The Way Things Were.
The Way Things Were.

Author: Aatish Taseer

Publisher: Dylan Fazel

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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When Skanda's father Toby dies, estranged from Skanda's mother and from the India he once loved, it falls to Skanda to return his body to his birthplace. This is a journey that takes him halfway around the world and deep within three generations of his family, whose fractures, frailties and toxic legacies he has always sought to elude. Both an intimate portrait of a marriage and its aftershocks, and a panoramic vision of India's half-century - in which a rapacious new energy supplants an ineffectual elite - 'The way things were' is an epic novel about the pressures of history upon the present moment. It is also a meditation on the stories we tell and the stories we forget; their tenderness and violence in forging bonds and in breaking them apart. Set in modern Delhi and at flashpoints from the past four decades, fusing private and political, classical and contemporary to thrilling effect, this book confirms Aatish Taseer as one of the most arresting voices of his generation.

The Way Things Never Were
The Way Things Never Were

Author: Norman Finkelstein

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005-05

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 0595348084

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A history of the United States during the 1950s and 1960s including sections on health care, eating habits, family life, environmental issues, and the condition of the elderly.

Politics, Journalism, and The Way Things Were
Politics, Journalism, and The Way Things Were

Author: Martin Tolchin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-07

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1000739929

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In this book, Martin Tolchin describes his journey from New York Times copy boy to White House correspondent, and as founder of The Hill and co-founder of Politico. He tells of the talented and eccentric colleagues he encountered en route, and the conflicts and tensions that beset him during his 40-year news career. Along the way, he tracks the evolution of political journalism from mostly all-male, smoke-filled newsrooms to the high-tech world of the 24/7 news cycle. As a local reporter in New York City, Tolchin saw his articles change public policy and re-direct millions of dollars in public funds. Nationally, Tolchin reported on some of the country’s most important political leaders, including Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and Tip O’Neill, among many others. As a Washington correspondent he was involved in Iran Contra, the Anita Hill hearings on the nomination of Justice Clarence Thomas, and Washington’s response to the New York City financial crisis. Mr. Tolchin writes with extraordinary candor and optimism. His story is one that will inform and inspire students, scholars, and general readers in an era in which fake news has sometimes overtaken legitimate reporting. He believes in the power of a free press to guard and guide free people.

The Way Things Were
The Way Things Were

Author: Marko Vovchok

Publisher: TSK Group LLC

Published: 2024-04-11

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13:

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The Way Things Were is a collection of stories and novellas by Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok (Maria Alexandrona Vilinskaya-Markevich) focused around the lives of Russian and Ukrainian serfs during the last decade of slavery in the Russian Empire. These works were instrumental to the abolitionist movement, whose members - writers, poets, artists, and political activists - eventually succeeded in bringing about the Emancipation reform of 1861 and ending six centuries of serfdom. Marko Vovchok's stories are not epic, historically significant episodes, but rather small, everyday vignettes from the lives of serfs and their masters, made all the more powerful by their serene, conversational style bringing the reality of the era into stark relief. This collection includes the following works: The Merchant's Daughter Sasha Mischief Maker The Schoolgirl Katerina Nine Brothers and Their Sister Galya The Tulle Baba Lazy Bones Little Toy The King of Hearts Lemerivna Masha

The Way We Never Were
The Way We Never Were

Author: Stephanie Coontz

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2016-03-29

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0465098843

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The definitive edition of the classic, myth-shattering history of the American family Leave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the "male breadwinner marriage" is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault were far higher in the 1970s than they are today. In The Way We Never Were, acclaimed historian Stephanie Coontz examines two centuries of the American family, sweeping away misconceptions about the past that cloud current debates about domestic life. The 1950s do not present a workable model of how to conduct our personal lives today, Coontz argues, and neither does any other era from our cultural past. This revised edition includes a new introduction and epilogue, exploring how the clash between growing gender equality and rising economic inequality is reshaping family life, marriage, and male-female relationships in our modern era. More relevant than ever, The Way We Never Were is a potent corrective to dangerous nostalgia for an American tradition that never really existed.

The Temple-goers
The Temple-goers

Author: Aatish Taseer

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2010-03-04

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0141933038

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A young man returns home to Delhi after several years abroad and resumes his place among the city's cosmopolitan elite - a world of fashion designers, media moguls and the idle rich. But everything around him has changed - new roads, new restaurants, new money, new crime - everything, that is, except for the people, who are the same, only maybe slightly worse. Then he meets Aakash, a charismatic and unpredictable young man on the make, who introduces him to the squalid underside of this sprawling city. Together they get drunk and work out, visit temples and a prostitute, and our narrator finds himself disturbingly attracted to Aakash's world. But when Aakash is arrested for murder, the two of them are suddenly swept up in a politically sensitive investigation that exposes the true corruption at the heart of this new and ruthless society. In a voice that is both cruel and tender, The Temple-goers brings to life the dazzling story of a city quietly burning with rage.

Where the Wild Things Were
Where the Wild Things Were

Author: William Stolzenburg

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-01-15

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1608196453

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For years, predators like snow leopards and white-tipped sharks have been disappearing from the top of the food chain, largely as a result of human action. Science journalist Will Stolzenburg reveals why and how their absence upsets the delicate balance of the world's environment.

The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant

Author: Kazuo Ishiguro

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0385353227

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory. In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And, because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him. As they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share. By turns savage, suspenseful, and intensely moving, The Buried Giant is a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory.

The Way Things Were
The Way Things Were

Author: Emma Garrett Williams

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-10-11

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781468585087

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At a young age I went to live with my grandmother Lizzie Robinson until I was about (10) years old. My grandmother and I had lots of fun doing things together, All the stories she told me about her life and grown up in Louisiana, in a little place called Byseria south of Jackson Louisiana were she live and work on this plantation.

Radical Resilience
Radical Resilience

Author: Alice U. Scannell

Publisher:

Published: 2017-12-05

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780999489406

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When something major happens to us, we can¿t always get our lives back to normal. Radical Resilience offers hope and encouragement to those who have encountered life-changing obstacles. Dr. Scannell acknowledges the difficulties of these changes, then shares practical tools and inspiring stories that show how we can come through life¿s adverse events with a renewed sense of self. Radical Resilience shows how you can: ¿ Become creative in responding to change in your life. ¿ Regain some control over your circumstances. ¿ Overcome feelings of helplessness. ¿ Be courageous when days are difficult. ¿ Navigate the challenges of growing older. Whether you¿re 17 or 75, if life has thrown you a curve, Radical Resilience can help you get on track toward being yourself in your new normal.