A Vietnamese family is forced to flee from their homeland to escape a devastating civil war.

Anthology. The Greek origins of the word gesture at a bouquet, a garland; “a flower-logic, a petal-theory, a blossom-word.” In Stone-Garland, Dan Beachy-Quick brings the term back to its roots, linking together the lives and words of six singular ancient Greeks. Simonides: honest servant to patrons. Anacreon: lustful singer, living on in the work of his acolytes. Archilochus: cruel critic, beloved of the Muses. Alcman: who took birds as his teachers. Theognis: chronicler of human excellence and vice. Callimachus: cosmopolitan head librarian at Alexandria. These are the poets who appear in these pages, sometimes in fragments, sometimes in sustained glimpses. Drawing inspiration from the Greek Anthology, first drafted in the first century BC, Beachy-Quick presents translations filled with lovers and children, gods and insects, earth and water, ideas and ideals. Throughout, the line between the ancient and the contemporary blurs, and “the logic of how life should be lived decays wondrously into the more difficult possibilities of what life is.” Spare, earthy, lovely, Stone-Garland offers readers of the Seedbank series its lyric blossoms and subtle weave, a walk through a cemetery that is also a garden.

A Christmas card from Aunt Jeanne starts a chain of events that sends Tommy on a journey to places he has never been and guides him to a wonderful surprise.

In this volume, sixty-eight of the world's leading authorities explore and describe the wide range of musics of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Nepal and Afghanistan. Important information about history, religion, dance, theater, the visual arts and philosophy as well as their relationship to music is highlighted in seventy-six in-depth articles.

Garland Around My Neck Is The Riveting Story Of A Rare Humanist Whose Passionate Concerns Gave Dignity And Hope To Thousands Of Men And Women. In The Annals Of Twentieth-Century Punjab---Or The Whole Of India For That Matter---There Are Few Who Embodied The Range, Resoluteness And Rigorous Self-Discipline In Life As Puran Singh (1904--92) Did. A Barefoot Colossus Who Strode The Country Or At Least 88 Years Of It He Left A Legacy Of Concern And Compassion For Not Only India S Neglected Social Strata, But Also For The Environment: From The Vanishing Tree Cover To The Increasingly Polluted Air And Water, And For Animals On Whom He Lavished The Same Love. This Remarkable Man S Incredible Journey Through Life Is Movingly Portrayed And The Gripping Narrative Is Given A Wholly New Dimension By A Unique Collection Of Photographs.