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Humanity's Strings

Author : Ritwick Bhattacharjee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9389812399
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Humanity's Strings written by Ritwick Bhattacharjee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity's Strings: Being, Pessimism, and Fantasy interrogates the nature of reality against fantasy as the two are presented to and created by the human consciousness-a consciousness that is in constant struggle with the omnipresence of misery and the inevitability of death. The book shows that being, pessimism, and fantasy as the strings which are made up of forces unseen, unknown, and ungoverned that control the human being like a puppet. Through a study of the metaphysical and existential philosophies of thinkers, such as Franz Brentano, Edmund Husserl, Søren Kierkegaard, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Jacques Derrida, the book interrogates not only how the self interacts with fantasy but why it does as well. It also asks why fantasy forces the self towards a unity that impacts existence in the modern world with its questions of justice, politics, and materiality. Furthermore, it situates the fantasy novels of authors, such as Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Douglas Adams, and Robert Jordan, as discourses which delineate the considerations above as ideas which modulate the existence of the human. Additionally, the book shows how it is not just the human that is affected by the machinations of the cosmos but also time and space-ostensibly a priori entities of existence-as these two interact with the human and its consciousness.

Ecology, Ethics, and the Future of Humanity

Author : Adam Riggio
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137536233
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Ecology, Ethics, and the Future of Humanity written by Adam Riggio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book that combines moral and political philosophy with traditions of activism and literature in a background of scientific knowledge and interpretation to build a comprehensive picture of an ecological humanity.

Humanity in a Creative Universe

Author : Stuart A. Kauffman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199390452
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Humanity in a Creative Universe written by Stuart A. Kauffman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of Stuart Kauffman's work in the philosophy of evolutionary biology has centered on the question of what he calls "prestatability" in evolution: that is, whether or not science can precisely predict the future development of biological features in organisms, using a singular "FinalTheory" of evolution. In this book, Kauffman argues that the development of life on earth is not prestatable, because no theory could ever fully account for the limitless variability of evolution. He believes that the biological universe's primary trait is that it is creative, and that acknowledgingthis creativity will lead to a radically different way in which humans view themselves and all other living beings. It is an argument against Reductive Materialism.Kauffman also asserts that man's Modern preoccupation to explain all things with scientific law has deadened our creative natures. In his words, he aims for the book to be "one that revises our scientific world view of the universe as entirely entailed by law." Instead, he advocates an approach toscience that accounts for "unprestatable" creativity, thus allowing humans to fully realize their creative selves. The book will build off the ideas developed in his last two works, Reinventing the Sacred and Investigations. Incorporating philosophers like Kant and Descartes, as well as the scienceof Newton and Darwin, Humanity in a Creative Universe is Stuart Kauffman's argument for a creative and unpredictable view of modern science.

