Deportment
Deportment

Author: Alice Burdick

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 2018-11-14

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1771123818

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Deportment is a selection of poems – surreal, cerebral, and defiant – by Alice Burdick. Burdick examines the dangers of dogma, women’s rights, and environmental degradation in biting satires, moving elegies, and anti-sentimental lyrics filled with mischievous wordplay. The selection includes some of Burdick’s most iconic poems as well as rare work from the beginning of her career in 1990s Toronto and previously unpublished material. Burdick’s later poetry, more expansive in form and subject matter, addresses motherhood, the rural landscape, and sex and desire at middle age. Deportment makes the case for Alice Burdick as one of Canada’s best poets, alongside figures such as Lisa Robertson, Karen Solie, and Sina Queyras. Alessandro Porco’s introduction situates Burdick’s early work within the Toronto small press scene, focusing on her fugitive chapbooks, broadsides, and literary ephemera while highlighting her formative relationships with Victor Coleman and Stuart Ross. He traces her move from Toronto to Nova Scotia in the early 2000s and the impact of publishing from the social and spatial margins of Canadian literature. In her afterword, Burdick reflects on everyday life – as a poet and citizen, daughter and mother –in both the zombieland of downtown Toronto and the alien geography of Eastern Canada. She explores how the comparative speed, sound, and density of urban and rural spaces have shaped her literary imagination.

She's the Cutest... But We're Just Friends! Volume 2
She's the Cutest... But We're Just Friends! Volume 2

Author: Akamitsu Awamura

Publisher: J-Novel Club

Published: 2021-10-06

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 171836606X

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She’s the cutest, too... but we’re just coworkers! “No way, you actually like me?!” Kai Nakamura, 16 years old, has just been asked out by a girl for the first time in his life. And the girl who has set her sights on him is the cute, anime-craving coworker he’s been chatting up, Kotobuki Hotei! Struck by this bolt from the blue, Kai’s at a loss—he doesn’t dislike her, but where does he draw the line between liking her as a pal versus as a partner? Meanwhile, Kotobuki lays on the pressure and suggests they have a date to test their compatibility. Unable to refuse a passionate yet polite plea from this otherwise nervous wreck of a newbie, Kai agrees to a trial run, leading to the first real-deal date of Kai’s young life. And if that wasn’t stressful enough, his best girl friend Jun happens to spot them together at their destination... This Pure Friendship Romantic Comedy comes back for Part 2!

Creating a New Medina
Creating a New Medina

Author: Venkat Dhulipala

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-02-09

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 1316258386

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This book examines how the idea of Pakistan was articulated and debated in the public sphere and how popular enthusiasm was generated for its successful achievement, especially in the crucial province of UP (now Uttar Pradesh) in the last decade of British colonial rule in India. It argues that Pakistan was not a simply a vague idea that serendipitously emerged as a nation-state, but was popularly imagined as a sovereign Islamic State, a new Medina, as some called it. In this regard, it was envisaged as the harbinger of Islam's renewal and rise in the twentieth century, the new leader and protector of the global community of Muslims, and a worthy successor to the defunct Turkish Caliphate. The book also specifically foregrounds the critical role played by Deobandi ulama in articulating this imagined national community with an awareness of Pakistan's global historical significance.

Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street

Author: Ed Mattson

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1618565265

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Since the Presidential election of 2008, there has been a trend of liberal-progressive Americans to distance themselves from everything that has made America the most successful experiment in government the world has ever known, and in fact to even question what conservative Americans call "e;American Exceptionalism"e;. From President Obama himself, who spent the early months of his presidency touring the globe apologizing for nearly 3 centuries of America being the beacon of freedom, liberty, and free market capitalism that has enabled the United States to lead the world in economic development never before seen in history.Over the last five and a half years President Obama's promise to "e;fundamentally change America"e; has delivered an average loss of $5000 in family wealth and the highest misery index since the presidency of Jimmy Carter. It has also brought with it the largest number of Americans who are unable to find meaningful employment since the Great Depression; the highest number of Americans seeking government assistance; an astonishing federal debt of $18 trillion on the way to $26 trillion by 2022; a bloated and out-of-control federal bureaucracy; scandals in nearly every department of government; and a world on the brink of chaos caused by tyranny and terrorism. Down on Main Street Searching for American Exceptionalism documents the events and people who made America the exceptional country that it has been and questions why liberal progressives, most of whom live lifestyles far better than most people of the world, benefit financially beyond their skill-sets, and have access to food/luxury that is the envy of other countries, would want to tear down the very free market capitalistic system that has proven to be the only system that has ever lifted whole nations out of poverty, in favor of economic ideologies that have never been proven to work, insure only equal misery and mediocrity for its citizens, and can only be held together at the point of a gun.

Reverie
Reverie

Author: Roop

Publisher: Apna Publish

Published:

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9354161553

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The author has woven her impressions of Life into some soul touching verses. Her easy peasy writing style and the usage of colloquial lingo enables effortless reading. Her poetry aims to instil Hope and urges the readers to keep looking forward even in the times of adversity. Life has so much to offer, choose beautiful moments and stick with them, remains the core of her writings. Her poetry is like a whiff of fresh air.

WORDS OF PARADISE
WORDS OF PARADISE

Author: PRIYA DAS

Publisher: ASHIRVAD PUBLICATION

Published: 2021-10-23

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9392555636

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Words of Paradise is a beautiful collection of some pure tales inked by 25 splendid writers who are trying to express the unvoiced thoughts with the help of their significant words. Its just a perfect piece which can turn into a source of words and events into an enchanting piece for all the readers and even it is also capable of embracing your soul with delight. So turn the emerald pages and experience the majestic penned thoughts scribbled by our beautiful souls. Hope all the readers will like it.

The Alcalde
The Alcalde

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1987-09

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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As the magazine of the Texas Exes, The Alcalde has united alumni and friends of The University of Texas at Austin for nearly 100 years. The Alcalde serves as an intellectual crossroads where UT's luminaries - artists, engineers, executives, musicians, attorneys, journalists, lawmakers, and professors among them - meet bimonthly to exchange ideas. Its pages also offer a place for Texas Exes to swap stories and share memories of Austin and their alma mater. The magazine's unique name is Spanish for "mayor" or "chief magistrate"; the nickname of the governor who signed UT into existence was "The Old Alcalde."

Hotey
Hotey

Author: Josephine Bailey

Publisher: Timber Creek Press

Published: 2013-08

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780989122054

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A wild burro's restless curiosity takes him on an epic journey on which he must confront danger, fear and sorrow. Set at the turn of the 19th century against the vast landscape of the American South West, Hotey is an inspiring adventure story. In the donkey's quest to find his home, he meets and learns life lessons from a bird, a mule, a horse and one courageous human. He will find friendship, loyalty and love but he will make an even greater discovery; he will find himself. Cowboys, cattle wars, silver mining and sheepherding are just some of the surprises in store for the unwitting hero of Hotey. Lost, taken from his herd and captured, he never gives up hope. The unforgettable characters in this Western-themed, coming-of-age, fable will touch and delight the hearts of readers from ten to one hundred and ten. Hotey supports Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue.