A View From The Foothills

A View From The Foothills
Title A View From The Foothills PDF eBook
Author Chris Mullin
Publisher Profile Books
Pages 625
Release 2010-10-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1847651860

Download A View From The Foothills Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

'It is said that failed politicians make the best diarists. In which case I am in with a chance.' Chris Mullin Chris Mullin has been a Labour MP for twenty years, and despite his refusal to toe the party line - on issues like 90 days detention, for example - he has held several prominent posts. To the apoplexy of the whips, he was for a time the only person appointed to government who voted against the Iraq War. He also chaired the Home Affairs Select Committee and was a member of the Parliamentary Committee, giving him direct access to the court of Tony Blair. Irreverent, wry and candid, Mullin's keen sense of the ridiculous allows him to give a far clearer insight into the workings of Government than other, more overtly successful politicians. He offers humorous and incisive takes on all aspects of political life: from the build-up to Iraq, to the scandalous sums of tax-payers' money spent on ministerial cars he didn't want to use. His critically acclaimed diary will entertain and amuse far beyond the political classes.

Deeper Than Gold

Deeper Than Gold
Title Deeper Than Gold PDF eBook
Author Brian Bibby
Publisher Heyday
Pages 228
Release 2005
Genre History
ISBN

Download Deeper Than Gold Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Brian Bibby brings together the present and the past--both ancient and recent--in a fascinating compilation of anecdote, myth, recollection, and reflection. Five years in the making and the result of almost thirty years of dedicated work among California's native communities, Deeper Than Gold is a tribute to the people who know Gold Country best. Witness a visual history with family photographs from private albums and stunning original work by renowned photographer Dugan Aguilar (of Paiute/Pit River/Maidu heritage). This gorgeously designed book offers an intimate view of the remarkable and persistent people of Gold Country whose culture continues to evolve and thrive in the area around Highway 49.

A Very British Coup

A Very British Coup
Title A Very British Coup PDF eBook
Author Chris Mullin
Publisher Serpent's Tail
Pages 240
Release 2010
Genre Conspiracies
ISBN 9781846687402

Download A Very British Coup Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The classic political thriller that foretold the rise of Corbyn, from the acclaimed author of A View from the Foothills

Specters and Spirits of the Appalachian Foothills

Specters and Spirits of the Appalachian Foothills
Title Specters and Spirits of the Appalachian Foothills PDF eBook
Author James V. Burchill
Publisher Thomas Nelson
Pages 200
Release 2002
Genre Fiction
ISBN

Download Specters and Spirits of the Appalachian Foothills Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Specters and Spirits of the Appalachian Foothillsallows you to hear the cries and meet the spirits that inhabit the mountains from northern Georgia to southern Virginia."

Everyday Creativity

Everyday Creativity
Title Everyday Creativity PDF eBook
Author Kirin Narayan
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 279
Release 2016-11-22
Genre Music
ISBN 022640773X

Download Everyday Creativity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Kirin Narayan’s imagination was captured the very first time that, as a girl visiting the Himalayas, she heard Kangra women join their voices together in song. Returning as an anthropologist, she became fascinated by how they spoke of singing as a form of enrichment, bringing feelings of accomplishment, companionship, happiness, and even good health—all benefits of the “everyday creativity” she explores in this book. Part ethnography, part musical discovery, part poetry, part memoir, and part unforgettable portraits of creative individuals, this unique work brings this remote region in North India alive in sight and sound while celebrating the incredible powers of music in our lives. With rare and captivating eloquence, Narayan portrays Kangra songs about difficulties on the lives of goddesses and female saints as a path to well-being. Like the intricate geometries of mandalu patterns drawn in courtyards or the subtle balance of flavors in a meal, well-crafted songs offer a variety of deeply meaningful benefits: as a way of making something of value, as a means of establishing a community of shared pleasure and skill, as a path through hardships and limitations, and as an arena of renewed possibility. Everyday Creativity makes big the small world of Kangra song and opens up new ways of thinking about what creativity is to us and why we are so compelled to engage it.

The Folded Earth

The Folded Earth
Title The Folded Earth PDF eBook
Author Anuradha Roy
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 292
Release 2012-04-24
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1451633351

Download The Folded Earth Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

From the widely acclaimed author of An Atlas of Impossible Longing, a powerful and triumphantly beautiful novel set in contemporary India, about a young woman forging a new life in the foothills of the Himalayas. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2011 MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU LITERARY PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION 2011 With her debut novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, Anuradha Roy’s exquisite storytelling instantly won readers’ hearts around the world, and the novel was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and The Seattle Times. Now, Roy has returned with another masterpiece that is already earning international prize attention, an evocative and deeply moving tale of a young woman making a new life for herself amid the foothills of the Himalaya. Desperate to leave a private tragedy behind, Maya abandons herself to the rhythms of the little village, where people coexist peacefully with nature. But all is not as it seems, and she soon learns that no refuge is remote enough to keep out the modern world. When power-hungry politicians threaten her beloved mountain community, Maya finds herself caught between the life she left behind and the new home she is determined to protect. Elegiac, witty, and profound by turns, and with a tender love story at its core, The Folded Earth brims with the same genius and love of language that made An Atlas of Impossible Longing an international success and confirms Anuradha Roy as a major literary talent.

Critical Reasoning

Critical Reasoning
Title Critical Reasoning PDF eBook
Author Marianne Talbot
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages 416
Release 2015-05-05
Genre
ISBN 9781512066029

Download Critical Reasoning Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book will help you to reason critically; to recognise, analyse and evaluate arguments and to classify them as inductive or deductive. It will introduce you to fallacies (bad arguments that look like good arguments) and, in two optional chapters, to the rudiments of formalisation. Linked to Marianne Talbot's hugely successful Critical Reasoning podcasts (downloaded 4 million times from iTunesU!), and full of interactive exercises and quizzes, the book was written to satisfy demand from fans of the podcasts. Marianne is the Director of Studies in Philosophy at Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education.