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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Narrated by the dead grandson of the village head and written in finely crafted, affecting prose, the novel presents a powerful absurdist allegory of the moral vacuum at the heart of communist-capitalist China as it traces the life and death of an entire community. Although the citizens prosper in the short run, the rampant blood-selling leads to an outbreak of AIDS and huge loss of life. As the book opens, the town directors, looking for a way to lift their village from poverty, decide to open a dozen blood-plasma collection stations, with the hope of draining the townspeople of their blood and selling it to villages near and far. Set in a poor village in Henan province, it is a deeply moving and beautifully written account of a blood-selling scandal in contemporary China. Officially censored upon its Chinese publication, and the subject of a bitter lawsuit between author and publisher, Dream of Ding Village is Chinese novelist Yan Lianke's most important novel to date. ![]() ![]() Book Synopsis In these wide-ranging essays, Erik Davis explores the codes - spiritual, cultural, and embodied - that people use to escape the limitations of their lives and enrich their experience of the world. Such an ambiguous and startling landscape demands that the intrepid adventurer shed any territorial claims and go nomad. The common thread running through these pieces is what Davis calls modern esoterica, which he describes as a no-mans-land located somewhere between anthropology and mystical pulp, between the zendo and the metal club, between cultural criticism and extraordinary experience. Lovecraft, Davis writes with keen yet skeptical sympathy, intellectual subtlety and wit, and unbridled curiosity. Whether his subject is collage art or the magickal realism of H. These include Asian religious traditions and West African trickster gods, Western occult and esoteric lore, postmodern theory and psychedelic science, as well as festival scenes such as Burning Man. About the Book In these wide-ranging essays, Erik Davis explores the codes - spiritual, cultural, and embodied - that people use to escape the limitations of their lives and enrich their experience of the world. ![]() ![]() Mackenzie “Mac” Cabot is a people pleaser. ![]() ![]() And there are those who would do anything to keep the Sea God from waking…īuy the book: Amazon | Book Depository | Bookshop With the help of a mysterious young man named Shin-as well as a motley crew of demons, gods and spirits-Mina sets out to wake the Sea God and bring an end to the killer storms once and for all.īut she doesn’t have much time: A human cannot live long in the land of the spirits. Swept away to the Spirit Realm, a magical city of lesser gods and mythical beasts, Mina seeks out the Sea God, only to find him caught in an enchanted sleep. To save her brother, Mina throws herself into the water in Cheong’s stead. But on the night Cheong is to be sacrificed, Joon follows Cheong out to sea, even knowing that to interfere is a death sentence. Many believe that Shim Cheong, the most beautiful girl in the village-and the beloved of Mina’s older brother Joon-may be the legendary true bride. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering. ![]() Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. ![]() ![]() ![]() As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother’s death and her family’s bloody history. ![]() But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. There, to her shock, Yeine is named one of the potential heirs to the king. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky – a palace above the clouds where the lives of gods and mortals intertwine. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. The closest in feel, I suppose, is Liz Williams’ Inspector Chen series, and even then, there are at least a dozen ways in which this book differs. This fantasy debut novel is different – no, really… I’ve read one or three fantasy books in my time – urban, paranormal, high, low, dark – and this isn’t like any of them. ![]() ![]() The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.'īill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. 'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. 'It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.' - The Daily Telegraph 'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson.an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The Sunday Times ![]() #1 Bestseller in both hardback and paperback: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE Bryson at his very best, it is a must-read owner's manual for everybody. ![]() ![]() #1 Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback, this head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body is as compulsively readable as it is comprehensive. ![]() ![]() As their quest for answers becomes increasingly dire, Magnus and Alec will have to trust each other more than ever-even if it means revealing the secrets they’ve both been keeping. Demons are now dogging their every step, and it is becoming harder to tell friend from foe. Now Magnus and Alec must race across Europe to track down the Crimson Hand before the cult can cause any more damage. A cult that was apparently founded by Magnus himself. ![]() ![]() But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a demon-worshipping cult called the Crimson Hand that is bent on causing chaos around the world. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel.Īll Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation-a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel. ![]() ![]() “ swashbuckling launch to the Eldest Curses series.” - Publishers Weeklyįrom #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series full of “swoon-worthy romance abundant action” ( Publishers Weekly). From 1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. “A rip-roaring adventure merged with satisfying romance.” - Entertainment Weekly ![]() ![]() ![]() Though Sonja protests that her hospital is not an orphanage, Akhmed convinces her to keep Havaa for a trial, and over the course of five extraordinary days, Sonja’s world will shift on its axis and reveal the intricate pattern of connections that weaves together the pasts of these three unlikely companions and unexpectedly decides their fate. Chechnia (Russia) History Civil War, 1994 Fiction. Akhmed knows getting involved means risking his life, and there is no safe place to hide a child in a village where informers will do anything for a loaf of bread, but for reasons of his own, he sneaks her through the forest to the one place he thinks she might be safe: an abandoned hospital where the sole remaining doctor, Sonja Rabina, treats the wounded. A constellation of vital phenomena : a novel / Anthony Marra. “On the morning after the Feds burned down her house and took her father, Havaa woke from dreams of sea anemones.” Havaa, eight years old, hides in the woods and watches the blaze until her neighbor, Akhmed, discovers her sitting in the snow. A story of the transcendent power of love in wartime, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is a work of sweeping breadth, profound compassion, and lasting significance. ![]() Two doctors risk everything to save the life of a hunted child in this majestic debut about love, loss, and the unexpected ties that bind us together. ![]() A story of the transcendent power of love in wartime, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is a work of sweeping breadth, profound compassion, and lasting significance. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chapter 9: 4 When Is a Wolf Not a Wolf?.Mowat humanizes these animals that have long been demonized, turning the widespread narrative of the “savage wolf” on its head and inspiring many governments to enact protective legislation for the North’s most mysterious creature. Praised for its humor and engrossing narrative, Never Cry Wolf describes a group of wolves whose interactions and behaviors seem strikingly similar to our own. Instead, over the course of a summer spent observing the powerful animals, Mowat discovered an animal species with a remarkable capacity for loyalty, virtue, and playfulness. Alone among the howling canine packs, Mowat expected to find the bloodthirsty beasts of popular conception. Many people thought that the caribous’ conspicuous decline had been caused by the tundra’s most notorious predator: the wolf. In 1948, Farley Mowat landed in the far north of Manitoba, Canada, a young biologist sent to investigate the region’s dwindling population of caribou. ![]() This international bestseller that changed the way we look at wolves “opens new horizons in understanding animal nature and intelligence” (Newsday). ![]() ![]() ![]() The target has to understand the message in both written and spoken form keeping various aspects in mind. ![]() Problem-solving and conflict management become easierĪlso referred to as the “ one-way communication”, in this mode, the information conveyed by the sender is interpreted by the receiver in its original form.Decision-making becomes more effective and less time-consuming.Builds cordial relations and soft skills.Helps in devising plans and strategies for reaching a goal.Maintains the flow of conveying information.Thus, there are five modes of communication:īefore we delve deep into the topic, let us first understand the importance of different modes of communication. Communication is the process of sharing information between individuals using a set of common rules, behaviour, symbols, and signs. ![]() |