Staying On

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022606817X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Book Synopsis Staying On by : Paul Scott

Download or read book Staying On written by Paul Scott and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to The Raj Quartet, Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley stay on in the hills of Pankot after Indian independence deprives them of their colonial status. Finally fed up with accommodating her husband, Lucy claims a degree of independence herself. Eloquent and hilarious, she and Tusker act out class tensions among the British of the Raj and give voice to the loneliness, rage, and stubborn affection in their marriage. Staying On won the Booker Prize in 1977 and was made into a motion picture starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in 1979. "Staying On far transcends the events of its central action. . . . [The work] should help win for Scott . . . the reputation he deserves—as one of the best novelists to emerge from Britain's silver age."—Robert Towers, Newsweek "Scott's vision is both precise and painterly. Like an engraver cross-hatching in the illusion of fullness, he selects nuances that will make his characters take on depth and poignancy."—Jean G. Zorn, New York Times Book Review "A graceful comic coda to the earlier song of India. . . . No one writing knows or can evoke an Anglo-Indian setting better than Scott."—Paul Gray, Time "Staying On provides a sort of postscript to [Scott's] deservedly acclaimed The Raj Quartet. . . . He has, as it were, summoned up the Raj's ghost in Staying On. . . . It is the story of the living death, in retirement, and the final end of a walk-on character from the quartet. . . . Scott has completed the task of covering in the form of a fictional narrative the events leading up to India's partition and the achievement of independence in 1947. It is, on any showing, a creditable achievement."—Malcolm Muggeridge, New York Times Book Review

The Jewel in the Crown

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022602914X
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Jewel in the Crown written by Paul Scott and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first novel in the epic quartet about the last days of British rule in India, “as much a story of romantic love as it is of crime . . . an artful triumph” (The New Yorker). The Jewel in the Crown is the first of Paul Scott’s renowned historical novels that “limn the Anglo-Indian world with its lovers, friends, family servants, soldiers, businessmen, murderers and suicides—all involved in one another’s fate” (The New York Times). It opens in 1942 as the British fear both Japanese invasion and Indian demands for independence. On the night after the Indian Congress Party votes to support Gandhi, riots break out and an ambitious police sergeant arrests a young Indian for the alleged rape of the woman they both love. “What has always astonished me about The Raj Quartet is its sense of sophisticated and total control of its gigantic scenario and highly varied characters . . . The politics are handled with an expertise that intrigues and never bores, and are always seen in terms of individuals.” —New Republic “Paul Scott’s vision is both precise and painterly.” —The New York Times Book Review “Few people have written about India quite as seductively, or as intelligently, with a sense of loss but also a sense of responsibility and fallibility.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The Lens

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ISBN 13 : 9781947505186
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (51 download)

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A Division of Spoils

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022603464X
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book A Division of Spoils written by Paul Scott and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusion of the “majestic” quartet about the waning days of the British empire in India, “a commanding achievement” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). After exploiting India’s divisions for years, the British are departing in such haste that no one is prepared for the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. The twilight of the raj turns bloody. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and Pakistan, A Division of the Spoils illuminates one last bittersweet romance, revealing the divided loyalties of the British as they flee, retreat from, or cling to India. “[These] novels are a spectacular explosion of history set off within the lives of a dozen or so Britons and Indians on the edges of vast change . . . If you want to know where the political world we now live in began, Paul Scott’s novels are a place to start.” —The New York Times Book Review “A rich novel of manners . . . Politics, cultism, police and military interrogation—all moving toward inevitable murder and violence—are integral parts of a carefully crafted, complex novel.” —Library Journal

Ceramics and Print

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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812218008
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Ceramics and Print written by Paul Scott and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002-03-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this new edition Ceramics and Print has been significantly expanded and treats recent developments in the use of the photocopier, laser printer, and computer-generated prints.

The Birds of Paradise

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022608809X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Birds of Paradise written by Paul Scott and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Raj Quartet, a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his childhood friendships with a British diplomat’s daughter and the son of a Raj. The Birds of Paradise is set in India when the British Raj still seemed a paradise, but a paradise that boy comes to recognize as already lost. As Scott weaves together themes of political and personal history, he makes us feel how the protagonist identifies with the beautiful, mysterious India of the Raj. With a keen eye for character and graceful prose, Scott captures the reverie of a youth complete with parades of elephants, garden parties, and the titular birds of paradise, who are stuffed trophies of an Indian prince, kept as decoration in a gilded cage. When the boy is sent away to England, he experiences his exile as both the personal wound of abandonment and the foreshadowing of the Partition. Winner of the Booker Prize Praise for The Birds of Paradise “A rare literary bird, a novel that in a short space recreates a man’s lifetime. Using exotic backgrounds, it manages to say something useful about growing up—a process that only children believe takes place mainly in childhood.” —Time “Scott’s vision is both precise and painterly. Like an engraver crosshatching the illusion of fullness, he selects nuances that will make his characters take on depth and poignancy.” —Jean G. Zorn, New York Times Book Review “One of the best novelists to emerge from Britain’s silver age.” —Robert Towers, Newsweek “Far more even than E. M. Forester, in whose long literary shadow he has to work, Paull Scott is successful in exploring the provinces of the human heart.” —Life

