The Eleventh Avatar
The Eleventh Avatar

Author: Nandita and Ramesh

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 938600903X

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This collection of stories is a work of fiction, which however, depicts the reality of life in India. The author has highlighted what she feels are facets of Indian life, which are blots on our national character. She hopes that these stories will influence the readers to fight against the evils of our society, which are not intrinsic, but have been created by greedy, corrupt and immoral people. The Eleventh Avatar brings out the changes and transformations of Indian society as seen through the eyes of Lord Vishnu as he journeys through the erstwhile Bharatha Desham after a span of few thousands of years. It talks about his delight at some of the positive changes and at the same time his sorrow at the degradation of the moral fibre of the Indian society. ?The Girl on a Cycle? is a romantic story where the author brings out her conviction that the most important emotion is kindness. Every act of kindness has ripple effects. If kindness becomes the norm rather than the exception then we could bid adieu to strife.

The Eleventh Trade
The Eleventh Trade

Author: Alyssa Hollingsworth

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Published: 2018-09-18

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1250155770

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From debut author Alyssa Hollingsworth comes a story about living with fear, being a friend, and finding a new place to call home. They say you can't get something for nothing, but nothing is all Sami has. When his grandfather’s most-prized possession—a traditional Afghan instrument called a rebab—is stolen, Sami resolves to get it back. He finds it at a music store, but it costs $700, and Sami doesn’t have even one penny. What he does have is a keychain that has caught the eye of his classmate. If he trades the keychain for something more valuable, could he keep trading until he has $700? Sami is about to find out. The Eleventh Trade is both a classic middle school story and a story about being a refugee. Alyssa Hollingsworth tackles a big issue with a light touch. 2020 UKLA Award Winner

The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour
The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour

Author: Clint McElroy

Publisher: First Second

Published: 2023-02-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1250893623

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The fifth installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling Adventure Zone graphic novel series, a meta-fictional D&D adventure story based on the smash hit podcast. The Bureau of Balance has located yet another Grand Relic, and this time it’s...time? A small mining town called Refuge has been locked away behind an arcane bubble, and somewhere inside it the Temporal Chalice is causing unknown mayhem. Taako, Magnus, and Merle are launched into their investigation, but they’ve barely had a chance to get their feet under them before the situation literally falls apart. When the town clocktower strikes noon, Refuge and its citizens are destroyed in a sudden chaos of flame and ruin, and our heroes’ relic hunting— along with their lives—comes to an abrupt end. But woah, what’s this? It’s 11AM, they’re alive again, and Refuge definitely hasn’t just been exploded? Looks like a classic time loop, friends. This town is trapped in its final hour, and so are the three of them. And in order to escape, they’ll not only have to solve the mystery of what happened to the Chalice, they’ll also also have to resist what it offers: the chance to rewrite the worst days of their own pasts. Based on the blockbuster podcast where the McElroy brothers and their dad play a tabletop RPG, and illustrated by cartooning powerhouse Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour is a thrilling new chapter in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.

The Eleventh Plague
The Eleventh Plague

Author: John S. Marr

Publisher: Avon

Published: 1999-12-09

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 9780061097638

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Two children die of a disease thought to be nonexistence in the United States. Within hours, thoroughbreds at the legendary Churchill Downs are dying of a virus that cannot be identified, even by the most expert veterinarians. Called in to solve these lethal mysteries, noted virologist Jack Bryne discovers the two bear uncanny similarities to the Fifth and Sixth Plagues described in the Book of Exodus. And the horror is just beginning... Every month another monstrosity claims its victims. Every month brings the reenactment of another more catastrophic plague. Soon Bryne's own worldwide medical computer network, ProMED, is invaded by the power behind the horrors--a diabolically intelligent serial killer with a sophisticated knowledge of toxins and an obsession with a with biblical retribution. To make matters worse, the FBI is convinced Bryne himself is the killer. Caught between both sides, the brilliant virus hunter joins forces with his bright lab assistant, an ambitious TV newswoman, and a young religious scholar to find this madman and stop him before it's too late. But even Bryne does not know how close the killer is...until he meets this modern medical Moriarity on a midnight confrontation that will determine the future of the world.

A Place Within
A Place Within

Author: M.G. Vassanji

Publisher: Doubleday Canada

Published: 2009-03-18

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0307371778

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A Globe and Mail Best Book The inimitable M.G. Vassanji turns his eye to India, the homeland of his ancestors, in this powerfully moving tale of family and country. Part travelogue, part history, A Place Within is M.G. Vassanji’s intelligent and beautifully written journey to explore where he belongs. It would take many lifetimes, it was said to me during my first visit, to see all of India. The desperation must have shown on my face to absorb and digest all I possibly could. This was not something I had articulated or resolved; and yet I recall an anxiety as I travelled the length and breadth of the country, senses raw to every new experience, that even in the distraction of a blink I might miss something profoundly significant. I was not born in India, nor were my parents; that might explain much in my expectation of that visit. Yet how many people go to the homeland of their grandparents with such a heartload of expectation and momentousness; such a desire to find themselves in everything they see? Is it only India that clings thus, to those who’ve forsaken it; is this why Indians in a foreign land seem always so desperate to seek each other out? What was India to me?

The Avatar Television Franchise
The Avatar Television Franchise

Author: Francis M. Agnoli

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2022-12-29

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1501387197

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Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-08) and its sequel The Legend of Korra (2012-14) are among the most acclaimed and influential U.S. animated television series of the 21st century. Yet, despite their elevated status, there have been few academic works published about them. The Avatar Television Franchise: Storytelling, Identity, Trauma, Fandom and Reception remedies this gap by bringing together a wide range of scholarly writings on these shows. This edited collection is comprised of 13 chapters organized into 4 sections, featuring close readings of key episodes, analyzing how they create meaning as well as illustrating how established theories can guide those readings. Some chapters explore different theories relating to identity as well as considering the repercussions of depicting real-world identities in these shows, while others examine the various manifestations of trauma from throughout the franchise as well as illustrates different scholarly approaches to the topic. Still others utilize fan studies to understand the myriad ways viewers have responded to and interpreted the Avatar franchise.

The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology
The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology

Author: Wendy Doniger

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9788120803862

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This work deals at length with various theories about relgion prevalent at the time when Megasthenes visited India very interesting and scholarly views have been put forth regarding investigations of Megasthenes their reliability and the reliability of his reporters.

The Eleventh Plague
The Eleventh Plague

Author: Jeff Hirsch

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0545290147

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Twenty years after the wars that followed The Collapse, 15-year-old Stephen, his father, and grandfather travel post-Collapse America scavenging. But when his grandfather dies and his father decides to risk everything to save the lives of two strangers, Stephen's life is turned upside down.

My Recollections of Lord Byron
My Recollections of Lord Byron

Author: Teresa contessa di Guiccioli

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-05-28

Total Pages: 680

ISBN-13:

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Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli (1800 – 1873) was the lover and companion of Lord Byron in times he was living in Ravenna, Italy, and writing the first five cantos of Don Juan. This book is a biographical account of Lord Byron's Life in Italy and their relationships. Later the author herself became a fictional character. Alexandre Dumas included her as a minor personage in his novel The Count of Monte Cristo using the disguised name.