Emergency Chronicles
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Emergency Chronicles
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Author : Gyan Prakash
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-07-06
Emergency Chronicles written by Gyan Prakash and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with History categories.
The gripping story of an explosive turning point in the history of modern India On the night of June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India, suspending constitutional rights and rounding up her political opponents in midnight raids across the country. In the twenty-one harrowing months that followed, her regime unleashed a brutal campaign of coercion and intimidation, arresting and torturing people by the tens of thousands, razing slums, and imposing compulsory sterilization on the poor. Emergency Chronicles provides the first comprehensive account of this understudied episode in India’s modern history. Gyan Prakash strips away the comfortable myth that the Emergency was an isolated event brought on solely by Gandhi’s desire to cling to power, arguing that it was as much the product of Indian democracy’s troubled relationship with popular politics. Drawing on archival records, private papers and letters, published sources, film and literary materials, and interviews with victims and perpetrators, Prakash traces the Emergency’s origins to the moment of India’s independence in 1947, revealing how the unfulfilled promise of democratic transformation upset the fine balance between state power and civil rights. He vividly depicts the unfolding of a political crisis that culminated in widespread popular unrest, which Gandhi sought to crush by paradoxically using the law to suspend lawful rights. Her failure to preserve the existing political order had lasting and unforeseen repercussions, opening the door for caste politics and Hindu nationalism. Placing the Emergency within the broader global history of democracy, this gripping book offers invaluable lessons for us today as the world once again confronts the dangers of rising authoritarianism and populist nationalism.
The Beauty In Breaking
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Author : Michele Harper
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-06-29
The Beauty In Breaking written by Michele Harper and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book “Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring.” —The New York Times Book Review “An incredibly moving memoir about what it means to be a doctor.” —Ellen Pompeo As seen/heard on Fresh Air, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, Weekend Edition, and more An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself. Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in a complicated family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. They stayed together through medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the staff of a hospital in central Philadelphia, when he told her he couldn’t move with her. Her marriage at an end, Harper began her new life in a new city, in a new job, as a newly single woman. In the ensuing years, as Harper learned to become an effective ER physician, bringing insight and empathy to every patient encounter, she came to understand that each of us is broken—physically, emotionally, psychically. How we recognize those breaks, how we try to mend them, and where we go from there are all crucial parts of the healing process. The Beauty in Breaking is the poignant true story of Harper’s journey toward self-healing. Each of the patients Harper writes about taught her something important about recuperation and recovery. How to let go of fear even when the future is murky: How to tell the truth when it’s simpler to overlook it. How to understand that compassion isn’t the same as justice. As she shines a light on the systemic disenfranchisement of the patients she treats as they struggle to maintain their health and dignity, Harper comes to understand the importance of allowing ourselves to make peace with the past as we draw support from the present. In this hopeful, moving, and beautiful book, she passes along the precious, necessary lessons that she has learned as a daughter, a woman, and a physician.
Skid Road
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Author : Josephine Ensign
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2021-08-03
Skid Road written by Josephine Ensign and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Medical categories.
Brother's Keeper -- Skid Road -- The Sisters -- Ark of Refuge -- Shacktown -- Threshold -- State of Emergency -- Epilogue.
Indira Gandhi The Emergency And Indian Democracy
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Author : P. N. Dhar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Indira Gandhi The Emergency And Indian Democracy written by P. N. Dhar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As head of the prime minister's secretariat under Indira Gandhi, P. N. Dhar witnessed and participated in some of the major decisions made by Mrs. Gandhi, most notably the controversial 'Emergency', the merger of Sikkim with India, the Bangladesh war of 1971, and the Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan. Exceptionally well written, this book combines an insider's account of these years and a compelling analysis of the changing contours of India democracy.
Five Days At Memorial
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Author : Sheri Fink
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-10-15
Five Days At Memorial written by Sheri Fink and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-15 with History categories.
In the tradition of the best writing on human behaviour and moral choices in the face of disaster, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs five days at New Orleans' Memorial Medical Center during Hurricane Katrina and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amidst chaos. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths. Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting, unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, bringing the reader into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing. In a voice at once involving and fair, masterful and intimate, Fink exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals just how ill-prepared we are for the impact of large-scale disasters - and how we can do better. A remarkable book, engrossing from start to finish, Five Days at Memorial radically transforms our understanding of human nature in crisis.
Any Given Doomsday
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Author : Lori Handeland
language : en
Publisher: Lori Handeland
Release Date : 2014-11-18
Any Given Doomsday written by Lori Handeland and has been published by Lori Handeland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-18 with Fiction categories.
