Many Rivers, One Sea

Many Rivers, One Sea
Author: Joseph Allchin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2019-06-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1787382702

A perennial frontier for Islamic orthodoxy, Bangladesh is witnessing an alarming rise in Islamist-inspired assassinations and terrorist attacks. In July 2016, the world's attention fell upon a café in a leafy Dhaka neighborhood as the barbarity of a distant 'Caliphate' was visited on this corner of South Asia. Twenty-nine died in the assault on the Holey Bakery, affixing an unbidden nightmare to the image of a supposedly tolerant Muslim nation. Joseph Allchin probes Bangladesh's recent and distant past as he investigates how it has become the latest front in world extremism. Delving into the local and global differences between political actors, he exposes the determining influence still exercised on most allegiances by the long aftermath of the country's independence struggle, and scrutinizes the careers of two long-term rivals: current prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Khaleda Zia, who held the office in 1991-6 and 2001-6. This unerring investigation examines the relationship between radical Islam and the Bangladeshi political class, exposing the forces driving the conditions for extremism that bedevil the country's present and future.

Many Rivers, One Sea

Many Rivers, One Sea
Author: Joseph Allchin
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2018-09
Genre: Bangladesh
ISBN: 1849048746

Blending reportage and analysis, Allchin investigates the Bangladeshi body politic to discern how Islamist radicals hope to reshape their country.

All Rivers Flow to the Sea

All Rivers Flow to the Sea
Author: Alison McGhee
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2013-06-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0763664081

"McGhee writes confidently as one who remembers the ordinariness of adolescence as well as its angst . . . and compellingly creates a protagonist blindsided by loss." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) For seventeen-year-old Rose, it keeps happening — the car crash. The car crash that put her sister, Ivy, in a coma with only a respirator keeping her alive. While Rose tries to find support from her reticent mother, distraction from the series of boys she meets at the town’s gorge at night, and empathy from her neighbor William T., what she really needs must come from within herself — a release of what’s been welling up inside. Heartrending, honest, and ultimately hopeful, this is the tale of a teenager overwhelmed by trauma and loss, yet steadied by loyal friendship and the solace of first love.

Every Day The River Changes

Every Day The River Changes
Author: Jordan Salama
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2022-11-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1646221613

An exhilarating travelogue for a new generation about a journey along Colombia’s Magdalena River, exploring life by the banks of a majestic river now at risk, and how a country recovers from conflict. "Richly observed." —Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times Book Review An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, Jordan Salama tells the story of the Río Magdalena, nearly one thousand miles long, the heart of Colombia. This is Gabriel García Márquez’s territory—rumor has it Macondo was partly inspired by the port town of Mompox—as much as that of the Middle Eastern immigrants who run fabric stores by its banks. Following the river from its source high in the Andes to its mouth on the Caribbean coast, journeying by boat, bus, and improvised motobalinera, Salama writes against stereotype and toward the rich lives of those he meets. Among them are a canoe builder, biologists who study invasive hippopotamuses, a Queens transplant managing a failing hotel, a jeweler practicing the art of silver filigree, and a traveling librarian whose donkeys, Alfa and Beto, haul books to rural children. Joy, mourning, and humor come together in this astonishing debut, about a country too often seen as only a site of war, and a tale of lively adventure following a legendary river.

Paddle-to-the-Sea

Paddle-to-the-Sea
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1941
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780395150825

A small canoe carved by an Indian boy makes a journey from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers

Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers
Author: Dee Dee Chainey
Publisher: Batsford Books
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2021-03-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1849947058

Enthralling tales of the sea, rivers and lakes from around the globe. Folklore of the seas and rivers has a resonance in cultures all over the world. Watery hopes, fears and dreams are shared by all peoples where rivers flow and waves crash. This fascinating book covers English sailor superstitions and shape-shifting pink dolphins of the Amazon, Scylla and Charybdis, the many guises of Mami Wata, the tale of the Yoruba River spirit, the water horses of the Scottish lochs, the infamous mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, and much more. Accompanied by stunning woodcut illustrations, popular authors Dee Dee Chainey and Willow Winsham explore the deep history and enduring significance of water folklore the world over, from mermaids, selkies and sirens to ghostly ships and the fountains of youth. With this book, Folklore Thursday aims to encourage a sense of belonging across all cultures by showing how much we all have in common.

The Water Is Wide

The Water Is Wide
Author: Pat Conroy
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2002-03-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0553381571

A “miraculous” (Newsweek) human drama, based on a true story, from the renowned author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw Island, America is a world away. For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe. Waste from industry threatens their very existence unless, somehow, they can learn a new way. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher—until one man gives a year of his life to the island and its people. Praise for The Water Is Wide “Miraculous . . . an experience of joy.”—Newsweek “A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail . . . and you will learn to love the man.”—Charleston News and Courier “A hell of a good story.”—The New York Times “Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully.”—Lexington Herald-Leader “[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.”—Baltimore Sun

All Rivers Run to the Sea

All Rivers Run to the Sea
Author: Elie Wiesel
Publisher: Schocken
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1996-10-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0805210288

In this first volume of his two-volume autobiography, Wiesel takes us from his childhood memories of a traditional and loving Jewish family in the Romanian village of Sighet through the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the years of spiritual struggle, to his emergence as a witness for the Holocaust's martyrs and survivors and for the State of Israel, and as a spokesman for humanity. With 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. "From the abyss of the death camps Wiesel has come as a messenger to mankind—not with a message of hate and revenge, but with one of brotherhood and atonement." —From the citation for the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize

What Is a River?

What Is a River?
Author: Monika Vaicenavičiene
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2020-02-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781592702794

A river is a thread, embroidering our world. This non-fiction picture book brings attention to the rivers that stitch and thread our world together.