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Per Saif c’è un prima e un dopo, il prima è l’infanzia a Rawalpindi, insieme ad Amma Shakeela, sua mamma, i due fratelli minori e la grande famiglia del nonno materno, tutti dentro la stessa casa con il cortile scoperto da cui entra la pioggia e si vede il cielo, con la ritualità delle spezie e il cibo in comune, come anche i problemi; un dopo solitario a undici anni, quando Amma raggiunge Abba Shabbir, suo padre, in Italia, con i figli minori.

100 anni fa nasceva James Baldwin, un immenso scrittore americano. Nero e omosessuale, ha raccontato la lotta per i diritti civili come pochissim_ altr_ negli USA e fa parte di un pantheon ideale cha va da Rosa Parks ad Angela Davis, da Martin Luther King a Malcom X. In occasione del centenario della nascita di quest’autore ancora troppo poco conosciuto in Italia e molto amato all’estero e da chi lavora nel settore editoriale, Nel nome di James è il podcast dove sette importanti intellettuali italian* lo raccontano da diverse prospettive.

Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year “An exceedingly important book!” —General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Director of the CIA “Essential reading for understanding how technology will change the future of warfare.” —Chris Miller, New York...

The narrative focuses on the imaginative and institutional structures that have successfully sustained and transformed India, first under British colonial rule and then, after 1947, as an independent country. Woven into the larger political narrative is an account of India's social and economic development and its rich cultural life. The final chapter charts the dramatic developments of the last 20 years, from 1990 through to the Congress electoral victory of 2009, and the rise of the Indian high-tech industry in a country still troubled by poverty and political unrest.

The landmark text about the inner workings of the unconscious mind—from the symbolism that unlocks the meaning of our dreams to their effect on our waking lives and artistic impulses “What emerges with great clarity from the book is that Jung has done immense service both to psychology as a...

Fourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative Among the Believers, V.S. Naipaul returned to the four non-Arab Islamic countries he reported on so vividly at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini’s triumph in Iran. Beyond Belief is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions.

Esmé tells us about the night she and her mother became "egg vigilantes" against an illegally parked car; her freewheeling first school, where kids sat on sofas instead of at desks and could choose disco dancing instead of math; her dangerous neighborhood, which her father made seem friendly...

The first book by the creator of COURSERA's most popular online course in 2015, "A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment" Could the same traits that drive your career success also be keeping you from being happier? Fifteen years after getting his MBA, Raj Raghunathan spent some time with his old...

An entertaining short-story collection from bestselling fantasy author Garth Nix, including an Old Kingdom novella, a short story set in the same world as Shade's Children, and another story set in the world of A Confusion of Princes. Garth Nix is renowned for his legendary fantasy works, but To...

An entertaining drama based on Nye Bevan’s race to create the new NHS by 5 July 1948. Getting Better is a roller coaster period drama based on real political events alongside the fictional story of front-line tears, trauma and triumph at The Park Hospital in Manchester. As Bevan faces up to the establishment in Parliament, Dr Eva Callaway faces the same challenges – facing poverty, sexism and homophobia in a system stuck in the past.

भारत के किन्नर समाज का परिचय देने वाली एक शोधपूर्ण और प्रामाणिक पुस्तक...

ಒಂದು ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಬಲವನ್ನು ಅದರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪಕರ (ಮ್ಯಾನೇಜರ್) ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ಮಾಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅವರ ಕಾರ್ಯವೈಖರಿಯು...

Taking us to the other side of the subcontinent, Dance of Shadows introduces four characters, including a librarian princess, a Naga (half-snake, half-human), a happy-go-lucky knight and a priestess-dancer who’s wed to a God. It comes complete with a treasure hunt, a heist, a gladiator match and a snakes-and-ladders game worthy of Squid Game. Bitter enemies become friends, old allies stab each other in the back, favourite figures from Sons of Darkness return to the fold, and the shadows gather to dance in humanity’s setting sun.

Arun, Donna and Sam are hauled out of Science at 10:42 to be briefed on their next S.T.E.A.L.T.H. mission. They must rescue two British Intelligence operatives who are trapped on a train in an Austrian tunnel. By 11:41, the kids have activated MANDROID and are heading at hypersonic speed for the Alps. But at 12:55 comes the avalanche. S.T.E.A.L.T.H.'s mission just got a whole lot more complicated. And a whole lot colder.

When his dad disappears, Arun Lal is amazed to discover that he was secretly working on a classified project and has been kidnapped by people intent on stealing it. Along with his geeky best friend, Sam, and tough-talking Donna, Arun is plunged into a race to rescue his father and find his creation before the thieves can turn it into a destructive global weapon.

In April 2017, Prashant Desai founded a venture to build the first truly Indian sports brand - D:FY. In six months, Rajiv Mehta, who started Puma India and led it for seven years, joined him as a partner. They opened 17 stores in seven cities, riding on great aspirations and confidence. The business lost Rs 30 crore in 30 months, virtually wiping out all that Prashant had earned for nearly 30 years. The venture failed not because Prashant did not possess the necessary vision, determination, and courage.

Her eccentric and childless guardian, Mr. Penicuik, is leaving Kitty all of his vast fortune - but with one condition. She must marry one of his five grand-nephews. However, Kitty's clear favourite - the rakish Jack Westruther - doesn't appear at all interested in the arrangement. To make Jack jealous, Kitty impulsively convinces his cousin, the kind-hearted and chivalrous Freddy Standen, to enter into a pretend engagement. But the more time she spends with Freddy, the more Kitty wonders whether Jack is the right choice after all....

एक खुलासा Forensic expert बताते है की लाश केदार की नही है, पुलिस का शक फिर से विकास जाधव पर जाता है। तिजारे अब सिधे विकास के घर में मीरा बोरकर को भेजने की तैयारी करता है.

নবান্ন হলো বিজন ভট্টাচার্য-র লেখা একটি বাংলা নাটক। বিজন ভট্টাচার্য শুধুমাত্র একজন বিখ্যাত অভিনেতাই ছিলেন না, ছিলেন এক বিখ্যাত নাট্যকার আর পরিচালক। জনজীবন থেকে আহুত এই নাটকটি সহজ, সরল এবং অনাড়ম্বর। প্রতিবাদ, প্রতিরোধ ও সংগঠনের মধ্যে বেঁচে থাকার এক অভূতপূর্ব প্রেরণা দে এই নাটকটি।

বনফুল ওরফে বলাইচাঁদ মুখোপাধ্যায়ের অন্তর্জগৎ আর বহির্জগতের মিলনের প্রধান সেতু ছিল তাঁর গদ্যে-পদ্যে অবাধ বিচরণের ক্ষমতাটি।এর প্রকৃষ্ট উদাহরণ হল 'ডানা' উপন্যাসখানি.