INDIA‚ BY ITS PEOPLE 39 Imagining India : ideas for the new century/ Nandan Nilekani; New Delhi: Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books‚ 2009. (38-61‚ 158-175‚ 256-282‚ 363-383 p.) INDIA‚ BY ITS PEOPLE IN DELHI THIS Monday morning‚ it is chaos. Despite its pristine new metro and expanding highways‚ the city can barely contain the morning hubbub‚ the swarm of people all trying to get somewhere. By the time I reach Kaushik Basu’s home—set a little apart from the highway‚ on a quiet street
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House Life inside Leavenworth prison was writing in 1987-1989 by Peter Earley. Leavenworth has been one of the oldest and most dangerous maximum security facilities in the nation. The author introduces us with 6 prisoners and a couple of wardens. The book captures all the problems prisoners came across and experiences they had to go through. Carl Bowles an inmate for 23 consecutive years. He had a record as a sexual predator. Carl Bowles was known for forcing weaker inmates to satisfy his pleasures
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Nothing to Envy 2/15/11 Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick follows the lives of six North Koreans who have experienced a great deal of hardship and turmoil living under one of the most notorious communist regimes. Throughout the years these North Koreans lived through the death of their great Kim Il-Sung‚ the rise to power of his successor Kim Jong-Il‚ and the horrific famine that has left many in despair. Although North Korea is constantly in the news globally
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past the rooted cultural boundaries. Along with the theme of acceptance the book also has an overflowing theme finding one’s self‚ not just spiritually but accepting one’s identity in a new land. All these characters possess a desire‚ an urge to discover themselves‚ even in the most unorthodox mannerisms and the discovery happens over time and generations. While Unaccustomed Earth runs rapid with themes of culture‚ the book takes the reader to a time where America represented somewhere where communities
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occupation. He was in the thick of it all‚ responsible for a section of Baghdad that was repeatedly in the news during the first year. His focus is on the human dimension of the conflict‚ especially his own soldiers. The entire book his dedicated to Mansoor’s brigade‚ especially to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Mansoor’s accounts are tough reading. They are open and forthcoming about the mistakes he made that got people killed and things he did that saved lives. The circumstances
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to punish them.” (C Sulivan‚ 2009)‚ as they re-enter society‚ they face countless of struggles that their title of being ex-convicts carry. The primary authors of this study are Jeffrey I. Ross and Stephen C. Richards. They are the authors of the book “Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society after prison” in the year 2009. Their claims are not based on any research-based methodologies but rather with first hand experiences and personal observations. After being released from prison‚ most of the re-entries
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The Temple of the Ruby of Fire Analyzed by Luis Angelo S. Guiang 1. Author: Geronimo Stilton 2. Lexile score: 392 3. Lexile of the Book: 440 4. Characters: Geronimo Stilton – A smart and timid mouse who does not like sports‚ editor of The Rodent’s Gazette. Thea Stilton – Geronimo’s sister and special correspondent of the Rodent’s Gazette. She is fearless and adventurous. Trap Stilton – Geronimo’s cousin who likes to play pranks on others. He eats a lot and he is the owner of the store
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Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal chronicles a colony of 23 chimpanzees who live in an outdoor‚ open-air space at the Arnhem Zoo in the Netherlands. Of these 23 chimpanzees there are four males: Yeroen‚ Luit‚ Nikkie and Dandy. The colony also consists of three female subgroups‚ the largest made up of Mama‚ Gorilla‚ Franje‚ Amber and three children‚ Moniek‚ Roosje and Fons. The second largest subgroup includes Krom‚ Spin‚ Jimmie and her two sons Jakie and Jonas. And the third female subgroup consists
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Bibliography: Chorost‚ Michael. World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humanity‚ Machines‚ and the Internet. Free Press‚ 2011. Halpern‚ Sue. ”Mind Control & the Internet.” The New York Review (2011). Lanier‚ Jaron. You are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. Vintage‚ 2010. Orwell‚ George. Nineteen Eighty-four. A Novel. Secker & Warburg: Secker & Warburg‚ 1949. Pariser‚ Eli. The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You. Penguin‚ 2011
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the solace they provide is only passively communal. “The Boy In The Moon” presents the philosophical dilemma that one receives and demonstrates the bitter-sweet moments of a life that come along with a child like Walker. Ian starts the book with an all too common routine in the Browns household. Walker is rhythmically beating himself in the dead of the night waking Ian up to do “The same routine of tiny details‚ connected in precise order‚ each mundane‚ each crucial” as he puts it. The
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