Author: Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1909394769
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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How does one record an extraordinary time? Confined to his Delhi apartment, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee unravels the intimate paradoxes of life he encounters in the first weeks of a global pandemic. His stories about local fish sellers, gardeners, barbers and lovers merge with his concerns for the exodus of migrant labourers, the challenges faced by health workers, and a mother braving checkposts to bring her son home. Drawing inspiration from contemporary literature and cinema, The Town Slowly Empties is a unique window on a world desperate for love, care and hope. Manash is our Everyman, urging us to slow down and mend our broken ties with nature. Written with rare candour and elegance, this meditative book is a compelling account of the human condition that soars high above the empty streets.
Author: Raelyn Drake
Publisher: Lerner + ORM
ISBN: 1541531035
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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After aliens attack Earth, Sanjay is trapped inside his high school. A local group puts the school on lockdown, claiming they're looking out for the students. But when the teachers start to mysteriously disappear and no one will give Sanjay and his friends any real answers, they begin worrying that the situation isn't as safe and secure as it seems. What's really going on? Perfect for survival-story enthusiasts, this Attack on Earth novel is packed full of action and drama sure to make even the most reluctant readers fiercely turn the pages.
Author: Guobin Yang
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9354895352
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
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A metropolis with a population of about 11 million, Wuhan sits at the crossroads of China. It was here that in the last days of 2019, the first reports of a mysterious new form of pneumonia emerged. Before long, an abrupt and unprecedented lockdown was declared - the first of many such responses to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. This book tells the dramatic story of the Wuhan lockdown in the voices of the city's own people. Using a vast archive of more than 6,000 diaries, the sociologist Guobin Yang vividly depicts how the city coped during the crisis. The book features compelling stories of citizens and civic groups in their struggle against COVID-19. These snapshots from the lockdown capture China at a critical moment, revealing the intricacies of politics, citizenship, morality, community, and digital technology.
Author: Sean Black
Publisher: Sean Black Digital
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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An explosive, race-against-time thriller and the first in the action-packed Ryan Lock series. Christmas Eve in New York, but for ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock it's business as usual. His task: to protect the head of one of America's most powerful corporations. But when a bloody massacre leaves bodies littering the streets of midtown Manhattan, Lock's hunt for the killers turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse. "Hold on tight - this one burns like a lit fuse" - Gregg Hurwitz, Internationally Bestselling Author of Orphan X "An impressive debut novel featuring one of the finest female villains since Ian Fleming's Rosa Klebb...this is a writer, and a hero, to watch" - The Daily Mail "Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child, and the heart of Harlan Coben. Lockdown is a sure-fire winner" - Joseph Finder, New York Times Bestselling Author of Buried Secrets "Funny, tough, and furiously paced, Lockdown explodes off the page" - Jesse Kellerman "Supremely slick...An excellent first novel" - The Daily Telegraph Other readers of Sean Black's books enjoyed books by: Marc Cameron, Jack Mars, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, James Patterson, Mark Dawson, Lee Child, Nelson DeMille, Meg Gardiner, David Baldacci, John Sandford, Harlan Coben, Robert Crais, Mark Greaney, Gregg Hurwitz, Simon Kernick, Joseph Finder, David Antoci, Robert Swartwood, Bob Mayer, John Gilstrap, Tom Clancy, Leo J. Maloney, Wilbur Smith, Will Jordan, Stephen Leather, Chris Ryan, Ben Coes, Andrew Gross, Maxine Paetro, Chris Carter and anyone who enjoys an action-packed crime thriller.
Author: Lavnya Krishnamurthy
Publisher: Flairs and Glairs
ISBN: 9789391438128
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Author: LANE
Publisher: Redshank Books
ISBN: 9781912969166
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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This book of short stories and poems is a compilation of the winners of the Lockdown Lit Prize for Children. Entrants were invited to write about anything they chose. The competition aimed to provide a release for imaginations pent up by lockdown. The number of entries was far greater than anticipated, with the stories arriving individually, in school groups and some from overseas! There were poems, picture stories, funny stories, scary stories and some that were very personal. The stories were put into three categories based on age, not subject matter. The standard of entry was very high - it was clear that the teachers and parents have been doing their job on developing their children's writing skills. Any profits from the book will go to the NHS Charity. About the Editor: Steven Lane is the Commissioning Editor for Child's Eye - the children's literature section of Redshank Books. He previously worked in FE and HE and the public and private sector.