Murder on the Pineapple Express

Author : Tom Sadira
Publisher : HIFI Press
ISBN 13 : 1948588161
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Murder on the Pineapple Express written by Tom Sadira and published by HIFI Press. This book was released on 2024-04-20 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Star Trek meets Cheech & Chong!" – #1 INTERGALACTIC BESTSELLING author Tom Sadira invites you on another trip to the farthest corners of the cosmos in this hilarious sci-fi adventure saga. Not even the Starseed can be in two places at once. Captain Charlie Hong and the crew of the Starseed are faced with an impossible choice: save a planet from its dying star or fulfill their promise of hosting a peace summit for a desperate system locked in a cyclical three-way war. Rather than choose who lives and dies, Charlie uses his bond with the Starseed to spawn a smaller, pineapple-shaped starship—the Pineapple Express—and sets out to host the precarious peace process. His vision clouded by guilt, heartache, and bong hits, Charlie doesn’t notice the dark forces stowing away in the shadows, ready to sow insanity, discord, and murder. Now Charlie must race against time to solve the murders and take back control of the Pineapple Express before it’s too late—all while confronting the darker aspects of his own stoned mind. INTERPLANETARY PRAISE FOR FAR OUT CHRONICLES: “★★★★★ Consuming one page per day was not only a healthy meal replacement, but it helped put the zing back in my mating rituals! “ — Duboo Fluboo, ranked #3 Used Transporter Salesman in the Warbler Zone “★★★★★ Since being published in our sector, the FAR OUT CHRONICLES series has become our planet’s currency, our only imported or exported resource, the founding document of our government, the origin of all our religions, and our species’ primary source of nutrients. Oh yeah, makes for pretty good toilet paper, too.” — Crytix Garbok, Supreme Leader of Annekc M’ecneret “★★★★★ It’s Agatha Christie meets Chewbacca meets that one time you ate the whole edible instead of just one piece because you didn’t read the label so you freaked out and your brain melted and suddenly you had all the answers to life in the palm of your hand but then you freaked out again thinking you were late for work but then you remembered it was your day off so you sat around playing video games and napping and by dinner time you felt pretty damn realigned with the universe. It’s like that, but it’s a book.” - ChatGPT’s AI-generated Review of Murder on the Pineapple Express Readers have compared Tom Sadira’s Far Out Chronicles series to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett ‘s Ringworld series, Grant Naylor's Red Dwarf series, Barry J. Hutchison's Space Team series, as well as books by Ernest Cline, David Wong, Tom Robbins, Christopher Moore, and Rob Dircks.

The Watchmen’S Chronicle

Author : Michael Tsaphah
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532017707
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Watchmen’S Chronicle written by Michael Tsaphah and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-03-08 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Mitchell Moore was once a Marine sniper and CIA assassin. The United States is now known as the Republican Occupied Majority European States of America, and an emperor named Natal Apollyon Vicar rules it. Respected for his service to his country, Raymond is given the job of Natals press secretary, never expecting he would soon be tried for treason. Raymond is caught and imprisoned for leaking a blog called The Watchmen Chronicle. His enemies are high up in the government: Secret Service agents and even his nemesis, the Reverend Maximus Coven. Coven was once part of a secret prophetic society, called the Watchmen Intercessory Counsel, which forewarned about Natals meteoric rise to power. Now one hundred years old, Raymond awaits trial for treason, but while rotting in prison, he writes an important journal about how Natals family came to power and how he met them. As it turns out, Raymond is much more than a press secretary; he was once given the task of raising a boy who would become the antichrist. Raymond has protected Natal all his life, so is he guilty or innocent of doing something awfuland in whose eyes?

HUMANITY’S MAGNUM OPUS

Author : Amar Kapoor M.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book HUMANITY’S MAGNUM OPUS written by Amar Kapoor M.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity’s Magnum Opus is a call to action, a collective endeavor to realize the full potential of our shared humanity. It celebrates the beauty and brilliance of the human mind, creativity, and monumental achievements. The magnum opus of the mind explores the interconnectedness of everything, connecting the human molecule to the quantum of the cosmos, creating a playground of existence. A happy medium exists between the mindfulness and thoughtfulness of the spiritual world and the universe of science and technology. This merger will create a super civilization, incorporating the phenomenal human spirit. With the human enterprise, we can all imbibe the wisdom of our masters, scientists, and saints to seek the profundity of who we are. Indeed, we are whirling atoms, exploring the mind and soul of humanity.

The Future of Humanity

Author : Michio Kaku
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0525434542
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Humanity written by Michio Kaku and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies. We are entering a new Golden Age of space exploration. With irrepressible enthusiasm and a deep understanding of the cutting-edge research in space travel, World-renowned physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku presents a compelling vision of how humanity may develop a sustainable civilization in outer space. He reveals the developments in robotics, nanotechnology, and biotechnology that may allow us to terraform and build habitable cities on Mars and beyond. He then journeys out of our solar system and discusses how new technologies such as nanoships, laser sails, and fusion rockets may actually make interstellar travel a possibility. We travel beyond our galaxy, and even beyond our universe, as Kaku investigates some of the hottest topics in science today, including warp drive, wormholes, hyperspace, parallel universes, and the multiverse. Ultimately, he shows us how humans may someday achieve a form of immortality and be able to leave our bodies entirely, laser porting to new havens in space.

