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Children and Cultural Memory in Texts of Childhood
The essays in this collection address the relationship between children and cultural memory in texts both for and about young people. The collection overall is concerned with how cultural memory is shaped, contested, forgotten, recovered, and (re)circulated, sometimes in opposition to dominant national narratives, and often for the benefit of young readers who are assumed not to possess any prior cultural memory. From the innovative development of school libraries in the 1920s to the role of utopianism in fixing cultural memory for teen readers, it provides a critical look into children and ideologies of childhood as they are represented in a broad spectrum of texts, including film, poetry, ...
The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.
Mapping Middle-earth
In this cutting-edge study of Tolkien's most critically neglected maps, Anahit Behrooz examines how cartography has traditionally been bound up in facilitating power. Far more than just illustrations to aid understanding of the story, Tolkien's corpus of maps are crucial to understanding the broader narratives between humans and their political and environmental landscapes within his legendarium. Undertaking a diegetic literary analysis of the maps as examples of Middle-earth's own cultural output, Behrooz reveals a sub-created tradition of cartography that articulates specific power dynamics between mapmaker, map reader, and what is being mapped, as well as the human/nonhuman binary that re...
Genie on a Holiday
Rohan has managed to get his pesky little brother Kabir on his side; now it's time to break a few ground rules set by their parents for their seaside holiday. A genie popping out of a washed up can of cola is definitely not part of the plan, but if Rohan thinks they have found a wish-granting slave, he couldn't be more wrong. Is he clever enough to get what he wants from the canny genie? What does he want anyway?
Gulab
On a warm, muggy summer's day, Nikunj is at the cemetery to attend Saira's burial. Saira, the long-lost love he has been searching for, even though he is married to another woman now. But what are Usman and Parmod doing at her grave? Who are these women - Gulab, Mumtaz - that lay claim to her resting place?This is a love story. But what sort of relationship can you have with a dead person, what sort of future? Ghosts don't grow old. Or have children. But do we really know? If they can reclaim a body for themselves, perhaps they can cover that body with stretch marks. In the afterlife, possibilities stretch into infinity. Gulab tests the limits that our mind sets upon a ghost's powers. If you see her as a woman clinging to life, there is not much to fear. Yet: what if she wants to return to your life? And what makes you think you can make her leave?Annie Zaidi brings her characteristically clear-eyed exploration of love to this beguiling, hair-raising ghost story.
Indians In A Globalizing World
Ever since the dramatic airlifting of all 67 tonnes of India's gold from the Reserve Bank of India to the vaults of British and Swiss banks in May 1991 as collateral for a $2.2 billion emergency loan, India has never been the same. The New Economic Policy (NEP), which followed two months later and has been pursued with varying degrees of commitment by later governments, heralded a new chapter in India's history. In Indians in a Globalizing World, acclaimed journalist and historian Dilip Hiro shows that the redistribution of the extra wealth created by the spurt in growth caused by economic liberalization has been skewed, grossly favouring those who are already well off. The author of Inside ...
A to B
Adversity comes in all shapes and sizes. Why do many people and organizations succumb to adverse situations and only a few rise above them? In A to B, Hersh Bhardwaj uses the power of storytelling to move from adversity to breakthrough. Combining the ancient wisdom of 1001 Arabian nights and popular psychology, the book provides a roadmap to turnaround any situation. How does Scheherazade, the Arabian princess survive for 1001 nights by telling captivating stories to Shahryar, the ruthless king? Knowing fully well that the earlier queens haven't survived a single night, why did she volunteer to spend one night with the King? How did she maintain her calm in the face of adversity? And most importantly, how did she manage to not only survive, but also cured the King of his euphoria and lived happily ever after? The book answers these and many other questions as it unravels the complex path from A to B.
Observing our Solar System: A beginner’s guide
The sights in our Solar System are dynamic reminders of our planet's position as part of a larger neighbourhood. Study the ever-changing face of the Moon, watch the steady march of the planets against the stars, witness the thrill of a meteor shower, or the memory of a once-in-a-generation comet.
Waging War in Waziristan
A career soldier with on-the-ground experience presents a gripping history of the imperial British experience in Waziristan, a remote area of Pakistan. Distills the hard-earned British experience and offers some potentially useful lessons for the West and its current troubles in the same region--once described as the "epicenter of terrorism" and reputedly the hiding place of Osama bin Laden.
