the heart of it is a selection of Dix’s postcards from the WWI front written to his school friend in Dresden, Helene Jakob, a form of artistic reportage of uncanny power. Recipient of the Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher shortlist in 2014, Dix’s letters will prove to be of considerable interest to art historians, scholars of Expressionism, and aficionados of Dix, all of whom will encounter the artist as never before.

The instant New York Times bestseller Supermodel and philanthropist Gisele Bündchen shares personal stories, insights, and photos to explore lessons that have helped shape her life.Gisele Bündchen''s journey began in southern Brazil, growing up with five sisters, playing volleyball, and rescuing the dogs and cats around her hometown.  In fact, she wanted to become either a professional volley player or a veterinarian. But at the age of 14, fate suddenly intervened in in the form of a modeling scout, who spotted her in São Paulo. Four years later, Gisele''s appearance in Alexander McQueen''s memorably rain-soaked London runway show in the spring 1998 launched her spectacular career as a fashion model, and put an end to the "heroin chic" era of fashion. Since then, Gisele has appeared in almost 400 ad campaigns and on over 1200 magazine covers.  She has walked in more than 470 fashion shows for the most influential brands in the world. Gisele has become an icon, leaving a lasting mark on the fashion industry.But until now, few people have gotten to know the real Gisele, a woman whose private life stands in dramatic contrast to her public image. In Lessons, she reveals for the first time who she really is and what she''s learned over the past 37 years to help her live a meaningful life--a journey that takes readers from a childhood spent barefoot in small-town Brazil, to an internationally successful career, motherhood and marriage to quarterback Tom Brady.A work of great openness and vulnerability, Lessons reveals the inner life of a very public woman.

HALLANDS VÄDERÖ ligger en times kørsel fra Helsingborg og er et oplagt udflugtsmål for alle, der vil opleve den nordiske natur, når den er bedst. Jette Varmer har besøgt øen på alle tider af året og tager os med på en række personlige naturvandringer, hvor hun fortæller om øens gamle skove, ellesumpe og rå klippekyster, hvor mere end 1000 sæler boltrer sig. Undervejs hører vi om dagliglivet for de skovvogtere og fyrfolk, der levede på øen - og om de mange folkesagn, der knytter sig til stedet. Bagest i bogen findes et kort med henvisning til øens seværdigheder. Bogen er andet bind i serien 'Nordiske Naturfortællinger'.

Uden livserindring bliver vi hjemløse. Jeg skildrer dele af min slægts historie fra 1600-tallet til 2018. Jeg fortæller om oplevelser under rejsen fra bondedreng til akademiker. Jeg skiftede sprog og identitet undervejs fra husmandshjemmet i Vestsalling over stationsbyen Durup i Nordsalling til gymnasiet i Nykøbing Mors og videre til studiet i biologi i København og Lyon. Jeg afslutter denne del med mit begyndende arbejdsliv som gymnasielærer på Nørrebro i København og som højskolelærer på Danebod Højskole på Als. Bogen er skrevet til mine børn, min familie og min slægt. I "Tag lyset med 2" fortæller jeg om livsformen som højskolelærer og seminarielærer 1978-2018.

What's it really like to live on a remote island at the crossroads of the North Atlantic and the North Sea? To run the Last Bookshop in Scotland? To experience the eternal light of a Shetland summer and the deep darkness of winter, the fury of hurricanes in an ancient house a few feet from the ocean? Tom Morton's fascinating, funny, moving and acerbic memoir will take you to a place you may suddenly long to be. Even if it's just to browse the books. In Shetland. On the edge of the world...

Hardback sleek matte finish cover, lime green with bird/nature theme. Page size: 8.5" x 8.5" (216mm x 216 mm). 96 lined white pages. Welcome page with space to add your personalized message Left page: Name Right page: ThoughtsAn eye catching guest book for any occasion with a simple layout for your guests to write their name and thoughts.Celebrate your life and create memories of those special events!As a guest book for vacation homes there's plenty of space for your visitors to write their thoughts and comments and leave you valuable testimonials.It's also great as a simple house guest book - writing in the guest comment book is a fun way for friends & family to show their appreciation and express their thanks to the hosts!Use for: Events & Functions Visitors Book Party Guest Book House Guest Book Vacation home guest book Beach House Guest BookSee "Angelis Publications" to view the whole range of guest books.

