Grains of Truth - A Grain of Truth & Another Grain of Truth
Grains of Truth - A Grain of Truth & Another Grain of Truth

Author: Jack Webster

Publisher: Black & White Publishing

Published: 2013-10-24

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1845027620

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This title brings together Jack Webster's two volumes of autobiography. The first part brings to life his homeland of Buchan in the north-east of Scotland. He describes in detail his childhood years in Aberdeenshire with stories of honest hard-working folk, people with often dour exteriors and a sharp, wry sense of humour twinkling beneath. From his childhood, the story moves on to the early years of his career on the "Turiff Advertiser" and his time at the "Scottish Daily Express", with tales of his travels and meeting with the famous all over the world. The second part continues his story, opening with the "roup" in Maud, the auctioning of his family farm, and going on to tell stories and anecdotes of the famous and not-so-famous inhabitants of his native Buchan - people like his great grandfather, Gavin Greig, a scholar of international repute, and the celebrated writer, Lesi Grassic Gibbon, who tragically died at the age of 33. Whether writing of his meetings with the rich and famous, of great events, bloody murder or simply his memories of his childhood, Jack Webster displays the qualities of writing that has made him one of Scotland's best-loved journalists.He is the author of "Famous Ships of the Clyde".

Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher: A Grain of Truth
Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher: A Grain of Truth

Author: Andrzej Sapkowski

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Published: 2022-06-21

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 150672695X

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Geralt’s encounter with a beast reveals the truth behind fairy tales in this graphic novel adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's original short story. Geralt takes a short cut down a beaten path, where he makes a grim discovery of two corpses. Backtracking their trail, he’s led to a derelict mansion secured with elevated walls and a gate—mysterious and ramshackle, yet adorned with a rare elegance Geralt could not ignore. He is met with the mansion’s owner—not quite human, but a beast with the faculties of a man. With Geralt unfazed by his monstrous appearance and displays of aggression, the beast invites him inside. A kind but wary host, he shares stories of his family, his life . . . and his curse. If the weight of his misdeeds could condemn him to the body of a beast—a retribution spoken of only in fairy tales, could there be another grain of truth in these tales of fantasy—one that could help him elude his fate and lead him to salvation? This graphic novel is the first in a series of adaptations from Sapkowski's acclaimed short story collection The Last Wish! Script adaptation by Jacek Rembiś (Frostpunk) with art by Jonas Scharf (Bone Parish, War for the Planet of the Apes).

A Grain of Truth
A Grain of Truth

Author: Zygmunt Miloszewski

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1908524030

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"A Grain of Truth, like every great crime novel, digs up more unsettling questions than it does answers; it also demonstrates the seemingly endless possibilities of the form itself to serve as smart social criticism." --Maureen Corrigan, on NPR's Fresh AirPraise for the first novel in the Teodor Szacki series:"In Entanglement Miloszewski takes an engaging look at modern Polish society in this stellar first in a new series starring Warsaw prosecutor Teodor Szacki. Readers will want to see more of the complex, sympathetic Szacki."—Publishers WeeklyIt is spring 2009, and prosecutor Szacki is no longer working in Warsaw—he has said goodbye to his family and to his career in the capital and moved to Sandomierz, a picturesque town full of churches and museums. Hoping to start a "brave new life," Szacki instead finds himself investigating a strange murder case in surroundings both alien and unfriendly.The victim is found brutally murdered, her body drained of blood. The killing bears the hallmarks of legendary Jewish ritual slaughter, prompting a wave of anti-Semitic paranoia in the town, where everyone knows everyone. The murdered woman's husband is bereft, but when Szacki discovers that she had a lover, the husband becomes the prime suspect. Before there's time to arrest him, he is found murdered in similar circumstances. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish–Jewish relations and something that happened more than sixty years earlier. Zygmunt Miloszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1975. His first novel The Intercom was published in 2005 to high acclaim. In 2006 he published The Adder Mountains; in 2010, the crime novel Entanglement; and this year its sequel, A Grain of Truth.

Grains of Truth
Grains of Truth

Author: Joshua A. Fogel

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-12-31

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0761863028

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This volume looks at tractate Menachot, which is concerned mostly with grain offered at the Temple (when it stood) to atone for various misdeeds. Fogel approaches the text, page by page, commenting with doses of humor and comparisons in a manner meant to explain the text for contemporary readers.

