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Shiv Khera is an Indian author, activist and motivational speaker, best known for his book, You Can Win. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He launched a movement against caste -based reservation in India, founded an organization called Country First Foundation.
The Go-Between is a novel by L. P. Hartley published in 1953. His best-known work, it has been adapted several times for stage and screen. The book gives a critical view of society at the end of the Victorian era through the eyes of a naïve schoolboy outsider.
Collected Poems 1988: An Arundel Tomb: 1956-02-20: The Whitsun Weddings: And now the leaves suddenly lose strength... 1961-11-03: Collected Poems 1988: And the wave sings because it is moving... 1946-09-14: Collected Poems 1988: Annus Mirabilis: 1967-06-16: High Windows: Ape Experiment Room: 1965-02-24: Collected Poems 1988: Arrival: 1950 (best ...
[1] Joshua Weiner writes: "While the move south seemed to some a deliberate withdrawal from a previous political commitment to fight the British presence in Ireland, Field Work indicates rather a growing commitment to stay engaged, but to do so by maintaining the long view, which asks questions more than it assumes positions." [2]
We Real Cool" is a poem written in 1959 by poet Gwendolyn Brooks and published in her 1960 book The Bean Eaters, her third collection of poetry. The poem has been featured on broadsides, re-printed in literature textbooks and is widely studied in literature classes. It is cited as "one of the most celebrated examples of jazz poetry". [1] [2] [3]
Children's literature portal; Falling Up is a 1996 poetry collection primarily for children written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein [1] and published by HarperCollins.It is the third poetry collection published by Silverstein, following Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) and A Light in the Attic (1981), and the final one to be published during his lifetime, as he died just three years after ...
Poems like "Mother" and "Lesson" stemmed from hs specific relationships with his mother and father. [2] Some of the book's poems, such as "Notes on Staying", were performed live for slam poetry, the poetry scene where Nguyen first got involved as an upcoming poet in the Twin Cities, specifically on the Button Poetry stage. Several of the poems ...
Older readers may understand the desire to look for arrowheads while out walking: to "hold one in my hand / I want to touch the tip of history."" [2] Rachel E. Schwedt and Janice DeLong in their book Young Adult Poetry said that "the simple language makes the poems accessible, while the astute reflections encourage an awareness of the ...