In 2012, while others his age were enjoying quiet retirement, Ron Fellowes set off on the challenge of a lifetime. His dream to ride a 102 year-old FN motorcycle across the world - to the Belgian factory where the bike originated - had all the hallmarks of an epic adventure: one that was never going to be easy. For eight months Ron rode 14,600 kilometres through 15 countries under grueling conditions, into some of the world's most hostile territory. He faced desert sandstorms, mountains too steep for the motorcycle's capability, the threat of rockslides and bombings when he took a detour, and pressure from armed police through conflict zones. He was robbed, and when held at gunpoint, Ron came face-to-face with his own mortality. The motorcycle's limited capacity - no gears, inadequate brakes and pedal assisted - made it a daily struggle. Breakdowns were common, and only Ron's ingenuity and single-mindedness, Lynne's logistical support, and the generosity of others kept him going. Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout, No Room for Watermelons is co-written by Ron and Lynne. It is an engaging, and entertaining account of one man's stoic determination to fulfill his dream. You will be carried along for the ride, and inspired to achieve your own dreams... no matter how impossible they seem.

Tied in to Ken Burns' forthcoming (2017) TV series on Vietnam, to which the author is a major contributor, the reissue of a Pulitzer finalist memoir of a Vietnamese family in the 20th century

Forfatteren til bogen kom ufrivilligt til Danmark fra Polen i oktober 1971, som en statsløs 20-årig pige. Hendes far var en polsk professor i historie og var af jødisk afstamning. Hendes mor var også polsk. Kristina blev døbt katolsk, for hendes far var en tolerant ateist. Hun startede med at læse til læge i Danmark i august 1972, bagefter læste hun til tandlæge og blev uddannet som cand.odont. fra Århus Tandlægehøjskole i 1982. Hun har arbejdet som en selvstændigt praktiserende tandlæge i årene 1984-2012. Siden 2005 har hun været kreativ med at male billeder og lave film. Siden 2009 har hun lavet korte film og fået en pris i Indien. Kristinas polske veninde spurgte hende i 2014 om hun ikke kunne skrive en biografi om hendes liv. Her får du bogen i dine hænder om Zofia, der kom til Danmark i juli 1989, sammen med sin polske kæreste Antoni. I september 1989 blev hun gift med en dansk mand: Johan. Det gjorde hun kun for at få lov at blive i Danmark. Hvis du vil kende lidt til Polens historie, fordybe dig i en uharmonisk polsk, og en dysfunktionel dansk mentalitet, så læs bogen.

A Kyokushin Karate Coming of Age StoryJust another unassuming undergrad? Yes, but this one carries a terrible secret . . . one that's driven him through seven years of hellish karate training and study so that he might learn to bear its weight. Seven years have already taken Nathan Ligo to Japan, where he spent 600 days in the most rigorous, monastic karate program in the world, training under the watchful daily supervision of Masutatsu Oyama, Japan's most famous living karateka. But it's not until he suffers a crushing defeat in Japan, and returns home empty-handed, that he comes to understand that the combination of three treasured sources of his ongoing education just might hold the key to unlocking an awesome truth. The samurai-like do-or-die education he acquired from his karate teachers, the progressive liberal arts education he acquires at North Carolina's Davidson College, and the enlightened, open-eyed, and all-loving character education he received in the first decade of his life from his father: three sometimes violently warring components combine to show Nathan that he just might use the dark secret that he carries to enact a great good for the children of the future . . . that is, IF he's willing to make the necessary sacrifice. "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -Theodore RooseveltThe Only American Student of the Legend Mas Oyama> At the time of Masutatsu Oyama's death in 1994, he was regarded by many as the world's greatest living karateka. His Kyokushin Karate had spread to 133 countries around the world and was reputed to have touched as many as twelve million students. Forty years earlier, the Korean-born "Mas" Oyama had, himself, become a virtual revolution in the world of Japanese karate, in that it was he who introduced stone- and therefore bone-breaking power to the highly stylized traditional forms of karate that had come to exist in Japan. Kyokushin Karate became known for its no-nonsense practicality, its fearsome physical power, and a theretofore unseen degree of spiritual strength conjured through a revival of Japan's do-or-die samurai personality. Once Kyokushin exploded to such incredible proportions, Mas Oyama took on only a very few students that were his own, that he himself guided, day by day, in an attempt to ensure that his teaching would endure. Uchi deshi literally means "live-in disciple;" it is the opposite of the kayoi deshi or "commuting student," who merely visits the dojo regularly for training. Mas Oyama's uchi deshi program was a one-thousand-day monastic karate program for his small group of personal students who lived in the Young Lions' Dormitory, a small building attached to his world headquarters dojo in Tokyo. In 1993, Nathan Ligo become the only American to hold a graduation certificate from this program, given to him by Mas Oyama in recognition of the 600 days he lived in the Young Lions' dormitory.