Grain Brain
Grain Brain

Author: David Perlmutter

Publisher: Little, Brown Spark

Published: 2018-12-18

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0316485144

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The devastating truth about the effects of wheat, sugar, and carbs on the brain, with a 4-week plan to achieve optimum health. In Grain Brain, renowned neurologist David Perlmutter, MD, exposes a finding that's been buried in the medical literature for far too long: carbs are destroying your brain. Even so-called healthy carbs like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, epilepsy, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression, decreased libido, and much more. Groundbreaking and timely, Grain Brain shows that the fate of your brain is not in your genes. It's in the food you eat. The cornerstone of all degenerative conditions, including brain disorders, is inflammation, which can be triggered by carbs, especially containing gluten or high in sugar. Dr. Perlmutter explains what happens when the brain encounters common ingredients in your daily bread and fruit bowls, how statin drugs may be erasing your memory, why a diet high in "good fats" is ideal, and how to spur the growth of new brain cells at any age. Dr. Perlmutter's revolutionary 4-week plan shows you how to keep your brain healthy, vibrant, and sharp while dramatically reducing your risk for debilitating neurological diseases as well as relieving more common, everyday conditions -- without drugs. Easy-to-follow strategies, delicious recipes, and weekly goals help you to put the plan into action. With a blend of anecdotes, cutting-edge research, and accessible, practical advice, Grain Brain teaches you how to take control of your "smart genes," regain wellness, and enjoy lifelong health and vitality.

Some More Short Stories
Some More Short Stories

Author:

Publisher: Children's Book Trust

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9788170113874

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A collection of twenty stories about India, including "Paper Boats, " "Raju's Pet, " "Unke Munke Timpetoo, " and "The Ramayana That Went Wrong."

Thinking Across the American Grain
Thinking Across the American Grain

Author: Giles Gunn

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1992-02-15

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780226310770

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In Thinking Across the American Grain Giles Gunn makes a major contribution to the current revival of pragmatism in America by showing how it provides the most critically resilient and constructive response to the intellectual challenges of postmodernism. Gunn reclaims and refurbishes elements of the pragmatic tradition that either have been lost or have undergone important changes and shows how newer critical approaches have strong roots in the pragmatic tradition. For Gunn, pragmatism is no longer concerned solely with the nature of knowledge and the meaning of truth. Because of its insistence on critical self-awareness, its opposition to closed systems of thought, and its concern with the ethical, political, and practical contexts of ideas, pragmatism offers a blueprint for performing intellectual work in a world without absolutes. The world Gunn's pragmatism recognizes is one of multiple truths, unstable interpretations, and competing interests. After critically reexamining the nature and scope of the pragmatic legacy, Gunn explores the way pragmatism successfully responds to conceptual and methodological controversies, from the rebirth of ideology, the spread of interdisciplinarity, and the development of the new historicism, to the revolt against theory, the erosion of public discourse, and the problematics of American civil religion. Drawing throughout on the work of William James, Henry James, Sr., John Dewey, Kenneth Burke, W. E. B. Du Bois, Richard Poirier, Stanley Cavell, Clifford Geertz, Frank Lentricchia, Richard Rorty, Richard J. Bernstein, and others, Gunn shows that pragmatism, because it offers a way of thinking across the categories of modern intellectual specializations, is located at the intersection of these critical, and often competitive, discourses. The postmodern challenge for the pragmatist thinker is not only how to render these different discourses conversible with one another, but how to turn the salient insights of each into elements of a new democratic and critical public culture, one able to counter the twin threats of ideology and solipsism. Giles Gunn is one of our most acclaimed contemporary critics, and this broad and ambitious book is certain to become one of the central works in the current revival of critical pragmatism and cultural studies.

