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This poignant and often lighthearted memoir vividly recounts the author's childhood experiences during the Blitz and his time as an evacuee in Britain during WWII. As a young cockney London evacuee navigating a series of foster homes in the English countryside, the author's journey is marked by charming anecdotes and heartfelt moments. A testament to the resilience of British children during the Second World War, this memoir sheds light on the necessity of evacuation for survival. At the age of five, Ernie Tomlin, a Londoner, grapples with the reality of Hitler and the impending war, uncertain about the fate that awaits him and his family. Joining the ranks of hundreds of children evacuated to the countryside through the Operation Pied Piper program, Ernie faces the aftermath of air raids and the resulting devastation that shatters his familiar world. In this process, he discovers a new realm of friendship, love, and sorrow. Presented as a true account woven into a captivating narrative, this memoir not only shares Ernie's personal journey but also provides informative insights into the events spanning from 1939 through 1945 and beyond. With its blend of storytelling and historical details, this compelling narrative is suitable for readers of all ages, offering a poignant glimpse into the lives of both children and adults during this pivotal period in history.
Dionysus, god of wine, theatre and ritual madness, continues his efforts to run two theatres in Victorian London while fighting off a tribe of rakshasa demons trying to take over the world. Fortunately for mankind, Mags, Leah and his other maenads are there to help. In these new adventures, Mags looks for two missing lovers in a mysterious house that hides a deadly secret, Leah travels across the ocean in search of her lost voice, and all the maenads gather to defend their theatres when the rakshasas go to war against them. The most dangerous confrontation of all takes place in a Paris opera house during a production of Beethoven's Fidelio. The stakes are the future of mankind, yet Dionysus is nowhere to be found. Fallen Gods: Act III is a series of four linked novellas comprising the following stories: Full HouseA Sea-ChangeThe Battle of Grit LaneNight Music
Dionysus, god of theatre, wine and ritual madness, runs two theatres in Victorian London. Assisted by his maenads, Mags and Leah, his otherwise quiet existence is threatened by the rogue goddess Lilitu and a tribe of shape-shifting rakshasa demons trying to take back the Earth for their own. The problem is, Dionysus seems more concerned with show business and being drunk than saving the world. When the rakshasas enlist a magician who can create a gateway directly to Hell and obtain a perpetual motion machine that can supply them with limitless energy, things get very uncomfortable for poor old Dionysus. At least his maenads are the most dangerous women in the world-someone has to show the fallen gods how things are done. Fallen Gods: Act II is a series of four linked novellas comprising the following stories: A Muse of FireLadies NightThe Bane MachineThe Slaughter of the Innocents
Somewhere near Kurile lake Russia lives a Kamchatka brown bear cub, who refuses to sleep for winter unless someone hugs him, he is stubborn and headstrong.>This story is about love, friends, parental intuition. Knowing when to allow young ones to explore and grow up.It's about life and daily experiences for example: school was not fun today, friends may disappointed you, however you know your friends care about you. So you try again another day.The story is funny it's sad and endearing at the same time.
Education is not the learning of facts but the training of minds to pick skills needed to do life. The wisdom literature (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job, etc.) is intended to impart skills necessary for life ranging from moral issues such as the meaning of life, romantic love, work, and suffering to family life, community life, finances etc. Interestingly, Proverbs has a lifelong development orientation in making the naive acquire wisdom, making them wiser. However, against the commonly held norm that the school imparts education and wisdom, the family is the core institution of the Christian education process. The overall responsibility of the paideia - the discipline and instruction - of the children is given to the parents, especially the fathers (Eph 6:1-4; Col 3:18-21). Thus, this devotional is to help the father and the mother to impart Godly wisdom to their children through the book of Proverbs. Your investment of time will change the destiny of your children - of whom you are simply stewards. May you be blessed as you bond with your child and encourage them to walk on the straight path in the reverence of our Lord. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Prov 22:6)
The things which conscience doesn't realise through logic, it has to be dreamt of. Imaginations have to be carved. 'Neela Aaina' and it's inner world represents the same. The reader can see in the story a vast picture and colours of the imagination where love, aspiration, carnal desire, deceit, truth and dreams are floating in different hues.
There is talk of marriage for 'Hasini'. At home, Hasini's family and groom Jayant's family await Hasini's arrival. She said she would come by 1 pm and didn't come by 3 pm. Worry surrounds. Hasini's action changes after that as she faints on the road. What happens is the story of the family.
