![]() ![]() ![]() The book starts by looking at the entry of ‘The Corporation’, East India Company, whose entry and ruthless quest for wealth of India results in the collapsing of the then ruling Mughal empire. His premise is not based on the mere ‘cruel empire’ outlook, rather to look at it in a prismatic manner, acknowledging the complexities on both sides and its various flavors in the quest for free India. The polemic takes on no particular chronology of the colonists’ entry, rather to pick the several critical socioeconomic factors that contributed to the nation’s down fall. His argument on the wrongs inflicted on the nation by the 200 years colonial empire has been carefully narrated taking the numerous British counter arguments into account. Shashi was hailed for his eloquent debate, still he thought the points he made were basic ‘Indian Nationalism 101’, later realizing they were not basic at all, even for Indians, thereby giving birth to this book as an excellent re-introduction to the topic. ![]() Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician whose debate at Oxford on ‘Why Britain owes reparations to her colonies’ became a full fledged notion unearthing the realities of colonialism in India. A book born out of a 15-minute Oxford debate lays out the scene of 200 years of colonialism in India and its breathtaking effect on the nation. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The man’s uniform did not look like a replica. She pockets the cartridge and gives it to the Garda later on. ![]() The Garda and the EMT arrive too.ĭee finds a 100-year-old gun and cartridge. By then, people stream out to see what the commotion is all about. He asks her to run away – her life is also in danger, he says. The injured man is wearing a RIC uniform and he calls her Eliza. Sandwiched between two gunshot victims, Dee’s shocked to the core. The clouds are now clear (no purple haze either) and she checks the clown for a pulse. Dee hears more gunshots in the castle and screams for help. She sees the clown in the purple haze, staggering towards her. ![]() She finds herself thrown away and conks her head. Dee is used to Ireland’s erratic weather – you never know when the clouds turn dark and it starts to pour cats and dogs! Dee is on her way to pick her grandmother up for an appointment with the doctor when the clouds turn purple! Dee is so amazed to see such a wonderful event that she decides to take a picture or two. The 150-year-old castle where Dee works houses a newspaper office (the Chronicle), a museum, Mayor’s office and much more. The concoction of time travel and cozy mystery is what drew me to this book. Deadline with Death is the first book in the Time-Slip Mysteries series. ![]() ![]() ![]() What is "The Epic Of Gilgamesh"? The world's first Great literary work. Why did people start to live in large cities rather than small villages? Around 50,000, people may have wanted to be near important religious trading centers and for security reasons. What does "Mesopotamia" mean? The land between the streams. A clay tablet contain ing cuneiform a bout the allocation of beer is dated to be from what year? 3200 BCE. Storehouses warded off future food shortages. Guts built from clay some nicer one from sundried mud bricks. These settlements often had a storehouse where valuable items were kept. Describe ancient farming village architecture. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Rose asks if the dog is “a gift” her father answers: “Yes, she’s a gift, Rose. A rule-follower like many kids on the spectrum, Rose asks if they should look for the owners her father responds, “If they didn’t care enough to get her a collar then they don’t deserve her.” She lives in upstate New York with her volatile, intermittently employed father, has a kind uncle who drives her to school, and loves that “the word ‘pair’ implies two but is part of a homonym trio - pair, pear and pare.” The plot takes off as Rose’s father says they can keep a collarless dog he found in a downpour. The narrator, a fifth grader named Rose, has a passion for the homonym - a word that sounds just like another word (it’s right there in the rather clunky title). ![]() Though I’m not sure age subcategories are pertinent. Martin, a Newbery Honor winner, offers this affecting, elegantly burnished middle-grade book about a girl with autism. What might be called “autism lit” has evolved, as well, with novels and nonfiction showcasing autism’s piquant and painful weave of deep weaknesses and subtle, splintered strengths. Those who don’t can watch Sheldon’s autistic-like behaviors on CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory.” Who doesn’t now know that this condition is framed by a wide spectrum, or that diagnosed cases continue to rise? With one in 68 children affected, tens of millions in the United States know someone, or of someone, on the spectrum. Autism has come of age, rapidly growing into a matter of common knowledge. ![]() ![]() ![]() The power starts to creep up on her, the violence. She wants to be free, but soon she starts to feel at home. She doesn’t know what to do with herself. Den of Vipers by K.A Knight follows Roxy as she is thrown into the world of the Vipers. This is a dark, complicated, reverse harem romance that has some very questionable moments. And while I did really enjoy it, this book is not for everyone. Like I said I haven’t read many dark romances before, but I wanted to give this one a go. ![]() I saw it floating around the bookish community, especially the romance community and it caught my eye. I didn’t know what to expect when I picked Den of Vipers up. The Vipers? I’m going to make them regret the day they took me. They can own my body, but they will never have my heart. They want everything I am, everything I have to give, and won’t stop until they get just that. Their scarred, blood-stained hands holding me tight. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel-The Vipers. ![]() ![]() ![]() "A love letter to reading, with sharp characterizations and a smart central mystery. "A love letter to reading, with sharp characterizations and a smart central mystery."