Those Days
Title | Those Days PDF eBook |
Author | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 804 |
Release | 2000-10-14 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9351187691 |
Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award An award-winning novel that uses both vast panoramic views and lovingly reconstructed detail to provide an unforgettable picture of nineteenth-century Bengal. The Bengal Renaissance and the 1857 uprising form the backdrop to Those Days, a saga of human frailties and strength. The story revolves around the immensely wealthy Singha and Mukherjee families, and the intimacy that grows between them. Ganganarayan Singha's love for Bindubasini, the widowed daughter of the Mukherjees, flounders on the rocks of orthodoxy even as his zamindar father, Ramkamal, finds happiness in the arms of the courtesan, Kamala Sundari. Bimbabati, Ramkamal's wife, is left to cope with her loneliness. A central theme of the novel is the manner in which the feudal aristocracy, sunk in ritual and pleasure, slowly awakens to its social obligations. Historical personae interact with fictional protagonists to enrich the narrative. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the reformer; Michael Madhusudan Dutt, the poet; the father and son duo of Dwarkanath and Debendranath Tagore; Harish Mukherjee, the journalist; Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj radical; David Hare and John Bethune, the English educationists—these and a host of others walk the streets of Calcutta again, to bring alive a momentous time.
One of Those Days
Title | One of Those Days PDF eBook |
Author | Yehuda Devir |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2020-11-10 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 0593231457 |
Based on the wildly popular webcomic, One of Those Days chronicles the life and love of Yehuda and Maya Devir as they take on the minutiae of marriage, the ups and downs of daily life, and the paradigm shift of new parenthood. “Bursting with life . . . We get to know them through one-panel installments as though they’ve walked straight into the room, introduced themselves, and moved in.”—Kate Beaton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hark! A Vagrant Yehuda and Maya Devir began illustrating their life in comics when they moved into their first apartment together in Tel Aviv as newlyweds. In the years since, One of Those Days has become one of the biggest webcomics on the Internet, with millions of followers around the world. Yehuda Devir grew up on superhero comic books, and the Devirs’ visual style is downright kinetic and bursting with life. In this collection—the first time that the Devirs’ comics have been compiled in one volume—they share stories that are heartwarming, hilarious, and universally recognizable. So even for those who don’t feel like pulling out an assault rifle to wage war on a kitchen cockroach, the Devirs’ challenges and triumphs are instantly familiar to anyone who’s had one of those days.
Just One of Those Days
Title | Just One of Those Days PDF eBook |
Author | Jill Murphy |
Publisher | Macmillan Children's Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-08-18 |
Genre | Board books |
ISBN | 9781529069242 |
A chunky board book edition of the bestselling story from Jill Murphy and a third title in the Bear Family trilogy, following family favourites Peace at Last and Whatever Next. Mr and Mrs Bear wake up late. It's raining outside, and Baby Bear is late for nursery. Then Mrs Bear sits on her glasses at work and Mr Bear spills his coffee! Oh dear, it seems this is just going to be one of those days! But the loveable Bear family muddle through cheerfully, and there is even a surprise for Baby Bear when Mr Bear gets home from work.Satisfying rhythm and repetition accompany delightful illustrations in this charming board book edition of Jill Murphy's third book featuring the lovable Bear family. With all the hallmarks of an instant firm favourite, Just One of Those Days is a warm and big-hearted story that parents and children everywhere will relate to.
Those Angry Days
Title | Those Angry Days PDF eBook |
Author | Lynne Olson |
Publisher | Random House Incorporated |
Pages | 577 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1400069742 |
Traces the crisis period leading up to America's entry in World War II, describing the nation's polarized interventionist and isolation factions as represented by the government, in the press and on the streets, in an account that explores the forefront roles of British-supporter President Roosevelt and isolationist Charles Lindbergh. (This book was previously featured in Forecast.)
On Those Runaway Days
Title | On Those Runaway Days PDF eBook |
Author | Alison Feigh |
Publisher | Free Spirit Pub |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781575422862 |
Guides readers to take deep breaths, think about the positive aspects of life, and talk with someone they trust when they feel like running away.
In Those Days There was No Coffee
Title | In Those Days There was No Coffee PDF eBook |
Author | Ā. Irā Vēṅkaṭācalapati |
Publisher | Yoda Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9788190227278 |
Suitable for both the academician as well as the layman, this book draws from sources as varied as fiction, essays, reviews, and more.
Giants in Those Days
Title | Giants in Those Days PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Stephens |
Publisher | |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Folklore in literature |
ISBN |
"'Traditional' (i.e. medieval) gigantology, both scholarly and - to the extent that it existed - popular, was rooted in biblical and classical texts, and portrayed giants as depraved, evil, and godless: very different from what we see in Rabelais. Dante developed them as denizens of Hell. Giants were primarily antediluvian, and were generally understood as a race distinct from (or debased from) humanity. Key biblical giants included the nephilim (offspring of the 'sons of God and daughters of men' in Genesis 6) and the anakim (indigenous opposition to the settlement of Canaan in Numbers and Deuteronomy).