It was a journey that would lead him from a homoerotic Navy initiation ceremony in the jungles of Vietnam to that strangest of strange lands: San Francisco in the early 1970s. In this long-awaited memoir, the beloved author of the bestselling Tales of the City series chronicles his odyssey from the old South to freewheeling San Francisco, and his evolution from curious youth to ground-breaking writer and gay rights pioneer.īorn in the mid-twentieth century and raised in the heart of conservative North Carolina, Armistead Maupin lost his virginity to another man "on the very spot where the first shots of the Civil War were fired." Realizing that the South was too small for him, this son of a traditional lawyer packed his earthly belongings into his Opel GT (including a beloved portrait of a Confederate ancestor), and took to the road in search of adventure. Logical Family is a must read."-Mary Karr "I fell in love with Maupin's effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling. Maupin is one of America's finest storytellers."-Neil Gaiman "A book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family.
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Iyengar's yoga philosophy for life and an introduction to the spiritual aspects of yoga.Yoga sequences and asanas to help heal a range of specific illnesses and conditions. Iyengar's unique and inspired guide to Pranayama - yoga breathing techniques.B.K.S. Iyengar's own photo-illustrated, step-by-step guides to every yoga routine.Week-by-week development plan - with a total of 300 weeks to allow gradual progression from novice to advanced technique.B.K.S. It is the classic text for all serious students of yoga. As I have always wanted to finish this book, I have thrown myself this Light on. Show more Genres Nonfiction Health Spirituality Reference Philosophy Self Help Fitness. 'Light on Yoga' is widely called 'the bible of yoga' and has served as the source book for generations of yoga students around the world. 17K views 3 years ago Light on Yoga by B K S Iyengar is considered one of the classics of modern yoga. 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While Savushun is a unique piece of literature that transcends the boundaries of the historical community in which it was written, it is also the best single work for understanding modern Iran. Within basic Iranian paradigms, the characters play out the roles inherent in their personalities. Daneshvar's style is both sensitive and imaginative, while following cultural themes and metaphors. The story is seen through the eyes of Zari, a young wife and mother, who copes with her idealistic and uncompromising husband while struggling with her desire for traditional family life and her need for individual identity. It is set in Shiraz, a town which evokes images of Persepolis and pre-Islamic monuments, the great poets, the shrines, Sufis, and nomadic tribes within a historical web of the interests, privilege and influence of foreign powers corruption, incompetence and arrogance of persons in authority the paternalistic landowner-peasant relationship tribalism and the fear of famine. Savushun chronicles the life of a Persian family during the Allied occupation of Iran during World War II. It was on such a night that the men came for Hannah. Seeping refuse on the streets renders the pavement slick and the walking treacherous. Through the mist rising from the canal the cries and grunts of foraging pigs echo. Shapeless matter, perhaps animal, floats to the surface of Rio di San Girolamo and hovers on its greasy waters. The Ponte di Ghetto Nuovo, the bridge that leads to the ghetto, trembles under the weight of sacks of rotting vegetables, rancid fat, and vermin. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īt midnight, the dogs, cats, and rats rule Venice. Not since The Red Tent or People of the Book has a novel transported readers so intimately into the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into a story of intrigue that transcends the boundaries of history. Can Hannah refuse her duty to a suffering woman? Hannah’s choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that endangers the baby and threatens her voyage to Malta, where Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy his passage to a new life. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians, but the payment he offers is enough to ransom her beloved husband, Isaac, who has been captured at sea. But when a count implores her to attend to his wife, who has been laboring for days to give birth to their firstborn son, Hannah is torn. Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers-a gift aided by the secret “birthing spoons” she designed. MacDonald rose to fame when her first book, The Egg and I, was published in 1945. The MacDonalds moved to California's Carmel Valley in 1956. MacDonald (1910–1975) and moved to Vashon Island, where she wrote most of her books. She spent nine months at Firland Sanatorium near Seattle in 1937–1938 for treatment of tuberculosis. She left Heskett in 1931 and returned to Seattle, where she worked at a variety of jobs to support their daughters Anne and Joan after the divorce the ex-spouses had virtually no contact. MacDonald married Robert Eugene Heskett (1895–1951) at age 20 in July 1927 they lived on a chicken farm in the Olympic Peninsula's Chimacum Valley, near Center and a few miles south of Port Townsend. Her family moved to the north slope of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood in 1918, moving to the Laurelhurst neighborhood a