A Punjabi Californian Love Story. After his separation from his childhood sweetheart Mahi, the headstrong but heartbroken Indo, gets involved with Jasleen, the free-spirited daughter of a wealthy, domineering family. But just as their relationship begins to blossom, an unexpected turn of events brings chaos into their lives and intertwines Indo's past with his present.

Is there too much violence in hip-hop music? What’s the difference between Kimberly Jones and the artist Lil' Kim? Is hip-hop culture a "black" thing? Is it okay for N.W.A. to call themselves niggaz and for Dave Chappelle to call everybody bitches? These witty, provocative essays ponder these and other thorny questions, linking the searing cultural issues implicit — and often explicit — in hip-hop to the weighty matters examined by the great philosophers of the past. The book shows that rap classics by Lauryn Hill, OutKast, and the Notorious B.I.G. can help uncover the meanings of love articulated in Plato's Symposium; that Rakim, 2Pac, and Nas can shed light on the conception of God's essence expressed in St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica; and explores the connection between Run-D.M.C., Snoop Dogg, and Hegel. Hip-Hop and Philosophy proves that rhyme and reason, far from being incompatible, can be mixed and mastered to contemplate life's most profound mysteries.

Ideas about elements of printing, both technical and aesthetic, told in an amusing manner.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Phonological motivation in language evolution and development; 3. Phonetic symbolism; 4. Onomatopoeia; 5. Rhyme and alliteration in blends and compounds; 6. Words, words, words: rhyme and repetition in multi-word expressions; 7. Conclusions: the piggy in the middle.

Poet John Hollander surveys the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse in this classic text, illustrating each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In new essays for this fourth edition, J. D. McClatchy and Richard Wilbur each offer a personal take on why the book has played such an important role in the education of young poets and student scholars. “How lucky the young poet who discovers this wisest and most lighthearted of manuals.”—James Merrill “Marvelously comprehensive, clarifying and useful, and a delight to read.”—John Reardon, Los Angeles Times Book Review “A virtuoso performance and a mandatory text for poetry readers and practioners alike.”—ALA Booklist

Rhymes & Reasons is a smart, up-to-date, all-in-one guide to phonological awareness-what it is, what it isn't, and the best practices for teaching it.

In his classic text, 'Rhyme’s reason', the distinguished poet and critic John Hollander surveys the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse, illustrating each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In this substantially expanded and revised edition, Hollander adds a section of examples taken from centuries of poetry that exhibit the patterns he has described.

He excelled in his studies at Edison Jr. High and John C. Fremont H.S. in what was considered to be one of the most high risk areas of the city (South central L.A.) during a most fragile time of the civil rights era. His father was always by his side keeping both the CRIPS and the BLOODS (local gangs) at bay and his mentoring set in motion values that laid the solid foundation for his life. Upon graduating from high school he joined the Air Force...to seek out his dream of becoming a jet fi ghter pilot. His initial responsibility was as an intelligence technician trained as an imagery interpreter and cartographic specialist. After serving seven and a half years in the USAF, he applied for and received a rare inter-service transfer to the U.S. Army to attend Army Flight School. Though a little short of becoming a jet fi ghter Pilot, he logged over 1000 hours of fl ight time in the HUEY, COBRA, KIOWA, and the TH- 55 (trainer) over the next six years as a combat and medical evacuation pilot. In 1987 following a Congressional Reduction in Forces, (RIF) he left the service. As an Entrepreneur he became the fi rst minority in the country to own and operate a scrap tire and recycling facility and processed nearly 2.5 million tires over a fi ve year period into valuable products for consumers . As a member of the Georgia Army National Guard, he was called to duty from 2006 to 2008 to support the Border Mission in the New Mexico/ El Paso sectors. The father of six girls and four boys and the proud grandfather of twenty-one grandchildren he now focuses on getting into print the legacy of his father’s magnifi cent works of poetry and writings.

Rhyme - Reason - Reverence is an across the board scenario of cultures, crossing paths in the beginning of the new century. In every instance, the rhyme, reason and reverence is easily recognizable by the informed. It is a deliberate effort by the author to aid in edification of readers, in general.