Author: Raghu Karnad
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393248100
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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"I have not lately read a finer book than this—on any subject at all…A masterpiece." —Simon Winchester, New Statesman The photographs of three young men had stood in his grandmother’s house for as long as he could remember, beheld but never fully noticed. They had all fought in the Second World War, a fact that surprised him. Indians had never figured in his idea of the war, nor the war in his idea of India. One of them, Bobby, even looked a bit like him, but Raghu Karnad had not noticed until he was the same age as they were in their photo frames. Then he learned about the Parsi boy from the sleepy south Indian coast, so eager to follow his brothers-in-law into the colonial forces and onto the front line. Manek, dashing and confident, was a pilot with India’s fledgling air force; gentle Ganny became an army doctor in the arid North-West Frontier. Bobby’s pursuit would carry him as far as the deserts of Iraq and the green hell of the Burma battlefront. The years 1939–45 might be the most revered, deplored, and replayed in modern history. Yet India’s extraordinary role has been concealed, from itself and from the world. In riveting prose, Karnad retrieves the story of a single family—a story of love, rebellion, loyalty, and uncertainty—and with it, the greater revelation that is India’s Second World War. Farthest Field narrates the lost epic of India’s war, in which the largest volunteer army in history fought for the British Empire, even as its countrymen fought to be free of it. It carries us from Madras to Peshawar, Egypt to Burma—unfolding the saga of a young family amazed by their swiftly changing world and swept up in its violence.
Author: Amanda Adams
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN: 1553654331
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Adams chronicles the contributions that women have made to the science of archaeology, by focusing on seven women-- some famous, some overlooked.
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295802541
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Celebrates Pacific Northwest literature through interviews in which 22 authors discuss their work and the region's influence on it. Authors include Ursula Le Guin, Raymond Carver, Tess Gallagher, Tom Robbins, Gary Snyder, and Denise Levertov. Two interviews have been added since the publication of
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Author: Aaron Hodges
Publisher: Aaron Hodges
ISBN: 1991018185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 531
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A man outside of space and time, Mikael Heaton wakes in a new world. One hostile to his very existence. Offworlders are not welcome in the Seventh Realm. With his memories veiled, Mikael must defy his limitations and forge new alliances if he is to survive. There is power in this world—magic. Impossible, his instincts scream. Here though, its secrets could mean the difference between life and death. As his journey unfolds, Mikael uncovers pieces of his forgotten past. Of a world of technological wonders. And a dark secret, one best left buried. A mortal does not simply cut the ties of reality without sacrifice. But there are greater forces at play in the Seventh Realm, and Mikael will need every scrap of cunning and resolve he has at his disposal to outwit them. Can an Offworlder reforge his destiny in a new world? Or will the forces beyond the veil crush him before he has the chance?
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Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595234658
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Author: Mariyamni Awang
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811036500
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 793
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This book presents the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences 2016 (ICIPEG 2016), held under the banner of World Engineering, Science & Technology Congress (ESTCON 2016) at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from August 15 to 17, 2016. It presents peer-reviewed research articles on exploration, while also exploring a new area: shale research. In this time of low oil prices, it highlights findings to maintain the exchange of knowledge between researchers, serving as a vital bridge-builder between engineers, geoscientists, academics, and industry.
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Category : Agricultural engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Author: Berthold Auerbach
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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"Black Forest Village Stories" by Berthold Auerbach (translated by Charles Goepp). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
