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The Heel : A Gripping Tale of Deception, Betrayal, and Revenge
About the Book: This riveting investigative novel reveals a chilling tale of deception, betrayal, and revenge. When a young girl comes under the fast-moving Chennai Express train, it sends shockwaves through the small town of Guntakal. Who was she? Was she murdered, or had she chosen this gory way to end her life? As sub-inspector of the Guntakal police station, Nathan delves into the case; he uncovers a web of secrets. The chain of events that led to her death opens up a can of worms. Unforeseen twists and turns bring to light the darkness behind relationships, love and passion, and vengeance's devastating impact. With a heart-stopping climax, this gripping novel will keep you on the edge o...
A Monk Who Made Me See Life Differently
“Gomata is her name”, Paramacharya, the 68th Sankaracharya of Kamakoti Peetham, specified to my father. Discovering life through its turns and twists, I suddenly felt the urge to connect with Paramacharya and travelled to Kancheepuram. But there, I was surprised to see a monk for the first time, pleasantly familiar from an unknown past. He is H.H. Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati Swamiji, the 70th Sankaracharya of Kamakoti Peetham. Several coincidences and conversations with H.H. sparked my curiosity about Kamakoti. Travels to Kanchi, visits to temples, discussions with scholars, introduction to great compositions and association with Goddess Kamakshi; many new facets followed after the ...
Korean Families Yesterday and Today
Korean families have changed significantly during the last few decades in their composition, structure, attitudes, and function. Delayed and forgone marriage, fertility decline, and rising divorce rates are just a few examples of changes that Korean families have experienced at a rapid pace, more dramatic than in many other contemporary societies. Moreover, the increase of marriages between Korean men and foreign women has further diversified Korean families. Yet traditional norms and attitudes toward gender and family continue to shape Korean men and women’s family behaviors. Korean Families Yesterday and Today portrays diverse aspects of the contemporary Korean families and, by explicitl...
Gender in the Twenty-First Century
How far have we really progressed toward gender equality in the United States? The answer is, “not far enough.” This engaging and accessible work, aimed at students studying gender and social inequality, provides new insight into the uneven and stalled nature of the gender revolution in the twenty-first century. Honing in on key institutions—the family, higher education, the workplace, religion, the military, and sports—key scholars in the field look at why gender inequality persists. All contributions are rooted in new and original research and introductory and concluding essays provide a broad overview for students and others new to the field. The volume also explores how to address current inequities through political action, research initiatives, social mobilization, and policy changes. Conceived of as a book for gender and society classes with a mix of exciting, accessible, pointed pieces, Gender in the Twenty-First Century is an ideal book for students and scholars alike.
Education
In an age of catastrophes—unchecked climate change, extreme poverty, forced migrations, war, and terror, all compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic—how can schooling be reengineered and education reimagined? This book calls for a new global approach to education that responds to these overlapping crises in order to enrich and enhance the lives of children everywhere. Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco convene scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines—including anthropology, neuroscience, demography, psychology, child development, sociology, and economics—who offer incisive essays on the global state of education. Contributors consider how educational policy an...
The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research
The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research presents a comprehensive and student-friendly overview of the field of qualitative research and is intended for students of all levels, faculty, and researchers across the social sciences. It provides strong focus on methods instruction with coverage of theoretical approaches, analysis, writing, evaluation, and the politics of research.
GABA in Plants
A comprehensive overview of the role played by GABA as a signaling molecule in plants In GABA in Plants: Biosynthesis, Plant Development, and Food Security, the editors deliver an expertly balanced discussion of the role played by GABA as a signaling molecule in plants, plant development, stress acclimation, as well as its potential impact on crop productivity under changing environmental conditions. From explorations of the discovery of GABA in plants to presentations of GABA biosynthesis pathways, GABA crosstalk with other metabolites, and GABA’s role in programmed cell death in plants, this book is an essential treatment of a four-carbon signaling molecule that may yet prove pivotal in ...
Music, Leisure, Education
This book explores historical and philosophical connections between music, leisure, and education. Specifically, it considers how music learning, teaching, and participation can be reconceptualized in terms of leisure. Taking as its starting point the art of living and the ethical question of how one should live, the book engages a wide range of scholarship to problematize the place of non-professional music-making in historical and contemporary (Western) conceptions of the good life and the common good. Part I provides a general background on music education, school music, the work ethic, leisure studies, recreation, play, and conduct. Part II focuses on two significant currents of thought ...
Mahachaitra, the Great Spring, and Other Plays
H. S. Shiva Prakash, Kannada poet and playwright, writes from within a regionally culture-specific environment, while grappling with pressing contemporary issues like consumerism, desacralization of humankind and nature, and the tension between colonial cultural influences and native traditions. The three plays in this volume, Mahachaitra the Great Spring, Sultan Tipu, Madari Madaiah, were written and staged beween 1986 and 1995, and they focus on three figures who have had a decisive influence on Kannada history and culture Basavanna, the revolutionary religious genius and saint of twelfth century Karnataka; Madaiah the Cobbler, a legendary character who had a great impact on the backward c...