The Echurch of Zerotropy

Author : Keith Ferreira
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595482538
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book The Echurch of Zerotropy written by Keith Ferreira and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eChurch of Zerotropy is a non-Christian eChurch that does not believe in sacred texts of any kind. The eChurch of Zerotropy believes in science, technology, and philosophy. Zerotropy is short for zero entropy.

Conserving Humanity at the Dawn of Posthuman Technology

Author : Joseph R. Carvalko Jr.
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030264076
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Conserving Humanity at the Dawn of Posthuman Technology written by Joseph R. Carvalko Jr. and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the latest scientific and technological developments likely to shape our post-human future. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the author argues that we stand at the precipice of an evolutionary change caused by genetic engineering and anatomically embedded digital and informational technologies. The author delves into current scientific initiatives that will lead to the emergence of super smart individuals with unique creative capacities. He draws on technology, psychology and philosophy to consider humans-as-they-are relative to autonomy, creativity, and their place in a future shared with ‘post humans.’ The author discusses the current state of bioethics and technology law, both which policymakers, beset by a torrent of revolutionary advances in bioengineering, are attempting to steer. Significantly, Carvalko addresses why we must both preserve the narratives that brought us to this moment and continue to express our humanity through, music, art, and literature, to ensure that, as a uniquely creative species, we don’t simply vanish in the ether of an evolution brought about by our own technology.

Signs of Humanity / L’homme et ses signes

Author : Gérard Deledalle
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110854570
Total Pages : 1794 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Signs of Humanity / L’homme et ses signes written by Gérard Deledalle and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 1794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Signs of Humanity / L'homme et ses signes".

Modernist Transitions

Author : Subhadeep Ray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9356404364
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Modernist Transitions written by Subhadeep Ray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a critical reader, focusing on the continuities and discontinuities, confirmations and confrontations, crossovers and collisions, appropriations, adaptations and assimilations in the cultural transitions between British and Bangla vernacular modernist fiction within the context of the imperial modernity of the first half of the 20th century. The volume, consisting of critical essays aspires to illuminate, from multiple but intersecting perspectives, those thematic and structural areas where these two kinds of literary modernism, each aesthetically diverse, historically segmented by onslaughts of wars and other outbreaks of suffering and violence, and ideologically convoluted, but conditioned in many ways by common socio-historical catastrophes and promises, interact with each other to constitute an 'aesthetics of motion and dissonance'. Essays cut across literary criticism to employ interdisciplinary approaches, as they blur the boundaries between histories, biographies and fictional narratives, between individual ethics in and outside the fictional world, between imagined and living communities, between real and generic politics, between the home and the world, and between the corporeal and the cultural. These essays interrogate the mastery in literary techniques, narrative motives and dualities, 'major' and 'minor' genres, (de)formations of canons in respect of the 'worldliness' formed by the textual incorporation of the intricate imperial relationships between the United Kingdom and Bangla.

Horror Fiction in the Global South

Author : Ritwick Bhattacharjee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9390077362
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Horror Fiction in the Global South written by Ritwick Bhattacharjee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horror Fiction in the Global South: Cultures, Narratives, and Representations believes that the experiences of horror are not just individual but also/simultaneously cultural. Within this understanding, literary productions become rather potent sites for the relation of such experiences both on the individual and the cultural front. It's not coincidental, then, that either William Blatty's The Exorcist or Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude become archetypes of the re-presentations of the way horror affects individuals placed inside different cultures. Such an affectation, though, is but a beginning of the ways in which the supernatural interacts with the human and gives rise to horror. Considering that almost all aspects of what we now designate as the Global North, and its concomitant, the Global South – political, historical, social, economic, cultural, and so on – function as different paradigms, the experiences of horror and their telling in stories become functionally different as well. Added to this are the variations that one nation or culture of the east has from another. The present anthology of essays, in such a scheme of things, seeks to examine and demonstrate these cultural differences embedded in the impact that figures of horror and specters of the night have on the narrative imagination of storytellers from the Global South. If horror has an everyday presence in the phenomenal reality that Southern cultures subscribe to, it demands alternative phenomenology. The anthology allows scholars and connoisseurs of Horror to explore theoretical possibilities that may help address precisely such a need.

