Bifocals and a Walking Stick
Bifocals and a Walking Stick

Author: M. Gopalkrishna Bhat

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2016-12-02

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1946390534

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“No thali is complete without those lovely spicy tidbits on the side. The book is replete with trivia to regale your friends over beer or kaapi (bet you didn’t know the ubiquitous dosa can be spelt in more ways than you can find fillings to stuff in it)!” – Dev Nadkarni. The book has selected essays on general subjects as well as the author’s observations of life in Singapore. The errant but smart-cookie domestic help, the glib chicanery of door-to-door salespeople, the virtues of the humble domestic broom, the street corner scrap dealer, smartphones, a whole list of vegetarian delights… nothing is unimportant enough for the author not to expand into a three-hundred-and-something word piece. It’s cabbages and kings at a whole new level! Bifocals and a Walking Stick is like a thali brimming with endless goodies and then some. Etymology, linguistics, history, philosophy, sociology, technology – and that’s just a few of the topics that the book touches upon. And dry as those subjects might seem, they’re contextualised in a slice-of-life sort of way. And then there are the travelogues – from Luxembourg to Singapore and Mangalore by ship, air, road and rail.

Neupella and the Walking Stick
Neupella and the Walking Stick

Author: Sheila Tipay

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-10-31

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 1503511081

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Neupella and the Walking Stick is an amazing story of a close relationship between a grandma and a granddaughter. Unknowingly Teleca gives her grandma a present that fulfills her lifelong dream. However before that could take place, Grandma Pellas two elderly energetic neighbors are in full pursuit for possession of grandma Pellas present. For their greed and for dishonest gain they stab themselves symbolically with pain, vexation and grief. Neupella and the Walking Stick are hilarious, funny, vigorous, and enthusiastic and its darn good, old school writing phenomenal. It temporarily stimulates your mind in an unstable world.

Cultural Bifocals on Chinese TV Series and Diaspora Fiction
Cultural Bifocals on Chinese TV Series and Diaspora Fiction

Author: Sheng-mei Ma

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-11

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1040152333

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The book explores how Chinese TV series and Asian Diaspora fiction are consumed, experienced, and adapted by and for audiences worldwide, particularly those of the Chinese diaspora. It focuses or ‘zooms in’ on well-known exceptional Chinese TV series such as Reset and The Bad Kids and ‘zooms-out’ to explore a wider panorama of lesser-known TV dramas and films. It also explores Asian American representations of ‘bespoke immigrants’, the Nobelist Kazuo Ishiguro and other ‘1.5-generation novelists’, a Canadian missionary’s memoir, a Taiwanese Canadian young adult fantasy author, among others. Through the analysis of this material, it reveals how some Asian American writers are themselves liable to portraying stereotypes of Asian immigrant communities, reinforcing familiar tropes of the white gaze. It also features an insightful analysis of Taiwan’s films and culture, highlighting how Taiwanese identity is represented and moreover shaped by cross-strait tensions. Exploring a diversity of content and media consumption, this book will appeal to students and scholars of media studies, Cultural studies, Chinese studies and Asian studies.

Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Costume
Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Costume

Author: Doreen Yarwood

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 0486433803

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This authoritative resource presents a comprehensive history of clothing and accessories. "A mine of information" (Choice), the book covers every world culture with 650-plus entries, more than 2,100 black-and-white drawings, and eight pages of color illustrations. A detailed index makes it easy to locate garments from any era.

Linton and Matteson's Medical-Surgical Practical Nursing in Canada - E-Book
Linton and Matteson's Medical-Surgical Practical Nursing in Canada - E-Book

Author: Katherine Poser

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2023-10-13

Total Pages: 1455

ISBN-13: 032387293X

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Master the role and responsibilities of the PN in Canadian medical-surgical nursing! The only Canadian medical-surgical nursing text designed for the Practical Nurse student, Linton and Matteson's Medical-Surgical Practical Nursing in Canada provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of nursing, including roles, settings, and issues and trends in health care. Content includes descriptions of pathology, medical conditions organized by body system, emergency and disaster management, pandemic preparedness, and mental health nursing. Unique to this text is a unit focusing on the older adult — a key patient population that PNs see in practice. Edited by Katherine Poser, an experienced educator and critical care nurse, this text helps you prepare for the REx-PN® or CPNRE® licensure examinations and succeed as a new nurse.

Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury

Author: Mark J. Ashley

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2003-12-29

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13: 1439858128

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Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitative Treatment and Case Management, Second Edition provides therapists, case managers and physicians with information about the longer-term issues faced by this population. Originally titled Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation, this new edition updates the clinical information and broadens the scope of the best-s

The Ghost Dog of Stoney Ridge
The Ghost Dog of Stoney Ridge

Author: Lee Roddy

Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781564765055

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While searching for an elusive hound dog in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, D.J., a thirteen-year-old Christian, investigates the dumping of hazardous waste at Sudden Lake.

The Grandest Love
The Grandest Love

Author: Jerry Witkovsky

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1483680924

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"Grandparenting can be one of the most fulfilling experiences of YOUR life. And you can provide your grandkids with one of the most important experiences of THEIR lives." -Jerry Witkovsky (MSW) A longtime social-work professional, grandparenting activist and passionate Grandpa guides you toward The Grandest Love of all, with fresh approaches to age-old questions: HOW CAN I... help my family stay connected, regardless of time, distance or income? remain vital and "in the loop" in my grandchildren's rapidly changing world? maintain appropriate boundaries and promoting healthy interdependence? maximize open communication among three generations? leave a meaningful legacy, a "living legacy" I can take pride in, today? The Grandest Love will help you make the most of the family you've got. Read what reviewers are saying about The Grandest Love!

Come Sunday
Come Sunday

Author: Bradford Morrow

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2011-02-15

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1453211985

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DIVA densely layered journey into the dark heart of the American Dream that spans continents and centuries/div DIVIn Bradford Morrow’s debut novel, lightning-tongued mercenary Peter Krieger travels to Nicaragua to kidnap a man who may be a 480-year-old former conquistador—and therefore could hold the secret to immortality. When Krieger attempts to sell his captive to a reclusive scientist in upstate New York, he sets off on a globe-spanning expedition, in which he encounters an enormous cast of idealists, crackpots, and revolutionaries. And his one-time lover, Hannah Burden, who raises cattle in an illegal loft ranch in Manhattan, still stands between him and his nefarious, astonishing ambitions./divDIV /divDIVA rousingly hilarious, yet tragic epic about the dark side of the American Dream, Come Sunday is fueled by Morrow’s captivating style, breadth of reference, and depth of insight, and spins old myths of the New World into unexpected and haunting forms./div