Fifty Shades of Grain
Fifty Shades of Grain

Author: Caroline Aslanian

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-02

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781549597060

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Choosing to eat grains isn't so black and white. Eating gluten-free isn't THE answer to being healthy. Being oblivious to the facts that gluten sensitivity does exist isn't helpful either. There is gray in between black and white and there are many shades of gray to consider so that we can truly understand which grains to avoid, why some should avoid grains and glutenous ingredients at all cost and when and how is it o.k. to consume grains IF your body is strong and healthy enough to tolerate it....hence the title. No one has addressed this issue quiet this way with so much evidence both from scientific community, from ancestral wisdom and from living centenarians.You haven't seen this topic highlighted the way Caroline has. It's an eye opener and maybe controversial.A smart conversation around grains is so powerful right now.This book isn't an excuse to eating bread. Eating bread can be healthy IF we follow our ancestral wisdom pre industrial age. This philosophy and way of living really applies to all foods and not just bread.If you could pack all of human history in one year, we have been farming for and eating grains since about yesterday. We only started consuming Modern Grain about 10 minutes ago, which is when modern diseases came to life.Humans did not have grain cultivation and consumption until 5000-8000 years ago, which is about "yesterday".Modern grain's radical farming practices and processing came in the early 1900's, which is about "10 minutes ago". We'll take a look at what has happened since "10 minutes ago" since we started consuming modern grain and how different it is from our ancestors who consumed grains since a "yesterday" and still showed robustness and vitality. If grains have been consumed for at least 5,000 years and independent studies are showing the negative side effects of consuming modern grains, it begs the question of why are we now facing epidemic rates of modern diseases and disorders.Most of the breads on the market have been adulterated to the point of non recognition (by our bodies). Find out what kind of breads our ancestors consumed that contributed towards their longevity. Find out what kind of breads you can choose right now even though you don't live in the olden days. Let me know show you how to use ancestral wisdom while living in the modern world.Endorsements:"Should we eat grains? The issue is not black and white, as Caroline Aslanian explains in 50 Shades of Grain. Wheat is not the culprit, but what we have done to it! Aslanian clearly explains how we have ruined one of nature's most nutritious grains and what we can do to enjoy it again. For anyone who thinks he can't eat wheat, or even for anyone who still does eat wheat, this book is must reading." ~ Sally Fallon Morell, PresidentThe Weston A. Price Foundation"Fifty Shades of Grain perceptively tours the Great Grain issue of our time. Caroline weaves an insightful and detailed guide to set the story straight for our consumption of grain. Applicable to EVERYONE." ~ Dr. Yoshi Rahm, Functional Medicine Speaker, Founder of Oasis Family MedicineNoodles, rice, bread, and cereal are highly cravable, and for a good reason. Grains have sustained humans in good health for the entirety of our history. Caroline Aslanian shares her knowledge and provides the tools and resources you must enjoy your grains guilt-free. ~ Mary R Clifton, MD, national bestselling author of Get Graduated and Waist Away Founder of Dr. Mary's Reset Revolution Medical Director, 24/7 CallADoc Telemedicine Corp

Grain by Grain
Grain by Grain

Author: Bob Quinn

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1610919955

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"A compelling agricultural story skillfully told; environmentalists will eat it up." - Kirkus Reviews When Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels of an unusual grain. Little did he know, that grain would change his life. Years later, after finishing a PhD in plant biochemistry and returning to his family’s farm in Montana, Bob started experimenting with organic wheat. In the beginning, his concern wasn’t health or the environment; he just wanted to make a decent living and some chance encounters led him to organics. But as demand for organics grew, so too did Bob’s experiments. He discovered that through time-tested practices like cover cropping and crop rotation, he could produce successful yields—without pesticides. Regenerative organic farming allowed him to grow fruits and vegetables in cold, dry Montana, providing a source of local produce to families in his hometown. He even started producing his own renewable energy. And he learned that the grain he first tasted at the fair was actually a type of ancient wheat, one that was proven to lower inflammation rather than worsening it, as modern wheat does. Ultimately, Bob’s forays with organics turned into a multimillion dollar heirloom grain company, Kamut International. In Grain by Grain, Quinn and cowriter Liz Carlisle, author of Lentil Underground, show how his story can become the story of American agriculture. We don’t have to accept stagnating rural communities, degraded soil, or poor health. By following Bob’s example, we can grow a healthy future, grain by grain.

Homesick for Another World
Homesick for Another World

Author: Ottessa Moshfegh

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-01-17

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0399562893

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 An electrifying first collection from one of the most exciting short story writers of our time "I can’t recall the last time I laughed this hard at a book. Simultaneously, I’m shocked and scandalized. She’s brilliant, this young woman."—David Sedaris Ottessa Moshfegh's debut novel Eileen was one of the literary events of 2015. Garlanded with critical acclaim, it was named a book of the year by The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. But as many critics noted, Moshfegh is particularly held in awe for her short stories. Homesick for Another World is the rare case where an author's short story collection is if anything more anticipated than her novel. And for good reason. There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful, and even laugh-out-loud funny. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet in one way or another; they all yearn for connection and betterment, though each in very different ways, but they are often tripped up by their own baser impulses and existential insecurities. Homesick for Another World is a master class in the varieties of self-deception across the gamut of individuals representing the human condition. But part of the unique quality of her voice, the echt Moshfeghian experience, is the way the grotesque and the outrageous are infused with tenderness and compassion. Moshfegh is our Flannery O'Connor, and Homesick for Another World is her Everything That Rises Must Converge or A Good Man is Hard to Find. The flesh is weak; the timber is crooked; people are cruel to each other, and stupid, and hurtful. But beauty comes from strange sources. And the dark energy surging through these stories is powerfully invigorating. We're in the hands of an author with a big mind, a big heart, blazing chops, and a political acuity that is needle-sharp. The needle hits the vein before we even feel the prick.