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Author |
: Saurav Jha |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2015-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789351367505 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9351367509 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Heat and Dust Project by : Saurav Jha
'We were the usual: nine-to-fivers, investment-makers, mall-goers, office-trippers and city-slickers. We were life-going-to-seeders.' Living in a sunny barsati in south Delhi, Saurav Jha and Devapriya Roy are your average DINK couple, about to acquire a few EMIs and come of age in the modern consumerist world. Only, they don't. They junk the swivel chairs, gain a couple of backpacks and set out on a transformational journey across India. On a very, very tight budget: five hundred rupees a day for bed and board. And the Heat and Dust project begins. Joining the ranks of firang gap-year kids and Israelis fresh out of compulsory army service, they travel across a land in which five thousand years of Indian history seem to jostle side by side. It is, by turns, holy and hectic, thuggish and comic, amoral and endearing. In buses that hurtle through the darkness of the night and the heat of the day, across thousands of miles, in ever new places, the richness of this crowded palette spills over into their lives. From rooms by the hour to strange dinner invitations, from spectacular forts to raging tantrums, this is a youthful account of wanderlust and whimsy, of eccentric choices that unfold into the journey of a lifetime ... and a supreme test of marriage.
Author |
: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 196 |
Release |
: 1987 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780671646578 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0671646575 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Heat and Dust by : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Winner of the Booker Prize as best novel of the year in 1983, Heat and Dust was also made into a major motion picture starring Julie Christie, now regarded by many as a classic.
Author |
: Evelyn Waugh |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 1961 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:442481948 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Handful of Dust by : Evelyn Waugh
Author |
: Kristin Hannah |
Publisher |
: St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages |
: 382 |
Release |
: 2021-02-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250178626 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250178622 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Four Winds by : Kristin Hannah
"The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers Weekly From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. “My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.” Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family. The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it—the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.
Author |
: From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 2005-06-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135940256 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135940258 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Feeling the Heat by : From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
For an increasing number of people, global warming is not an academic and scientific debate, but a matter of survival. As the planet warms at a rate of four degrees Fahrenheit per century, violent storms are increasing in frequency, icebergs are melting, sea level is rising, species are losing their habitats, and temperature records are being broken. Feeling the Heat consists of chapter-length visits by well-known authors to actual world "hot" spots, where people are already coping day-to-day with the consequences of climactic disruption. The locations for the book were strategically chosen because each represents a separate and important global warming impact, such as rising tides, melting glaciers, evolving ecosystems and air pollution. Feeling the Heat takes global warming out of the realm of armchair speculation and arcane scientific debate, revealing the process of climate change to be ongoing, serious and immediate.
Author |
: Eilon Paz |
Publisher |
: Ten Speed Press |
Total Pages |
: 577 |
Release |
: 2015-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781607748700 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1607748703 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dust & Grooves by : Eilon Paz
A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.
Author |
: Donald Camp |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 84 |
Release |
: 2014-02-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1304876063 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781304876065 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dust Shaped Heart by : Donald Camp
Photographs by Donald E. Camp. Dust Shaped Hearts project completed with raw earth pigment and casein on archival paper. The book is a partial record of the project that includes, Sons of My Father, New Orleans, Earth and Milk, and Men Who Pray
Author |
: Devapriya Roy |
Publisher |
: Rupa Publications India |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8129124254 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788129124258 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Weight Loss Club by : Devapriya Roy
Set in a middle-class housing colony, this is the story of stay-at-home mum Monalisa, who cannot clean the kitchen counter enough times; Meera, who is bullied constantly by her traditional mother-in-law; college-going Abeer, who isn't sure how to impress the glamorous Mandy; academic Aparajita, who has no takers on the marriage mart; philosopher Ananda, whom no one takes seriously; and Treeza, a former school secretary now sunk in gloom. Into their midst arrives Oxford-returned Sandhya: half hippie, half saadhvi, full spiritual guru. Under her aegis is formed The Weight Loss Club, throwing the lives of our heroes and heroines into utter and delightful disarray. But while chemistry brews and equations change, one question remains: who is Brahmacharini Sandhya, and why on earth has she moved into Nancy Housing Cooperative?
Author |
: Andy Weir |
Publisher |
: Ballantine Books |
Total Pages |
: 497 |
Release |
: 2021-05-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780593135211 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0593135210 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Project Hail Mary by : Andy Weir
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today “If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
Author |
: Zoe Klein |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 371 |
Release |
: 2009-07-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781416599128 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1416599126 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Drawing in the Dust by : Zoe Klein
Scorned for agreeing to help an Arab couple excavate allegedly haunted grounds under their house, archaeologist Page Brookstone finds what may be the tomb of the prophet Jeremiah, as well as the remains of a woman, and intriguing scrolls documenting their relationship.