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My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
by"Powerful, profound and deeply moving, new fiction by Afghan women writers will expand your mind and elevate your heart" ELIF SHAFAK"Written in simple, direct prose and offers vivid snapshots of a country beset by war and violence . . . It seems more important than ever to read the work of these courageous writers" Financial Times"My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream"A woman's fortitude saves her village from disaster. A teenager explores their identity in a moment of quiet. A petition writer reflects on his life as a dog lies nursing her puppies. A tormented girl tries to find love through a horrific act. A headmaster makes his way to work, treading the fine line between life and death."A precious collection of work, the first and maybe the last of its kind. My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird is a huge accomplishment" MONIQUE ROFFEY, author of The Mermaid of Black ConchMy Pen Is the Wing of a Bird is a landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women. Eighteen writers tell stories that are both unique and universal - stories of family, work, childhood, friendship, war, gender identity and cultural traditions."This book reminds us that everyone has a story. Stories matter; so too the storytellers. Afghan women writers, informed and inspired by their own personal experiences, are best placed to bring us these powerful insights into the lives of Afghans and, most of all, the lives of women. Women's lives, in their own words - they matter." Lyse Doucet in her IntroductionThis collection introduces extraordinary voices from the country's two main linguistic groups (Pashto and Dari) with original, vital and unexpected stories to tell, developed over two years through UNTOLD's Write Afghanistan project. My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird comes at a pivotal moment in Afghanistan's history, when these voices must be heard.With an Introduction by BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet and an Afterword by Lucy HannahABOUT UNTOLD UNTOLD is a writer development programme for marginalised writers in areas of conflict and post-conflict. Afghanistan has millions of Pashto and Dari speakers with little or no local support for creative writing, literary translation, or literary editing. Support for writers has been hampered by cultural norms, free expression issues, chronic instability, and internal displacement. UNTOLD has been working one-to-one with women on their short stories, with English-speaking literary editors and translators working with the writers to realise the potential of their stories for publication both locally and globally in translation.
My Secret Life: What Only I Know
byPursuing a secret liaison that you dare tell no one about, ever, is an enduring sexual fantasy. ‘My Secret Life’ is a collection of sexy erotica including new stories by Megan Hart, Kim Dean, Justine Elyot and Charlotte Stein.
The Oxford Handbook of Transformations of the State (Oxford Handbooks)
byThis Handbook offers a comprehensive treatment of transformations of the state, from its origins in different parts of the world and different time periods to its transformations since World War II in the advanced industrial countries, the post-Communist world, and the Global South. Leading experts in their fields, from Europe and North America, discuss conceptualizations and theories of the state and the transformations of the state in its engagement with a changing international environment as well as with changing domestic economic, social, and political challenges. The Handbook covers different types of states in the Global South (from failed to predatory, rentier and developmental), in different kinds of advanced industrial political economies (corporatist, statist, liberal, import substitution industrialization), and in various post-Communist countries (Russia, China, successor states to the USSR, and Eastern Europe). It also addresses crucial challenges in different areas of state intervention, from security to financial regulation, migration, welfare states, democratization and quality of democracy, ethno-nationalism, and human development. The volume makes a compelling case that far from losing its relevance in the face of globalization, the state remains a key actor in all areas of social and economic life, changing its areas of intervention, its modes of operation, and its structures in adaption to new international and domestic challenges.
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (Edexcel International GCSE)
byPearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) French Student Book ebook
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (Edexcel International GCSE)
byPearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) Spanish Student Book ebook
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (Edexcel International GCSE)
byPearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) French Student Book ebook
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (Edexcel International GCSE)
byPearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) German Student Book ebook
Sadopaideia (Harper Perennial Forbidden Classics)
by‘Sadopaideia’ is a shocking, explicit, classic tale of Sado Masochism at the heart of English high society. Set in London and the Dorset coast, in an era of English history where corporal punishment was freely dispensed, the characters represent the core principles of disobedience, chastisement and compliance.
Secrets Uncovered - Blogs, Hints and the inside scoop from Mills & Boon editors and authors
byHow to write a M&B novel.
Shameful Thrills: Girls Who Should Know Better
bySome temptations are just too great to resist. ‘Shameful Thrills’ includes original hot erotica by Janine Ashbless, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Primula Bond, Penny Birch and many more.
Submission: A Treasury Of Women Who Like To Give In
byThe thrills of power games and the pleasure of surrendering to the will of another. ‘Submission’ features new erotica short stories by Charlotte Stein, Primula Bond, Willow Sears, Rose de Fer and many more.
The Swap: Explicit Stories From The World Of Swinging (Astrosaurs Ser.)
byEight hot stories that look inside the secret world of wife-swapping. ‘The Swap’ features brand new stories from Monica Belle, Charlotte Stein, Madeline Moore, Lisette Ashton and many more.
Tales of King Arthur (Classics Retold)
byThese legendary tales of knights and nobility in ancient Britain, rivetingly retold for today's readers, remain as fresh and exciting as the day they were first written. From the sword in the stone to the lady in the lake, these stories bring to life the fantastic characters of Camelot: the wise wizard Merlin, the gallant Sir Lancelot, the wicked Morgan le Fay, and the beautiful Queen Guinevere.
Too Fast For Love: Opportunist Encounters
byTen hot stories about unforgettable, no strings encounters. ‘Too Fast For Love’ features original erotica from Rachel Kramer Bussel, Lolita Lopez, Sommer Marsden, Rose de Fer, Elizabeth Coldwell and many more.