Science Fiction in India

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9354353436
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction in India written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated, 2023 Teaching Literature Book Award Indian Science Fiction has evolved over the years and can be seen making a mark for itself on the global scene. Dalit speculative fiction writer and editor Mimi Mondal is the first SF writer from India to have been nominated for the prestigious Hugo award. In fact, Indian SF addresses themes such as global climate change. Debates around G.C.C are not just limited to science fiction but also permeate in critical discussions on SF. This volume seeks to examine the different ways by which Indian SF narratives construct possible national futures. For this looking forward necessarily germinates from the current positional concerns of the nation. While some work has been done on Indian SF, there is still a perceptible lack of an academic rigor invested into the genre; primarily, perhaps, because of not only its relative unpopularity in India, but also its employment of futuristic sights. Towards the same, among other things, it proposes to study the growth and evolution of science fiction in India as a literary genre which accommodates the duality of the national consciousness as it simultaneously gazes ahead towards the future and glances back at the past. In other words, the book will explore how the tensions generated by the seemingly conflicting forces of tradition and modernity within the Indian historical landscape are realized through characteristic tropes of SF storytelling. It also intends to look at the interplay between the spatio-temporal coordinates of the nation and the SF narratives produced within to see, firstly, how one bears upon the other and, secondly, how processes of governance find relational structures with such narratives. Through these, the volume wishes to interrogate how postcolonial futures promise to articulate a more representative and nuanced picture of a contemporary reality that is rooted in a distinct cultural and colonial past.

No Justice

Author : Nolon King
Publisher : Sterling & Stone LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Justice written by Nolon King and published by Sterling & Stone LLC. This book was released on 2017-09-24 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling authors of Hidden Justice, 12 and Miserable Lies comes the unforgettable thriller series that blends mystery and suspense into pulse-pounding, revenge-seeking, serial-killing action. Where her law ends, his justice is only beginning … Two years ago, detective Mallory Black’s world was shredded when her daughter was murdered by a serial killer with an unspeakable fetish and the truly twisted desire to carry it out. Now the man who killed Ashley is back, and another child will die unless Mallory can save her in time. Jasper Parish is a vigilante who punishes killers that have escaped traditional justice. Relying on the psychic visions of his daughter, he wages war from the shadows, doing what the police can’t — or won’t — do. Two years ago, he failed to save Mallory’s daughter. Now is his chance for redemption. Hero, killer, and vigilante are on a collision course in a world where there is no justice … unless you’re willing to risk everything in the pursuit of your own. ★★★★★ “This is a superb thriller with a slight paranormal aspect. As usual, great characters. I finished it in two afternoons…very hard to put down.” — J. Bell ★★★★★ “OMG!!! I couldn’t put it down! I felt a connection with the characters but torn between what I actually felt and what I should morally feel. I’m looking forward to the next books in the series. I like that this book does not have a cliff hanger and the rest in the series will be standalone as well.” — JRivera ★★★★★ “This one kept me up all night! I seriously could not put it down. Some parts were hard to read and def stayed with me after I finished.” — Dawna Parks ★★★★★ “I finished it in two afternoons. It’s hard to give a thorough review since I don’t want to give anything away, but I would definitely recommend this book if you like a story that will keep you on the edge of your seat.” — Tammy1963 ★★★★★ “All the characters are well developed. The twist at the end came totally unexpected. Can’t wait for the second book in a series.” — Dmitrij P No Justice is the first book in this pulse-pounding new series for fans of Dexter, Silence of the Lambs, and Seven.

