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An exploited child worker in the silver mines of Bolivia finds an ally – but at what cost? A young woman's affair has terrifying repercussions when her lover's wife dies. A sailor's wife takes her communion with Nature a little too far…From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor; from a new home with a sinister secret, this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors.

On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi through the eyes of a supporting character, from heroes and villains, to droids and creatures. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors and trendsetting artists.

In Measure What Matters, Doerr shares a broad range of first-person, behind-the-scenes case studies, with narrators including Bono and Bill Gates, to demonstrate the focus, agility, and explosive growth that the Objectives and Key Results system has spurred at so many great organizations. This book will help a new generation of leaders capture the same magic.

'ನಾಗಮಂಡಲ' ನಾಟಕವು ಜಾನಪದ ಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಆಧರಿಸಿ ರಚಿಸಿದ ನಾಟಕ. 'ನಾಗಮಂಡಲ'ದ ನಾಯಕಿ ರಾಣಿ. ಅವಳ ಪತಿ ಅಪ್ಪಣ್ಣ. ಪತಿಯನ್ನು ಒಲಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಬೇರಿನ ಸಾರು ತಯಾರಿಸುವ ರಾಣಿ ಅದು ಒಡೆದು ಹಾಳಾದದ್ದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಸಮೀಪದ ಹುತ್ತಕ್ಕೆ ಸುರಿಯುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ನಾಗ ಅವಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಮನಸೋತು ಪತಿಯ ವೇಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆಯೊಳಗೆ ಬಂದು ರಾಣಿಯೊಡನೆ ಸರಸ-ಸಲ್ಲಾಪ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅವಳು ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿಯಾದದ್ದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಕೋಪಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಪತಿ ತನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಆರೋಪ ಹೊರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ನಾಗದಿವ್ಯದ ಮೂಲಕ ಸತ್ಯ ಸಾರುವ ರಾಣಿ ಜನಮನ್ನಣೆಗೆ ಪಾತ್ರಳಾಗುತ್ತಾಳೆ.

ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷರಿಗೆ ಸಿಂಹಸ್ವಪ್ನವಾಗಿದ್ದ ಟಿಪೂ ಕನಸುಗಾರ ದೊರೆ. ಅವನು ತಾನು ಕಂಡ ಕನಸುಗಳನ್ನು ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದಿಟ್ಟಿ‌ದ್ದ, ಅದು ಪುಸ್ತಕ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗಿದೆ.ಭಾರತಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ದೊರೆತ ಸ್ವರ್ಣ ಮಹೋತ್ಸವ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಬಿಸಿಯು ಗಿರೀಶರಿಗೆ ನಾಟಕ ಬರೆಯುವಂತೆ ಕೋರಿದಾಗ ಅವರು ಟಿಪೂವನ್ನು ವಸ್ತುವಾಗಿ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡರು. ಟಿಪೂವಿನ ಕನಸುಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಟಕವಾಗಿಸಿದರು. ಓದು ಕೃತಿಯಾಗಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾದ ಈ ನಾಟಕ ರಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆಯೂ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿತ್ತು.ಗಿರೀಶ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್ ಅವರ ನಾಟಕ 'ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ಕಂಡ ಕನಸು' - 1997ರಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಐವತ್ತು ತುಂಬಿದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ...

ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ದ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಕಾರ ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್.ಭೈರಪ್ಪನವರ 'ವಂಶವೃಕ್ಷ' ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಬದುಕಿನ ಬೇರುಗಳನ್ನು ಶೋಧಿಸುವ ಕೃತಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಬದುಕಿನ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ, ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣ ನೆಲೆಗಳ ಆಳಕ್ಕಿಳಿದು ಪ್ರಖರವಾದ ವೈಚಾರಿಕ, ತಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕ, ಮಾನವೀಯ ಅಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂವೇದನಾಶೀಲತೆಯಿಂದ ಶೋಧಿಸುವ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ 'ವಂಶವೃಕ್ಷ'. ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮ, ವಿದವೆಯ ಮರು ಮದುವೆ, ಎರಡನೇ ಮದುವೆ, ಪ್ರೀತಿ, ಕಟ್ಟು ಪಾಡು ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನು ಕಾದಂಬರಿಕಾರರು ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 1965 ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಧವೆಯ ಮರು ವಿವಾಹವೆಂದರೆ ಮೂಗು ಮುರಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು ಅಂಥ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯನ್ನು ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳು ಸಮಾಜದ ಕಟ್ಟು ಪಾಡನ್ನು ಮುರಿದು ಹೊಸ ಜೀವನಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಂದಿ ಹಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.