Underworlds: Tales Of Paranormal Lust
byFrom the twilight zones of Mischief Books comes all new paranormal erotica from Janine Ashbless, Rose de Fer, Lisette Ashton, Charlotte Stein, Elizabeth Coldwell and many more.
The Visitor: Vampire Erotica 1
byThe sexy allure of the vampire can prove too powerful to resist. Brand new erotica from Teresa Noelle Roberts, Janine Ashbless, Aishling Morgan, Monica Belle and Primula Bond.
The Way of a Man with a Maid: The Tragedy And The Comedy (Harper Perennial Forbidden Classics)
by‘The Way of a Man with a Maid’ is a foray into pleasure, pain, lesbianism and etiquette – told from the viewpoint of a quintessential Edwardian gent. Having first appeared in Parisian journals around the turn of the century, it is widely acknowledged to be a defining example of the erotic genre, and reveals the dark underbelly of human sexuality.
Agnikundma ugelu gulab Biography of late shri Mahadev Haribhai Desai: અગ્નિકુંડમાં ઊગેલું ગુલાબ
by નારાયણ દેસાઈ1500 પાનામાં વિસ્તરેલું આ ચરિત્ર જેટલું પ્રાસાદિકક છે તેટલું જ તટસ્થ રીતે લખાયેલું છે . પિતાના ચરિત્ર લેખે એ જવું અધિકૃત(ઑ્થન્ટક) છે એવું જ મહાદેવ - ચરિત્ર લખે એ સર્વગ્રાહી છે. મહાદેવભાઈના સાક્ષાત્ પરિચય ઉપરાત બીજા ઘણા ચરિત્ર-સંદર્ભગ્રાંથોમાથી નારાયણભાઈ પસાર થયા છે. (એમણે લખ્યું છે : `મહાદેવભાઈની ડાયરી કહેવાય મહાદેવભાઈની, પણ એમાં રજમાત્ર જીવનવિગત મહાદેવભાઈની ન જડે ! એટલે મારે મહાદેવભાઈ બીજે જ ખોળવા પિયા!') લાંબા પટમાં લખાયેલું હોવા છતાં ન થકવનારું આ પુસ્તક હાથમાથી મૂકવાનું મન નહીં થાય... \
Location of International Business Activities: Integrating Ideas from Research in International Business, Strategic Management and Economic Geography (JIBS Special Collections)
by Academy of .In recent years an extensive range of new research has been revisiting the topic of the location of international business activities, from a variety of different perspectives and background interests. This work has been inspired in part by two apparently quite different but actually related contemporary trends: on the one hand, an emergence or revitalization of clusters of activities co-located in or around selected global city regions or fast growing metropolitan areas; and on the other hand, an increased global dispersion of activities conducted within the value chains managed or coordinated by many large multinational enterprises and their business partners. The former trend has given rise to discussions of how the elite of the cultural-cognitive economy of the 21st century (in Allen Scott's terminology) or the creative class (Richard Florida's term) are now being drawn or brought back to major urban centers; while the latter trend is associated with debates over outsourcing, and the economic and social consequences of shifts in the ownership and location of distinct nodes of value chains once production systems become more fragmented and the component parts of such systems become more geographically dispersed. An increased interest in the subject of international business location has been shown by scholars in Strategic Management, in Economic Geography, and in Regional Science, as well as in our own interdisciplinary field of International Business Studies. However, as is often the case in academic research communities, these bodies of scholarship have tended to develop at something of a distance from one another, each conversing internally more than they have with one another. Location of International Business Activities aims to promote a greater conversation between those interested in the topic of Location from various different backgrounds or starting points. The articles are taken from a special issue on the theme of the Multinational in Geographic Space which was published by The Journal of International Business Studies in 2013.
Geospatial Analysis with SQL: A hands-on guide to performing geospatial analysis by unlocking the syntax of spatial SQL
by Bonny PLeverage the power of SQL to perform geospatial analysis and increase your speed and efficiency working with a variety of spatial applications such as PostGIS and QGISKey FeaturesFollow along with actionable instructions with this practical guideBecome well-versed in advanced spatial modeling and machine learning techniquesLearn best practices for performing spatial analysis from an expert spatial data analystBook DescriptionGeospatial analysis is industry agnostic and a powerful tool for answering location questions. Combined with the power of SQL, developers and analysts worldwide rely on database integration to solve real-world spatial problems. This book introduces skills to help you detect and quantify patterns in datasets through data exploration, visualization, data engineering, and the application of analysis and spatial techniques. You will begin by exploring the fundamentals of geospatial analysis where you’ll learn about the importance of geospatial analysis and how location information enhances data exploration. Walter Tobler’s second law of geography states, “the phenomenon external to a geographic area of interest affects what goes on inside.” This quote will be the framework of the geospatial questions we will explore. You’ll then observe the framework of geospatial analysis using SQL while learning to create spatial databases and SQL queries and functions. By the end of this book, you will have an expanded toolbox of analytic skills such as PostGIS and QGIS to explore data questions and analysis of spatial information.What you will learnUnderstand geospatial fundamentals as a basis for learning spatial SQLGenerate point, line, and polygon data with SQLUse spatial data types to abstract and encapsulate spatial structuresWork with open source GIS combined with plug-insVisualize spatial data and expand QGIS functionality with PostgresApply location data to leverage spatial analyticsPerform single-layer and multiple-layer spatial analysesWho this book is forThis book is for anyone looking to leverage their SQL knowledge to perform geospatial analysis. GIS analysts, data analysts, and data scientists with a basic understanding of both geospatial analysis and SQL will find this book useful.