Women and Sabarimala is an answer to the question "Why aren't women of menstrual age not allowed to enter Sabarimala?" This book presents a never-before discussed perspective on the science behind the restrictions on women in Sabarimala temple. Women and Sabarimala is a rare book and is written from a woman's perspective, explaining the nature of the temple through India's traditional knowledge systems such as Ayurveda, Chakras, Tantra and Agama Shastra. At the same time, the author's personal experiences simplify the understanding of these deep sciences, providing a glimpse into how temples such as Sabarimala impact the human physiology and in particular, women's menstrual cycles. This book will change the way Hindu temples, especially Sabarimala, is perceived and experienced.
This book includes some stories and a few poems portraying that first love and those mendatory heartbreaks; depicting some life-long intense bonds and some bonds broken too soon; narrating a pinch of sadness and a handhul of joy!
'Hawa Dheere Aana' is a simple story set in the backdrop of Daryaganj a few decades ago in Delhi. The narrative is led by the young girl Shinu who is in her early teens and lives with her extended family in a mansion at Daryaganj. Life for Shinu flows like a smooth river where the only struggle is to make her mother understand that Shinu is not interested in Dolls. Instead, her interest lies in playing cricket at the grounds of the Red fort, audaciously creating everything that she cannot afford to have at the workshop she has made for herself at the rooftop of the Mansion and holding deep conversations with 'Jeenudadu' who nobody except her can see. The darling of her BadePapa, BadiMa, Baba, Maa, ChoteChachu, ChotiMa, Didi and Sona Dada she slowly starts understanding the undercurrents that exist in the apparent smooth flow of her life. Some stories do not have a villain but lives still get disrupted, hearts do get broken and intense pain of some situations results in a deeper appreciation of the bonds of love that people form. The proverb about troubles refers to when it rains it pours to magnify the pressure of problems and the same happens to Shinu and her family. The heart-warming wedding celebrations of Didi are shadowed by the completely unexpected turn of events due to the socio-political situation of the city. To make matters worse even JeenuDadu proclaims that Shinu could no longer see him because she is growing up and grown-ups cannot see a Djihn.Isn't that totally unfair?
Today, the whole world is shrinking in uniformity due to technology. It plays a great role in forming the basis of our lives as today's capitalist, economist and technology-driven lifestyle, make the life-expansion of post-modern man even more comprehensive and rich in opportunities.In this view, digitalization of currency is the need of the hour. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain are such byproduct of this digitized world. In the 20th century, the Internet changed the face of the whole world with computers, it is expected that cryptocurrency with block chain also has the same power. So let's start this exciting journey of understanding cryptocurrency and blockchain in a proper way and take a right decision in context to its future potential in the economic world.
Some People here are Amazed at some of the things that happen in his life. And what Amazed me the most was the politics going on in this World. The only thing, I can think of while sleeping is how many people on this Earth now have been killed by this Politics and some money greedy people. How many people have had to their lives pierced by this greed. In this book, I have mentioned all the politics that Amazed me. If you read this book, you will be just like me Wondering, where so many things are happening. And also this book is very helpful to gain bunch of knowledges.
It's a book that combines different articles which carry various human values, women empowerment, empathy, and current social issues. Further, this book is the outcome of 10 years of articles that are published in reputed magazines and are well appreciated by readers.
Life has many phases. Within these phases one plays numerous roles. Sometimes these roles are for self, family or community. One has to continue to follow the ideal and truthful path.The book is a collection of all these aspects of life which one has forgotten as they get engulfed in various responsibilities. The book is a healthy reminder of what is to be valued and what can be left behind in order to have a healthy and fruitful life.If you are willing to learn and grow, read the book and find yourself and your purpose all over again.
Degenerative nerve diseases are age-related, progressive and cause irreversible neurological loss that may lead too death. Chronic diseases like amylotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease are associated with insoluble protein depositions and pose serious health challenges that may intensify in the coming decades. Current therapies only help to alleviate some of the physical or mental symptoms associated with neurodegenerative diseases, although there is currently no remedy for slow disease progression. In recent years, attempts have been made to discover a mechanism for neurodegenerative diseases and prospective treatment that may help mitigate aging effects and prevent these diseases. Natural products have been a constant source of new approaches for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular plant alkaloids and polyphenolic compounds. Indopathy for Neuroprotection: Recent Advances highlights herbal treatments that are preferred over conventional treatments in some regions. Book chapters focus on the effects of various medicinal plants that have shown promise in reversing pathological symptoms of neurodegenerative disease and highlight the neuroprotective role of medicinal herbal phytochemicals and their mechanism of action. The book serves as a reference for pharmacology and herbal medicine scholars as well as healthcare workers interested in information about alternative and complementary therapies for neurological disorders.
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