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The chant of 'Azadi!' - Urdu for 'Freedom'-is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what the Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it also became the chant of millions on the streets of India against the project of Hindu nationalism.Even as Arundhati Roy began to...

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character...

Named One of The New York Times Book Review’s Top Ten Books of the Year Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography | Finalist for the Kirkus Prize | Nominated for the Women's Prize for Nonfiction One of the best-reviewed books of the year, a raw and deeply moving memoir...

Transform your life with Professor Roy Taylor’s revolutionary 3-step plan, whose research inspired The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet. Now updated with the latest scientific research. Professor Roy Taylor is one of the world's leading experts in type 2 diabetes, who discovered that this life-limiting...

Isabel and Nicki Hoffman may be twins, but they're each one of a kind. Isabel loves dancing with her friends, while Nicki prefers skateboarding alone. In December 1999, the girls create a list of challenges to complete before midnight on New Year's Eve. But just before the new millennium arrives...

From the global pioneer whose work inspired The 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet, a life-changing guide to reversing type 2 diabetes. For centuries type 2 diabetes was regarded as an incurable, lifelong condition. Even worse, it seemed to be inevitably progressive – but no longer. Professor Roy Taylor...

From the Man Booker Prize-nominated author of Sleeping on Jupiter and “one of India’s greatest living authors” (O, The Oprah Magazine), a poignant and sweeping novel set in India during World War II and the present day about a son’s quest to uncover the truth about his mother. In my...

Robert E. Lee was a brilliant general, a complex soul, and a Southerner to the core. Tapped by Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army in the Civil War, his Virginian roots led him to command the Confederates instead. A charismatic though reluctant leader, his military audacity and tactical...

A rip-roaring account of the dramatic four-year siege of Britain’s Mediterranean garrison by Spain and France—an overlooked key to the British loss in the American Revolution For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded...

Alberto Royo lleva ya unos años librando la batalla contra la dictadura de la ignorancia y defendiendo una educación sensata, necesaria para todos, pero imprescindible para los más desfavorecidos. Recurriendo, como en sus anteriores libros, a la ironía y el sentido del humor, tampoco en este Breviario antipedagogista elude aquellas cuestiones que siempre han levantado ampollas entre los líderes y seguidores de la pedagogía mainstream. Citando a Montaigne, declara Royo que «no hay victoria posible cuando esta no pone término a la guerra».

'Indian democracy is in deep trouble at this time, but its flame has been kept alive by a multitude of vibrant collectives working on the ground. Aruna Roy and her colleagues in the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan have played a leading role in this effort to defend and expand democratic space.'...

'I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.' Follow Inspector Roy Teague down the rabbit hole as he explores the intriguing world of UFOs and other inexplicable events, told by the most reliable professional witnesses, UK...

Named One of The New York Times Book Review’s Top Ten Books of the Year Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography | Finalist for the Kirkus Prize | Nominated for the Women's Prize for Nonfiction One of the best-reviewed books of the year, a raw and deeply moving memoir...

Inside Fatherhood takes you into the process of fathering on a spiritual, personal, and practical level. Whether you’re a biological father, a stepfather, a grandfather, or a nonbiological guardian, God put you in your child’s life for a reason. Become the father they need, and help them grow into all God created them to be.

Living deep in the Alaska bush is a profoundly absorbing experience that leaves an indelible mark on a person. The Great Land, Alaska, becomes close and real. One establishes a relationship with it, almost as if the land was alive. This is my story of thirty years of high adventure. We who grew up and lived as young adults in the Alaska of the 1950s and 60s are so few now that we almost qualify for endangered species status. Many people of my generation in the 49th state encountered both major events and daily doings that contributed to a life of adventure.

Danger has been living next door all along.... Darcy Sutton dreads returning to her childhood home; she's single, pregnant, grieving, and this house is where it happened. Her parents were found dead in this very home just months prior, and Darcy doesn't believe what the police report says. As she tries to rebuild her life, a particular neighbor seems determined to help. Too determined. He shows up uninvited, has keys he shouldn't, and always seems to know where she is. What begins as kindness quickly twists into something far more unsettling.

""In Sumana Roy's elegant translation, Bose's arguments remain fresh, vivid, and compelling to those reading his book in English today."" -Ramachandra Guha ""A fine introduction to the literary oeuvre of the scientist who pioneered the study of plant sentience."" -Amitav Ghosh In The Man Who...

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. In this revised and updated edition, the...

Australian and New Zealand edition THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER NOW IN AUDIO FOR THE FIRST TIME Dr Michael Mosley, author of the bestselling 5:2 Fast Diet, reveals a game-changing approach to one of the greatest silent epidemics of our time – raised blood sugar levels. Our modern diet, high in sugar...

New York Times Best Seller Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Amazon, Kirkus, The Washington Post, Newsday, and the Hudson Group A dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things The Ministry of Utmost...