year later and finally settling in the Roosevelt neighborhood in 1922, where she graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1924. Her official birth date is given as March 26, 1908, although federal census returns seem to indicate 1907. MacDonald was born Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard in Boulder, Colorado. Throughout, he repeatedly poses the question, "What is %E2%80%98natural'?" declining to offer a single answer, in recognition that both context and change are essential. Looking to the future, Mukherjee addresses prospects for medical advances in the treatment of diseases and in selecting%E2%80%94or actively crafting%E2%80%94the genetic composition of offspring, regularly pointing out the pressing ethical considerations. He also examines many of the philosophical and moral quandaries that have long swirled around the study of genetics, addressing such important topics as eugenics, stem cell research, and what it means to use the composition of a person's genotype to make predictions about his or her health or behavior. Mukherjee offers insight into both the scientific process and the sociology of science, exploring the crucial experiments that have shed light on the biochemical complexities inherent in the genome. He deftly relates the basic scientific facts about the way genes are believed to function, while making clear the aspects of genetics that remain unknown. In skillful prose, Mukherjee, an oncologist and the Pulitzer Prize%E2%80%93winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies, relates the grand tale of how scientists have come to understand the role genes play in human development, behavior, and physiology. It considers how the message of the prophets would have been heard in their respective historical communities as well as the prophets' continuing importance for contemporary study. is a work of historical fiction that follows the relationship between Isaiah and Samuel, two enslaved men in love on a plantation in the Antebellum South. Known for his lavish living and mysterious persona, Jones’ followers referred to him as Prophet Jones and were captivated by his sermons. Rather than attempting to provide a detailed verse-by-verse commentary, this handbook focuses on the prevailing themes and central messages of the prophetic books. Jones stood out for many years within black American religious circles. Robert Chisholm guides readers through the important and often complex writings of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets, examining the content, structure, and theological message of each book. Handbook on the Prophets provides a thorough and insightful introduction for students of Old Testament prophetic literature. The prophetic books of the Bible contain some of the most difficult passages in the entire Old Testament. Gamble’s sister is magical and teaches at the school. Yes, the official investigators ruled it an accident but Torres knows it was murder and wants Gamble to investigate. Marion Torres is the headmaster of Osthorne Academy of Young Mages. The work is easy but dirty and Gamble knows she should strive for more.Īnd suddenly “more” shows up in the guise of a new client. If a spouse isn’t furious over their cheating partner, they’re swearing at Gamble because she’s telling them their partner isn’t cheating on them. She spends her days chasing after adulterers and other sordid characters. Ivy Gamble, Gailey’s protagonist, is a mess. Philip Marlowe threw down drinks, but he rarely broke down in tears. But in her new novel, Magic For Liars, she tosses in a “school for magicians” setting and a female P.I., and suddenly she’s casting a unique spell. Sarah Gailey is far from the first author to cross-pollinate fantasy with the hardboiled detective genre, as Harry Dresden fans would surely point out. Woven together from one hundred original interviews, Witness to the Revolution provides a firsthand narrative of that period of upheaval in the words of those closest to the action-the activists, organizers, radicals, and resisters who manned the barricades of what Students for a Democratic Society leader Tom Hayden called "the Great Refusal. Witness to the Revolution, Clara Bingham's unique oral history of that tumultuous time, unveils anew that moment when America careened to the brink of a civil war at home, as it fought a long, futile war abroad. The American death toll in Vietnam was approaching fifty thousand, and the ascendant counterculture was challenging nearly every aspect of American society. Woven together from one hundred original interviews, Witness to the Revolution provides a firsthand narrative of that period of upheaval in the words of those closest to the actionthe activists, organizers, radicals, and resisters who manned the barricades of what Students for a Democratic Society leader Tom Hayden called the Great Refusal. It was the year of the My Lai massacre investigation, the Cambodia invasion, Woodstock, and the Moratorium to End the War. A unique oral history of that tumultuous time, Bingham’s newest book brings readers back to a moment when America seemed on the brink of a civil war at home, even as it continued to fight a long, futile war abroad. From August 1969 to August 1970, the nation witnessed nine thousand protests and eighty-four acts of arson or bombings at schools across the country. Join us as we celebrate the release of Clara Bingham’s book Witness to the Revolution with a reading, Q&A, and book signing. As the 1960s drew to a close, the United States was coming apart at the seams. |