Author: Emma Stott
Publisher: John Catt
ISBN: 1913808750
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 155
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We’re often told that there are no quick fixes in teaching. This isn’t entirely true... And post-lockdown, we need speedy fixes more than ever to get our students of English back on track. This book will show you how set texts can be reduced in a way that makes them richer. It will reveal how seemingly obscure literary theory can help learners of all abilities achieve rapidly. And it will help us prepare and revise for dreaded unseen texts, using the precious days we have with students in the most efficient way. Emma Stott uses her experience as a teacher of early entry students and as a Research Lead to gather eight strategies that enable students to be better readers and critics of literature in general; not just of the same (outwardly!) threadbare set texts. Speedy Reading promises to make you excited about those worn texts, the pleasures of unseen reading and even about the challenges to come.
Author: Rachael Dixey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909339743
Category : Dementia
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Saeed is going to learn how to dive - his father has promised to teach him! It is the start of the pearling season and this is his first trip out on the waters of the Arabian Gulf. Leaving the rest of his family behind on the shore, Saeed and his father join the crew of a pearling dhow and set out to spend the hot summer months on the high seas. He learns how the pearl divers hunt for the treasures of the seabed, and discovers the secrets and dangers of the sea.This delightful story, carefully researched from oral and written sources - some dating from more than 150 years ago - offers an insight into the way of life that sustained the Arabian Gulf right up until the discovery of oil. The winning charm of Patricia Al Fakhri's watercolors combine with Julia Johnson's narrative to make The Pearl Diver a perennial favorite with children aged 8 to 12.Since its first publication in 2003, it has sold more than 30,000 copies worldwide.The Pearl Diver is a suggested resource in Hamilton Trust's Key Stage 2 unit on stories from other cultures.
Author: Ilan Stavans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781632063021
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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In this rich, eye-opening, and uplifting digital anthology, dozens of esteemed writers, poets, and artists from more than thirty countries send literary dispatches from life during the pandemic. Net proceeds benefit booksellers in need. As our world is transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, writers offer a powerful antidote to the fearful confines of isolation: a window onto lives and corners of the world beyond our own. In Mauritius, a journalist contends with denialism and mourns the last days of summer, lost to the lockdown. In Paris, a writer struggles to protect his young son from fear. In Chile, protesters who prevailed against tear gas and rubber bullets are now halted by a virus. In Queens, after thirteen-hour shifts in the ER, a doctor dons running shoes and makes the long jog home. And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again takes its title from the last line of Dante's Inferno, when the poet and his guide emerge from hell to once again behold the beauty of the heavens. In that spirit, the stories, essays, poems, and artwork in this collection--from beloved authors including Jhumpa Lahiri, Mario Vargas Llosa, Eavan Boland, Daniel Alarcón, Jon Lee Anderson, Claire Messud, Ariel Dorfman, and many more--detail the harrowing experiences of life in the pandemic, while pointing toward a less isolated future. Together, they comprise a profound global portrait of the defining moment of our time, and send a clarion call for solidarity across borders. Our literary culture depends on bookstores--and those irreplaceable sources of conversation and community, of inspiration and solace, have been decimated by the lockdown. Net proceeds from And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again will go to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which helps the passionate booksellers we readers depend upon.
Author: Julia Sudbury
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317793676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Global Lockdown is the first book to apply a transnational feminist framework to the study of criminalization and imprisonment. The distinguished contributors to this collection offer a variety of perspectives, from former prisoners to advocates to scholars from around the world. The book is a must-read for anyone concerned by mass incarceration and the growth of the prison-industrial complex within and beyond U.S. borders, as well as those interested in globalization and resistance.
