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English teachers have the inconsiderate habit of assigning mammoth-sized works of literature to read and then actually expecting you to do it. This wouldn't be so bad except that invariably the requisite reading is as boring as fly fishing in an empty lake. Poor Little Rich Boys: The Art of the Mumbai Circulating Library. Six-Word Memoirs. Six-Word Memoirs is a project founded by the U.S.
-based online storytelling magazine Smith Magazine. Like that publication, Six-Word Memoirs seek to provide a platform for storytelling in all its forms. History[edit] In November 2006, Smith's editors Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser gave the six-word story a personal twist, asking Smith readers to tell their life story in just six-words. Smith readers submitted their six-words via www.smithmag.net, and Smith's Twitter account. Ringworld. Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature.
It is followed by three sequels and four prequels, and ties into numerous other books set in Known Space. Ringworld won the Nebula Award in 1970,[1] as well as both the Hugo Award and Locus Award in 1971.[2] Plot summary[edit] Romila Thapar. Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian whose principal area of study is ancient India.
Work After graduating from Panjab University, Thapar earned her doctorate under A. L. Basham at the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London in 1958. Later she worked as Professor of Ancient Indian History at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where she is Professor Emerita. Thapar's major works are Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, Ancient Indian Social History: Some Interpretations, Recent Perspectives of Early Indian History (editor), A History of India Volume One, and Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300.
Her historical work portrays the origins of Hinduism as an evolving interplay between social forces.[1] Her recent work on Somnath examines the evolution of the historiographies about the legendary Gujarat temple.[2] Recognition and honour In 2004 the U.S. In January 2005, she declined the Padma Bhushan awarded by the Indian Government. Horrible Histories. ‘Our Lady of Alice Bhatti,’ by Mohammed Hanif. Fresh out of prison and despite formidable odds, Alice Bhatti, a Catholic nurse in present-day Pakistan, has wrangled a job at Karachi’s Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments, a cesspit of gangrene and incompetence.
The “delivery room is a gambling den,” the head nurse says. “Everyone comes out a loser.” The maternity ward itself goes by the grim sobriquet “baby slaughterhouse.” But there’s something about Alice. She possesses unnerving gifts: mysterious healing powers and the ability to predict how you will die. A Visual Timeline of the Future Based on Famous Fiction.
By Maria Popova The past has a long history of imagining the future, and humanity has an equally long history of mapping time.
Several months ago, I shared a link to a timeline of future events as predicted by famous novels. Italian information visualization designer Giorgia Lupi saw it on Twitter and was inspired to create an ambitious visual version for La Lettura, the Sunday literary supplement of Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, with her design team at Accurat. Comics : Project C. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Wikipedia, the free encyc. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. First published in 1968, the book served as the primary basis for the 1982 film Blade Runner. The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic near future, where Earth and its populations have been damaged greatly by nuclear war during World War Terminus. Most types of animals are endangered or extinct due to extreme radiation poisoning from the war. Setting[edit] Overview[edit] Wikispecies, free species directory. The Story that Leads up to the Bhagavad Gita: ADUni.org: ArsDigita University Alumni Website. So you want to be a programmer, huh? Here are 27 ways to learn online. Whether you are looking to switch careers and become a full-time programmer, want to try to build a website or app on the side, or are just looking to round out your skill set, learning to code has certainly been something a lot of people have started to do lately.
And while being a programmer might not be for everyone, there is a lot to be said about gaining a better, more educated view of how all those pixels get moved around all those screens. Before we delve into our list of learning resources sites, we wanted to share some advice from Marissa Louie, a self-taught product designer for Ness Computing. Feluda. James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher. The example refers to two students, James and John, who are required by an English test to describe a man who, in the past, had suffered from a cold.
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