Leading from the Middle

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119717914
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Leading from the Middle written by Scott Mautz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive playbook for driving impact as a middle manager Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization delivers an insightful and practical guide for the backbone of an organization: those who have a boss and are a boss and must lead from the messy middle. Accomplished author and former P&G executive Scott Mautz walks readers through the unique challenges facing these managers, and the mindset and skillset necessary for managing up and down and influencing what happens across the organization. You’ll learn the winning mindset of the best middle managers, how to develop the most important skills necessary for managing from the middle, how to create your personal Middle Action Plan (MAP), and effectively influence: Up the chain of command, to your boss and those above them Down, to your direct reports and teams who report to you Laterally, to peers and teams you have no formal authority over Anyone in an organization who reports to someone and has someone reporting to them must lead from the middle. They are the most important group in an organization and have a unique opportunity to drive impact. Leading from the Middle explains how.

The Day of the Scorpion

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Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Day of the Scorpion written by Paul Scott and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 1968 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continues the story of the last days British rule in India in the early 1940's.

On Writing and the Novel

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Publisher : New York : Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book On Writing and the Novel written by Paul Scott and published by New York : Morrow. This book was released on 1987 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delightful, witty, and revealing essays about the art of writing fiction by the heralded British author of The Raj Quartet.

Five Books

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ISBN 13 : 9781780375380
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (753 download)

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The Great Ron Paul

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ISBN 13 : 9781733647311
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Great Ron Paul written by Scott Horton and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited Transcripts of 38 interviews of Dr. Ron Paul by Scott Horton, on war, peace, liberty, economics and everything that matters most in politics and policy.

The Fetish Fact Book

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Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780753509951
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Fetish Fact Book written by Paul Scott and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Avengers to The Matrix, fetishism has been an enduring element at the cutting edge of style for decades. It hints at decadence and danger and speaks the language of the rebel: Marlon Brando in The Wild One just wouldn't have looked the same in a duffel coat.

The Practice of Preaching

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Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426755945
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Practice of Preaching written by Paul Scott Wilson and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Wilson’s The Practice of Preaching has introduced a generation of students not only to the “how” of preaching, but also to the“why.” In this thoroughly revised edition, Wilson has strengthened this essential textbook even more, principally in two ways. First, he has further emphasized the role of practices in preaching, leading the reader through the preacher’s week as she or he constructs and prepares to deliver the sermon. Second, he has surveyed the current debate in homiletics over what preaching the text means, and constructed a far-reaching theological argument that the sermon’s most central task should be about preaching the gospel.

Painted Clay

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Painted Clay written by Paul Scott and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Painted Clay, Paul Scott proposes an alternative version of ceramic history ... one where form and function are not dominant, but where painting and the graphic development of ceramic surface are the prime concerns. Covering a range from pre-Dynastic Egyptian painting on pots, through Chinese porcelain, Persian Minai ware and Maiolica to the blue and white of the industrialized West, he charts the development of increasingly sophisticated painted and graphic works." "The book takes an extensive overview of today's contemporary (graphic) ceramic scene, and the figures and movements that have influenced it. In exploring the use "painters" such as Picasso, Miro, the CoBrA Group, Conrad Atkinson, and others have made of ceramics, it also examines the relationships artists have had with the pottery industry, from Soviet Revolutionary Propaganda ware to collaborations at the Wedgwood Pottery company. It highlights a wide range of work by contemporary ceramic artists, painters, and printmakers from around the world: Ann Kraus, Cindy Kolodziejski, Eric Mellon, Grayson Perry, and many others." "This book should appeal to anyone interested in ceramics, as well as to painters, printmakers, graphic artists, and all those generally interested in the visual arts."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Abandoned Before Birth/United in Prison

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ISBN 13 : 9781734602623
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Abandoned Before Birth/United in Prison written by Paul Scott, Sr. and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story that you will embrace with your heart and intellect. Get ready to go into the prison cell of a biological father and son's journey of restoration and deliverance. This memoir will keep you on the edge of your seat. Expecting more insight of what will happen next in the lives of these two men that lived for four years and a half in prison, building their relationship, through very tumultuous, and scurrilous times that eventually turned into learning experiences in which promoted humility, peace, joy and a greater camaraderie amongst these two, father and son. Allow this compendium, to take you into a place of realization of the shortcomings in your own lives and the need to be persistent in obtaining better relationships and more understanding about one another.

Robbie and Gary

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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0283071567
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Robbie and Gary written by Paul Scott and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow - together and apart, these two men have dominated the charts for the best part of twenty years. And it is their fractured 'bromance' that has shaped the history of one of the world's most successful bands. Based on years of in-depth research, this authoritative biography uncovers the truth about their tortured relationship. It reveals why sixteen-year-old Robbie idolised the older and more talented Gary when, as unknowns, they were put together in the newly formed Take That. We see how the stresses brought on by fame and money destroyed their fragile friendship and resulted in Robbie trying to take Gary's position as front man. We also discover how far they'd go to hurt each other during a feud that lasted fifteen years and continued to shape their solo careers. Explaining why the two men finally reconciled in 2010, and analysing how their reunion is coping with the stresses of touring once more, Robbie and Gary offers a unique insight into the lives of these much loved stars.

Bass Guitar

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ISBN 13 : 9780007261147
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Bass Guitar written by Paul Scott and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From basics to bassist