![]() ![]() Not only in India but he is also famous worldwide and is Coady Chairholder in Social Justice at St.Sainath wrote a book entitled “Everybody Loves a Good Drought” based on his research in rural districts of India regarding poverty which was published in 1996. He has taught the course “Covering Deprivation” at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai and Social Communications Media course at Sophia-Shree B.K.Somani Polytechnic. ![]() ![]() He’s not just an incredible editor but a fantastic teacher too and has trained approximately 1000 media persons.With his excellent verbal skills, he worked as a foreign affairs editor and then deputy editor for ten years for then a popular investigative weekly tabloid newspaper, Blitz.In the initial years of his career, he got the News Agency’s Highest Individual Award.In 1980, he started his career at the United News of India as a journalist.He received University of Alberta’s highest honour, Doctor of Letters degree (DLitt) in 2011.Since childhood, he was interested in world history and economics and is a history graduate of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.He is the grandson of the famous freedom fighter, politician and the fourth President of India, Varahagiri Venkata Giri. ![]() Sainath was born into a Telugu family in Chennai, India.
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![]() ![]() When I was a kid-12 to 14, around there-I would much rather have been a good baseball player or a hit with the girls, but I couldn't play ball. In a 1975 interview with Publishers Weekly, Shel Silverstein talked about how he fell into working as a cartoonist and an author. Fun fact: Silverstein won a Grammy in 1970 for writing the poem "Boy Named Sue," which, of course, Cash sang in California's San Quentin State Prison in 1969. His quirky, conversational style, coupled with his line-drawing cartoons, became beloved among both children and parents.Įven Johnny Cash fell for Silverstein's style. ![]() He was never a poetry man, he says himself. In 1974, Silverstein released Where the Sidewalk Ends, and dedicated it, quite literally, "For Ursula." Ten years after his heartbreaking children's book The Giving Tree was published, Shel Silverstein's editor Ursula Nordstrom at Harper & Row convinced the author to write a book of poetry. ![]() ![]() ![]() From the idea of the femme fatale in league with the devil in early modern Europe and Salem, to the bewitching pop culture archetypes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Harry Potter from the spooky ladies in fairy tales and horror films to the rise of feminist covens and contemporary witchcraft, witches reflect the power and potential of women. In Waking the Witch, Pam Grossman explores the cultural and historical impact of the world's most magical icon. ![]() ![]() But witches in various guises have been with us for millennia. ![]() When you think of a witch, what do you picture? Pointy black hat, maybe a broomstick. A whip-smart and illuminating exploration of the world's fascination with witches from podcast host and practicing witch Pam Grossman (The Witch Wave), who delves deeply into why witches have intrigued us for centuries and why they're more relevant now than ever. ![]() ![]() The Furies have discovered that John has broken one of their strictest rules and revived a dead soul. The sacrifice seemed worth it, but now her happiness and safety in the realm are threatened. But could he have other reasons for keeping Pierce close? When she learns that the people she loves are under threat from the Furies, can she convince John to release her to save them- or will the price he asks for her freedom be too high? Awaken: Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew that by accepting the undying love of John Hayden she'd be forced to live forever in the one place she's always dreaded most: the Underworld. John claims it's to protect her from the Furies, who are hell-bent on vengeance against him. ![]() But she's been taken by John Hayden, Lord of the Underworld, to the place between heaven and hell where spirits gather before their final journey. But now things are getting dangerous for her, and her only hope is to do exactly what John says. ![]() ion between them, but Pierce knows that if she allows herself to fall for John she will be doomed to a life of shadows and loneliness in the underworld. And when she was in the space between life and death, she met John: tall dark and terrifying, it's his job to usher souls from one realm to the next. ![]() Abandon: Last year, Pierce died - just for a moment. The first three books in Meg Cabot's Abandon series. ![]() The Abandon Trilogy: Abandon, Underworld, Awaken ![]() ![]() To have denied him the Nobel Prize is as bad as the case of Joyce! Proust! and Kafka. San Francisco Chronicle Borges is the most important Spanish-language writer since Cervantes. ![]() Hurley deserves our enthusiastic praise for this monumental piece of work. Chicago Tribune An event worth of celebration. Along with a tiny cohort of peers! and seers (Kafka and Joyce come to mind)! Borges is more than a stunning storyteller and a brilliant stylist he's a mirror who reflects the spirit of his time. The Washington Post Book World An unparalleled treasury of marvels. The New York Times The major work of probably the most influential Latin American writer of the century. Zusatztext A New York Times Notable Book A marvelous new collection of stories by one of the most remarkable writers of our century. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I am SO excited to have Norah come to Sage this fall for a reception and to teach workshops. And to this day, every time I flip through a magazine or Ravelry and see something that makes me go, “AH! I LOVE that!”, I check the designer – Norah Gaughan! I’ve been able to follow along with her designs ever since and have knit several of them. I got to sit in on sales meetings with our awesome Berroco sales rep, Andra, and flip through the Norah volumes before they were released to the general public. Shortly thereafter, Norah was hired as design director at Berroco and I moved back home to work with my mom at the old Sage Fine Gifts and Yarn. ![]() Knitting Nature was the first pattern book I ever bought as a result of the internet in general and Ravelry specifically, and is one of my knitting treasures. I had no idea knitting could be like that! Over and over again, I checked the designer, and it was Norah Gaughan. ![]() They were really unique and inspiring – they looked nothing like what I had been making. I would browse the pattern database for hours and a handful of patterns kept jumping out at me. By the time I settled in to a quiet obsession, I had a huge blogroll of knitting and spinning blogs that I checked in on daily, and I had signed up for this brand new knitting website – Ravelry. I picked knitting up, in earnest, in the two years I had between undergraduate and graduate school. Almost to the beginning of my real, capital K, Knitting days. ![]() ![]() “ pain, what hopelessness could make a person desire to be put away?” Léger wonders, “How could imprisonment be relief?” Moving descriptions of Loden’s performance in Wanda dot the narration as Léger struggles to reveal joy or pain Loden may have hidden, beyond her early work as a pin-up girl, her marriage to Elia Kazan, and a 1964 Tony Award for her role in Arthur Miller’s After the Fall. Assigned to write “a short entry” about the movie for a film encyclopedia, Léger says she,“kept being carried away by the subject.” Her interest grows after learning Loden based Wanda on “a newspaper story she had read about a woman convicted of robbing a bank,” who “thanked the judge” when given a 20-year prison sentence. ![]() Loden directed one film, Wanda, which she wrote and starred in. ![]() ![]() French writer Léger muses on the life and work of American filmmaker Barbara Loden (1932-1980). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The real City Coat of Arms for Los Angeles has the American federal shield (a white field with six red thin vertical stripes on the field - creating the illusion of seven white, and six red stripes, for a total of thirteen stripes, and thirteen white stars in the blue Chief) in the first quarter (upper left quadrant of the field) the California state flag (A five-point star in the upper right corner of the field, a grizzly bear, and a horizontal stripe in the base all in red) in the second quarter (upper right quadrant of the field) the Mexican eagle atop a green cactus (from the Mexican flag) in the third quarter (lower left quadrant), and the parted arms of alliance for Castile and Leon (representing Spain) in the fourth quarter (lower right quadrant of the field). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Recursion re-kindled our love for science fiction, and Ruby Red transported us to 18th-century London. Haig’s The Midnight Library was one of the best books we read in 2020 (note there are trigger warnings, though). In recent years, though, we’ve seen more and more time travel novels hitting the shelves.įor holiday and romance time travel, grab In A Holidaze. Most already know about The Time Traveler’s Wife, A Christmas Carol, and The Time Machine. Plus, we know that our readers crave historical fiction, and books with time travel tend to go back into the past. What could be better than showcasing some of the best books about time travel? The Uncorked Librarian craves armchair travel via books that, like magic carpets, fly readers across time and space. Find engrossing thrillers, time travel romance, and mind-bending sci-fi. Travel back in time with the best time travel books. ![]() ![]() ![]() I would recommend this book to someone who loves to laugh. Finally, they see a beautiful, amazing starry night. One time, I had to wait for a toy for my birthday, and I felt like I couldn’t wait! In the story, it gets dark and Gerald is starting to worry that they won’t be able to see the surprise. I think a lot of people can relate to this book because it’s hard to wait, especially when it’s a surprise. Gerald wants it right away, but Piggie tells him he has to wait. At the beginning, Piggie says she has a surprise for Gerald. Waiting Is Not Easy! is a hilarious story. Even though the books are always about the same two characters, Elephant and Piggie, they aren’t boring. Even though they have plain pictures, they are still great because the stories are so silly. I love Elephant and Piggie books because they are fun to read and they make me laugh. ![]() |