Author: Ian Grierson Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 9780853237556 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
The Eye Book is an essential read for anyone who wears glasses, for parents of children with eye problems, for students considering training in orthoptics or optometry, and for health-care professionals looking for an overview of eye health. It is written in a lively readable style and a glossary is provided for technical and medical terms. The structure and function of the eye and the mechanisms of vision are explained in the initial chapters, with explanatory illustrations. Eye problems, eye diseases and their treatment are examined, and the function of different eye-care professionals is explained. Modern medical techniques are also described, including laser treatment, transplantation of cells, and rejuvenation therapy which may give the possibility of restoring diminished sight. The book is illustrated throughout with helpful figures and explanatory illustrations, including 17 color plates.
Author: Shruti Das Publisher: Partridge Publishing ISBN: 1482848554 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 74
Book Description
The poetry of Shruti Das, from Odisha, India has reached me in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and impressed me, because they are also beautiful music to our ears and wonderful paintings to our eyes, all at once that swing us into a timeless melody. She makes silence speak through her poems, which she has written for you, me and everyone. They are about mothers and daughters pressed between expression and silence, spoken by quiet eyes. Some of the poems are about inequality, and social injustice, but presented in new and creative forms. The Lady of Myths tells us about the story of mankind, and the poem about mountains tells how man has been destroying our environment and molesting Mother Earth. Each poem makes us pause and think, as all poetry should be. Daya Dissanayake, Educationist,Writer, Activist, Sri Lanka I really enjoyed reading your poetry. It is gentle and profound Rosemarie Rowley. Poet, Ireland. Each poem is a nugget you can be proud of. They voice humanitarian concerns and are couched in passionate and precise expression. The language is chiselled to suit the feelings precisely. There are also echoes of Shakespeare and Eliot. I like the description of evening as Cleopatra stretching out on her barge in all her allure. The Song Unsung is another moving piece. I didnt realise so much poetic talent is bottled up in Shruti. Thomas Gray was right: Full many a gem of purest ray serene lies hidden - Prof. E. Nageswara Rao, Hyderabad, India
Author: A. Booth Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137482842 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
A guidebook to the allusions of T.S. Eliot's notorious poem, The Waste Land , Reading The Waste Land from the Bottom Up utilizes the footnotes as a starting point, opening up the poem in unexpected ways. Organized according to Eliot's line numbers and designed for both scholars and students, chapters are free-standing and can be read in any order.
Author: Robin S. Ngangom Publisher: Penguin Books India ISBN: 0143102206 Category : Indic poetry Languages : en Pages : 344
Book Description
The poets of North-East India, though belonging to diverse spaces, cultures, languages and religions, share a common bond. It is a sensibility defined by a deep connection with the land; the overarching presence of nature in their lives; the predominance of myths and tribal folklore; and the search for an identity. All this informs their poetry and gives it a unique flavour. Much of the distinctiveness of their work is also the consequence of contemporary events, often marked by violence. Like its title poem The Dancing Earth , the anthology too, is a celebration of this life, in all its unpredictable variety, richness and contradictions. So while Thangjam Ibopishak writes I Want to be Killed By an Indian Bullet and Chandrakanta Murasingh speaks of a minister with neither inside nor outside , there are also Temsula Ao s poems about her stone-people ancestors; Mamang Dai s portraits of swift rivers and primeval forests; and the Shillong poets with their mist-shrouded pine slopes, red cherries and gridlocked streets.
Author: W. H. Hudson Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 212
Book Description
Green Mansions is an exotic romance about a traveler to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest dwelling girl. Abel, a young man of wealth, fails at a revolution in Venezuela, near the end of the 19th century, and flees Caracas into the uncharted forests of Guayana. Surviving fever, failing at journal-keeping and gold hunting, he settles in an Indian village to waste away his life. After some exploring, Abel discovers an enchanting forest where he hears a strange bird-like singing. His Indian friends avoid the forest because of its evil spirit-protector, "the Daughter of the Didi." Persisting in the search, Abel finally finds Rima the Bird Girl. She has dark hair, a smock of spider webs, and can communicate with birds in an unknown tongue. When she shields a coral snake, Abel is bitten and falls unconscious.
Author: William Henry Hudson Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3387006578 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 322
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: William Henry Hudson Publisher: Tacet Books ISBN: 3968588037 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 470
Book Description
Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of William Henry Hudson wich are Green Mansions and A Crystal Age. William Henry Hudson was a British author, naturalist, and ornithologist, best known for his exotic romances. Novels selected for this book: - Green Mansions - A Crystal AgeThis is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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Author: William Henry Hudson
Author: William Henry Hudson