![]() ![]() The war in Syria is something that has captured my attention over the last few years, how could it not? But it was over the last year, as refugees began coming to Canada, that I truly realized I did not understand the conflict at all. He looks at how sectarian, regional, and tribal loyalties factor into politics and how Assad, a member of a minority group has been able to hold on to power in the face of public disenchantment. He explains the history of Syria, focusing on recent times starting with the political situation that brought about the Assad regime. ![]() In Destroying A Nation: The Civil War in Syria, Nikolaos van Dam, former Special Envoy of the Netherlands to Syria answers these questions and more. What is the history of Syria and the politics of modern society? How do cultural, religious, and linguistic differences factor in? What are the conditions that brought about this conflict? It has also created the greatest refugee crisis seen in modern history and the world has watched as millions have fled their homes, risking their lives in a perilous journey across seas and borders.īut as we watch these horrors play out in the media, most of us in the West are watching a conflict that we do not understand much about. What began as an uprising as the Arab Spring brought about change in other countries throughout the Middle East has become a full-blown war with various groups, including ISIS, fighting for control. For years the world has watched as Syria has plunged into a terrifying and unprecedented civil war. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Bad English, he believed, was a vehicle for oppressive ideology, and it is no accident that 'Politics and the English Language' was written after the close of World War II.Įric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics it was always inextricably linked to politics and to truth.'All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.When the general atmosphere is bad, language must suffer.'Language is a political issue, and slovenly use of language and cliches make it easier for those in power to deliberately use misleading language to hide unpleasant political facts. ![]() ![]() 'Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He writes about his crush on Colin Briggs, about being gay, and about a world where acceptance and ridicule can be confusingly intertwined. But as Joe’s chapters build from “A” for his best friend Addie to “F” for family to “T” for turning thirteen and beyond, he finds his entries becoming increasingly honest and thoughtful. What if he tells the truth and someone besides his teacher reads it? And the part about ending each chapter with a “life lesson” seems totally lame. This English assignment is going to be boring. Assigned to write his alphabiography-a chronicle of his life with chapters headed from A to Z-seventh-grader Joe Bunch is at first uncertain. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Natives is the searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala. (PDF Download) The Dark Lady - Akala 15 views Lucas Mar 13, 2022, 12:14:21 PM to The Dark Lady - Akala READ & DOWNLOAD Akala book The Dark Lady in PDF, EPub, Mobi. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.Ĭovering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives speaks directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire. 'I recommend Natives to everyone' Candice Carty-Williamsįrom the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. ![]() It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now' Benjamin Zephaniah 'This is the book I've been waiting for - for years. Important book about the prevalence of brands and marketing which is still relevant more than a decade on. SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE | THE JHALAK PRIZE | THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD & LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Page count varies on each edition/reprint Thus begins a sizzling courtship where two wary hearts are about to be undone by the most scandalous passion of all: glorious, all-consuming love. For Gervase, only the marriage bed will do, but Morgan simply will not have him. There is only one thing standing in his way: Morgan, who has achieved the impossible?she's melted his coolly guarded heart. Nor is it of interest to the fiercely independent Lady Morgan herself?until one night of shocking intimacy erupts in a scandal that could make Gervase's vengeance all the sweeter. But wedlock is not on the mind of the continent's most notorious rake. ![]() ![]() From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. Yns?six brothers and sisters?men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality.Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction?where each will seek love, fight temptation, and court scandal?and where Morgan Bedwyn, the willful youngest daughter, discovers that true love is a temptation no woman can?or should?resist.Young. ![]() ![]() And with Caroline the bully, like all bullies, there's nothing Colie can do to make it stop. I think there are a lot of kids for whom, sadly, this bullied storyline really resonates. Despite this, Keeping the Moon isn't a flashy Dessen title, and even though it's nearly 20 years old, I think it's still pretty applicable to today.Ĭolie is exiled to Colby (boy, was THAT weird to listen to in the audio!) for the summer because of her mother's publicity tour in Europe, but after being bullied by her truly horrid classmates, Colby doesn't seem so bad once Colie gets used to it. ![]() I didn't realize this until I read Sarah's 5 fun facts about Keeping the Moon, but this one was the first set in Colby-Colby being one of the key settings of the overarching Dessenverse™ (the other being Lakeview)-and our first introduction to the Last Chance, home of the best fries in North Carolina. Keeping the Moon is like Sarah Dessen on the DL, but it's still super classic Dessen. If you were to ask someone about Sarah Dessen's books, they'll probably lead with The Truth About Forever or Just Listen or This Lullaby or Saint Anything. ![]() Review: Keeping the Moon is not one of Sarah Dessen's "A list" books. ![]() ![]() Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.įor Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. ![]() ![]() “A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”- Los Angeles Times ![]() A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that changed millions of lives-with a new afterword by the author. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was the cover artist for the AD&D Player Character Record Sheets, Against the Giants, Secret of Bone Hill, the Gamma World book Legion of Gold, and provided the back cover for In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords. Willingham got his start from the late 1970s to early 1980s as a staff artist for TSR, Inc., where he illustrated a number of their role-playing game products. During his father's military career the family also lived in Alaska, California, and finally three years in Germany. ![]() ![]() William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series Elementals and Fables. ![]() ![]() Vintage said both were "thrilled" to discover their father’s work being published. Because Vintage didn’t have any information available about the author, a campaign was subsequently launched as a plea for information to discover, ‘Who is Francis Duncan, the mystery crime writer?’ Following the hunt, Duncan’s daughter Kathryn and son, Derek, came forward to confirm his identity as William Underhill. An old edition of the book was found after Mulkeen unearthed it from Vintage's archive library. The books, Murder Has a Motive, So Pretty a Problem, In at the Death and Behold a Fair Woman, will publish together on 25th August 2016.ĭuncan's novel Murder for Christmas published at the end of last year in December 2015. ![]() Vintage is publishing four new crime novels from classic crime author Francis Duncan.Īine Mulkeen for Vintage acquired world all language rights directly via the author's family. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Everett, the President gave his now-famous address, printed in this issue in their entirety. has a very lengthy, three column article headed: "The Gettysburg Ceremonies" "Description of the Battle-Field and Consecration Exercises" which provides the details of the dedication of this national cemetery as well as information on how it came to be, with mention of David Wills, at whose house Lincoln stayed the night before (rarely found in period accounts).įollowing a long-winded speech by Mr. Combine the complete text of the historic Gettysburg Address by President Abraham Lincoln, with this famous title by Horace Greeley, a Lincoln supporter, and this issue makes for one of the best newspapers one could own from the Civil War era. It would be difficult to argue for a more notable or desirable Civil War newspaper. * Gettysburg Address at battlefield cemetery ![]() |