वि.वा.शिरवाडकर यांच्या सिध्दहस्त लेखणीतून उतरलेली मराठीतील अजरामर नाट्यकृती...

Join Kris Wilson, a working cowboy and founder of Western Faithbook, on a 40-day journey of transformation, hope, and grace. For cowboys there is a set of unwritten rules known as cowboy etiquette. Not all the rules are the same, and often they will be different from outfit to outfit. However, one thing remains the same. The rules are deeply rooted in a respect for one another and the quality by which they perform their job or trade. Respect amongst a group of men or cowboys is earned and not bestowed.

Storytelling is an essential business skill. We use stories in a variety of ways to attract customers, partners, investors, and build our team. Your audience needs to understand why you do what you do, and your powerful storytelling skills must emotionally hook them. A pie chart can’t communicate emotionally the way stories do. This book will teach you how to put your listeners in a “Mind Movie” so that they see it, taste it, smell it, touch it, and most of all, feel it—so that your leadership becomes magnetic, memorable, and impactful to drive the results you seek.

Marian is a 13yr old girl who longs to have control over her own destiny, to be free. But she lives in a small village in Northumbria, England. And the year is... 1377. Freedom is nowhere to be seen. Until, one day she finds a strange creature down the village well, and everything changes...

Dive into the heart-wrenching world of Voices of New Belarus, a searing documentary drama by renowned Belarusian playwright-in-exile Andrei Kureichik. This powerful work captures the harrowing events of the 2020 Belarusian revolution through the deeply personal accounts of 16 political prisoners. Each monologue reveals a distinct story, a unique truth, and together they create an unflinching mosaic of resistance, sacrifice, and hope.

David Walker disappeared in the summer of 1969 and was assumed dead. Imagine going to work one day, then waking up in 2019 without knowledge he had gone to sleep for fifty years in suspended animation. Would he be able to live successfully in the life he now faced, being the world's first cryonaut, and with a son who he last saw as a three-year-old, who was now an older man?

On October 7th, 2023, Jews in Israel were attacked in the largest pogrom since the Holocaust. It was a day felt by Jews everywhere who came together to process and speak out in ways some never had before. In this collection, 75 contributors speak to Jewish joy, celebration, laughter, food, trauma, loss, love, and family, and the common threads that course through the Jewish people: resilience and humor.

When Sara's army captain father is ordered to the Second Boer war, he brings her to the "best" girls' boarding school in England, where Miss Minchin only accepts her after learning of his financial and social status and ensures him that Sara will have the best of everything in his absence. The unspoiled Sara enjoys her privileged life and makes many friends, but misses her father. When he is reported missing and presumed dead, Miss Minchin, who is still owed money, confiscates Sara's possessions, and keeps her on as a servant, assigning her to work in the kitchen and sleep in an attic room.

Sybil Van Antwerp has throughout her life used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings, around half past ten, Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately wants to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.

Few Hollywood films have had the impact of the original version of A Star Is Born. Released in 1937 and starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, it was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won two (for best original story and best cinematography). Since then, the movie has been remade three times, attesting to its continued allure. But none have matched the genius and wit of the original.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a groundbreaking concept with immense potential to revolutionize various aspects of life and enhance productivity. From simplifying everyday tasks to streamlining complex processes, AI has proven to be an invaluable tool for individuals and businesses alike. This chapter provides an overview of AI and its potential to transform productivity in our modern world.

The 1940 film Rebecca is acclaimed as one of the greatest achievements of the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. This audio recording is an adaptation of the screenplay of this Academy Award winning motion picture featuring the original cast, including Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.

On 6th June 1944, the Allied invasion began. For hours, wave after wave of soldiers, sailors, and airmen crossed the channel and stormed the Normandy coast, fighting to gain a foothold in Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. It was the largest combined air and seaborne invasion ever, involving over 150,000 Allied troops on the ground, and its eventual success became a critical turning point in the war, spelling the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.

Harnessing the dynamic power of your brain, you will remember what you want, whenever you want. From the moment you begin using the Evelyn Wood Memory Dynamics techniques, you immediately notice an increase in your confidence and a reduction in your frustration level because you remember more!