Famous Robots and Cyborgs

Author : Dan Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628739274
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Famous Robots and Cyborgs written by Dan Roberts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famous Robots and Cyborgs is a high-octane voyage through the history of our metallic friends and foes. Dan Roberts narrates the history, strengths, weaknesses, quirks, and foibles of a plethora of fictional robots, cyborgs, and mechanical races—taking in the pronouncements of sci-fi visionaries and eminent robotics scientists along the way. Roberts guides us through the evolution of the deadly Cylons of Battlestar Gallactica in its various forms to movie classics like the mysterious Gort of The Day the Earth Stood Still, the iconic C-3PO, and of course the Terminator. We encounter crazed cybernetic killers, megalomaniac computers, living spaceships, beautiful androids, human brains in metal bodies, and ultracompetitive robot gladiators. Along the way, find answers to such questions as: Are robots capable of love? Which were the least convincing and most laughable movie robots of all time? Can robots harm humans to save themselves? And can you really destroy a deadly cyborg assassin with the force of an exploding oil tanker? Famous Robots and Cyborgs is a joyful, eclectic, informative, celebratory journey through the hi-tech world of the mechanical man (and woman). Packed full of trivia, robo-facts, controversy, history, and information on robot toys, games, films, TV, and books, it will delight the dedicated robot aficionado and the interested newcomer alike.

No Justice: The Complete Series (A Dark Vigilante Thriller Series)

Author : Nolon King
Publisher : Sterling & Stone LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2979 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Justice: The Complete Series (A Dark Vigilante Thriller Series) written by Nolon King and published by Sterling & Stone LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 2979 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling authors of Yesterday’s Gone and Pretty Killer comes the unforgettable thriller series that blends mystery and suspense into pulse-pounding revenge-seeking, serial-killing action. Where her law ends, his justice is only beginning … Detective Mallory Black’s world was shredded when her daughter, Ashley, was murdered by a serial killer with an unspeakable fetish and the truly twisted desire to carry it out. Jasper Parish is a vigilante who punishes killers that have escaped traditional justice. Relying on the psychic visions of his daughter, he wages war from the shadows, doing what the police can’t — or won’t — do. Hero, killer, and vigilante are on a collision course in a world where there is no justice … unless you’re willing to risk everything in the pursuit of your own. This collection pulls together all 6 books of the completed No Justice series, a pulse-pounding new series for fans of Dexter, Silence of the Lambs, and Seven.

Reclaiming the Disabled Subject

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9354351298
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Reclaiming the Disabled Subject written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mired inside its rather archaic comprehension as a medical phenomenon, disability, for a long time now, has been ignored as a marker of identity. The world has only been busy in rectifying the absences that have, ostensibly dis-abled, rather than accepting such impaired existences as human beings themselves. The volume intends to reclaim the representations of disability and present narratives that do not just use the figure of the disabled as a means to an end. It includes translation of 17 disability centric short stories from multiple Indian languages into English. Further it uses these stories as illustration to test and develop new theoretical formulations concerning disability and the disabled. What grants the proposed work its uniqueness is, in other words, not only the translations of the erstwhile lost stories of disability but also the use of these stories towards the formation of theoretical paradigms to move forward the project of Disability Studies. The volume shows, interrogates and problematizes the affect that impairment and disability has on those who are abled. It presents how the normal human being approaches the disabled and interacts with them. All in all, owing to its academic engagement with disability as a phenomenon and within a narrative, this work intends to take the role of a resource book that will find ready use in the newly emergent multidisciplinary field of Disability Studies and will be of great significance to India and the world at large especially since Literature has a major role to play in this field. Not only, then, does it present different disability narratives to the world but, through their academic interrogation, also allows researchers and academics, especially in India, to form the theoretical enhancements in Disability Studies that both our country and the world desperately require.