- Entertainment Weekly ![]() Adams's many fans, readers of Sarah Addison Allen, and anyone who loves novels that revolve. ![]() After a second death hits town, Nora and her intrepid friends must help the new, greenhorn sheriff discern fact from fiction-and stop a killer intent on bringing another victim's story to a close. Praise for Ellery Adams' The Secret, Book & Scone Society 'Adams launches an intriguing new mystery series, headed by four spirited amateur sleuths and touched with a hint of magical realism, which celebrates the power of books and women's friendships. And when a customer is found dead in an assumed suicide, Nora uncovers a connection that points to Abilene as either a suspect-or another target. She calls herself Abilene but won't reveal much else. Such is the case with the reed-thin girl hiding in the fiction section of Nora's store, wearing a hospital ID and a patchwork of faded bruises. But she and the other members of the Secret, Book, and Scone Society know that sometimes practical help is needed too. ![]() The proprietor of Miracle Books in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, Nora Pennington believes that a well-chosen novel can bring healing and hope. In this cozy mystery by a New York Times–bestselling author, a gifted bookstore owner can find the right book for any patron, but can she find a killer? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The song is about sex and power, and takes as its starting point King David’s sexual infatuation with the beautiful Bathsheba (“You saw her bathing on the roof / Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya.”). But I know you won’t, so let’s get into it. I’m glad you asked, although part of me just wants to tell to go look up the fucking lyrics for yourself. ![]() “If you’re so smart, why don’t you tell us what you think the song is about?” ![]() The problem is that people hear the lovely melody, and the word “Hallelujah” repeated throughout, but they don’t listen to the rest of the lyrics, and don’t know what the damn song is about… and they’re playing it at weddings, at funerals, and at the Republican National Convention. The song itself, again, despite its title, is not about God or Jesus or Heaven. However, Leonard Cohen’s use of the phrase in the song is ironic. Hallelujah does indeed mean “praise God” in Hebrew. Which is why I hate it when people have it played at weddings and funerals. You might think that makes sense because of how big a role religion plays in America in general, and in the Republican Party in particular… except that Hallelujah, despite its title, is emphatically not a religious song. It has been brought to my attention that Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah was either sung or played at the Republican National Convention today. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Witness and suffer their wretched fate, their eyes, together with their consciousness, Subsisting on the waste products of Qu civilization like mats of cancer cells. They were employed as living filtering devices, ![]() So they were made into disembodied cultures of skin and muscle, connected by a Rogue world needed a sentence that would remind them of their humiliation for EvenĮxtinction would be too light a punishment for resisting the star gods. The Qu, with their twisted sense of justice, wanted to make them pay. In fact, that they had turned back two successive waves of the invaders, only to succumb Their world had given the toughest resistance against the Qu onslaught. ![]() Meters tall and hairy, sporting vicious thumb claws and enormous beaks that suited their To an observer of today they would indeed be the stuff of nightmares three There were even secondarily sentient forms, in the shape of the ogre-like boneĬrushers. Among these generalized niches were entire assemblages of specialized animals, resembling anything from ibis-billed swamp sifters to splendorous forms with bizarre crests that flared out of their toothy beaks. These were preyed upon by a variety of enamel-beaked raptors, each evolved to deal with a specific prey. …One lineage led to a profusion of human herbivores. ![]() ![]() ![]() The SETI Institute is leading the new project, in collaboration with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory ( NRAO) and the Breakthrough Listen initiative. The Very Large Array or VLA – a huge radio telescope array in central New Mexico, on the Plains of San Agustin – is now collecting data that will help astronomers search for extraterrestrial radio signals, if any exist. ![]() But this week (May 1, 2023), the SETI Institute announced that one of the world’s most powerful radio telescope arrays is joining the search. Donate here.Īre there alien civilizations out there among the stars? We don’t know. Our yearly crowd-funding campaign is going on now. ![]() Help! EarthSky needs your support to continue. Image via National Radio Astronomy Observatory ( NRAO). Jansky Very Large Array ( VLA) radio telescope array to help search for radio signals from alien civilizations. | As part of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), astronomers are now using the Karl G. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I was impressed with the world building Gala was able to portray in a short word count and fascinated by the Rownt and the way they think. What worked for me (and what didn’t): This first book is a lot shorter than the other two in the series (so far – dare I hope for another?), at less than a hundred pages (the second book is the longest and the third is in between). Only then can he take possession of a man he has grown to love. They may have laws, culture, and incompatible genitalia in their way, but Ondry knows that he can find a way to overcome all that if he can just overcome the ghosts of Liam’s past. Ondry may not understand humans, but he recognizes a wounded soul, and his need to protect Liam is quickly outpacing his common sense. This fear keeps him from noticing that the Rownt trader Ondry cares for him. Life burned that lesson into his soul from a young age. He won’t risk letting anyone come too close because he won’t risk letting anyone see his deeply submissive nature. ![]() ![]() What it’s about: (from Goodreads) Liam loves his life as a linguist and trader on the Rownt homeworld, but he has ignored his heart and sexual needs for years. Why I read them: A number of people have recommended these books to me – most recently Sirius from Dear Author.ĬLAIMINGS, TAILS AND OTHER ALIEN ARTIFACTS ![]() |