Preventing the Apocalypse, one demon at a time . . . Elizabeth Phoenix, Liz to my friends, just an ex-cop whose psychic abilities got her partner killed. Next thing I know, I’m fighting a supernatural battle against the Nephilim, monsters of Biblical proportion, intent on bringing about doomsday. If only I didn’t have to work with the one, the only man I’ve ever loved, half-vampire Jimmy Sanducci. That relationship did not end well and I haven’t forgotten, or forgiven, him yet. With new powers I’m unable to control, I’m forced to beg help from Sawyer, a powerful Navajo shapeshifter, a man who is sex in every form. As we spiral toward Armageddon, I’m caught between two worlds and two men. Will I succeed in saving us all, or will the world as we know it end?
Covid Chronicles
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Author : Kendra Boileau
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2021-02-08
Covid Chronicles written by Kendra Boileau and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-08 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we weren’t sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing. We watched in horror as medical personnel worked around the clock to care for the sick and dying. Businesses were shuttered, travel stopped, workers were furloughed, and markets dropped. And people continued to die. Amid all this uncertainty, writers and artists from around the world continued to create comics, commenting directly on how individuals, societies, governments, and markets reacted to the worldwide crisis. COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology collects more than sixty such short comics from a diverse set of creators, including indie powerhouses, mainstream artists, Ignatz and Eisner Award winners, and media cartoonists. In narrative styles ranging from realistic to fantastic, they tell stories about adjusting to working from home, homeschooling their kids, missing birthdays and weddings, and being afraid just to leave the house. They probe the failures of government leaders and the social safety net. They dig into the racial bias and systemic inequities that this pandemic helped bring to light. We see what it’s like to get the virus and live to tell about it, or to stand by helplessly as a loved one passes. At times heartbreaking and at others hopeful and humorous, these comics express the anger, anxiety, fear, and bewilderment we feel in the era of COVID-19. Above all, they highlight the power of art and community to help us make sense of a world in crisis, reminding us that we are truly all in this together. The comics in this collection have been generously donated by their creators. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this volume are being donated by the publisher to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) in support of comics shops, bookstores, and their employees who have been adversely affected by the pandemic.
The Emergency
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Author : Coomi Kapoor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-06-15
The Emergency written by Coomi Kapoor and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-15 with Literary Collections categories.
A searing indictment of the suspension of democracy In June 1975, a state of Emergency was declared, where civil liberties were suspended and the press muzzled. In the dark days that followed, Coomi Kapoor, then a young journalist, personally experienced the full fury of the establishment. Meanwhile, Indira Gandhi, her son Sanjay and his coterie unleashed a reign of terror that saw forced sterilizations, brutal evictions in the thousands, and wanton imprisonment of many, including Opposition leaders. This gripping eyewitness account vividly recreates the drama, the horror, as well as the heroism of a few during those nineteen months when democracy was derailed.
The Agency
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Author : Monica McGurk
language : en
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Release Date : 2022-01-04
The Agency written by Monica McGurk and has been published by Greenleaf Book Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-04 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
The Norwood Nanny Chronicles begin . . . When American orphan, Bree, arrives at Norwood College—the elite English training ground of nannies to the world’s rich and powerful—she knows that making it through the first year to land a spot in the coveted certificate program is the key to her future. She also knows she can’t go it alone, bonding quickly with her groupmates: an errant (and broke) nobleman, son of one of England’s oldest families; the ambitious and whip-smart daughter of a self-made immigrant; and the ditzy, husband-hunting daughter of a disgraced playboy aristocrat. What none of them realize is that there is more to Norwood than meets the eye: the school itself may unlock the secrets of Bree’s own shadowy past, and the classmates’ very lives will depend on their ability to work together to meet the dangers ahead.
The Red Phone Chronicles
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Author : Sabrina Hayes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-07-04
The Red Phone Chronicles written by Sabrina Hayes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-04 with categories.
The Red Phone Chronicles: Pick Up the Phone Lord, It's an Emergency is just that: a book of emergency phone calls to God. For those who are willing to keep it honest and real, anxiety, fear, anger, frustration, and everything in between can happen to all of us, from those with no faith to those of us with the strongest. BUT INSERT GOD.If you didn't think it was possible to hold an entire conversation with the Lord, in everyday talk, holding no bars, and have Him respond, Chris and Sabrina Hayes challenge you to read this book. The 26 "chapters" or "emergency 911 manuscripts" are actually illustrated excerpts from Sabrina's journal over 2017, which they describe as their roller coaster year of the ages. Every emotion possible threads through these pages. Angry? God had a Word for it. Broken? God had a Word for it. Discouraged? God had a Word for it. Flat out disobedient, sarcastic, and rebellious? Yep. He had a Word for it.Find your own voice in the pages of this book and listen to God's voice respond to you just as clear as if He was standing next to you. No matter what you have to say or how much you have to vent, He's got a Word for all of it. Pick up your Red Phone and call. He will answer.