Showing results for "In Country" in Politics & Social Sciences

Spread over fifteen of the country’s twenty-eight states, India’s Maoist movement is now one of the world’s biggest and most sophisticated extreme-left movements. Hardly a week passes without people dying in strikes and counter-strikes by the Maoists—interchangeably known as the...

Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just 14 years old on the day her parents were detained and deported while she was at school. Born in the US, Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family.

In these nine essays, Susan Lieberman is exploring The Country of Old, in which she finds herself a new immigrant. She examines the difficulties of leaving "that other place" and making sense of this new country. Lieberman's touch is light but her analysis of the challenges/opportunities of aging is provocative. "If we are not old, then we are dead," she notes. And if we are, indeed, not dead then how can we live well in this moment in our life span?

"In a Country of Divisions, Patriotism Is Subdued" is from the March 24, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Dan Bilefsky and narrated by Caroline Miller.

A revelatory journey inside the world of Fox News and Roger Ailes—the brash, sometimes combative network head who helped fuel the rise of Donald Trump NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A SHOWTIME LIMITED SERIES NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR When Rupert Murdoch enlisted...

Step into the world of an English country house where a group of upper-class men and women convene to explore their vision of a utopia, dubbed their New Republic. This captivating novel serves as a sharp satire of notable figures from Oxford University at the time, delving into themes of aestheticism and Hellenism. Among the characters are Violet Fane/Lady Mary Montgomery Currie (Mrs. Sinclair), Thomas Huxley (Mr. Storks), William Money Hardinge (Mr. Leslie), Thomas Carlyle (Donald Gordon), and Walter Pater (Mr. Rose). Of particular note is Pater, whose portrayal in this work played a ...

From a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist specializing in the Middle East, this groundbreaking account of the Syrian Civil War reveals the never-before-published true story of a 21st-century humanitarian disaster. In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army...

Camp-Fire Girls in the Country follows Hazel Edwards and her fellow Camp-Fire Girls as they spend a summer on Hazel’s aunt’s farm. When a long-lost family secret comes to light, the girls must use their skills to solve a mystery and help Aunt Hannah recover what she forgot.

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Texas Monthly, a collection of original essays and portraits of fifty groundbreaking Texans who have shaped the Lone Star State—and the nation—over the past half century. With a population of twenty-nine million, Texas has birthed some of...

"Syrian Kurds Hope to Establish a Federal Region in Country's North" is from March 16, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Anne Barnard and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Long at the forefront of a movement advocating for gun reform as a matter of public health, Dr. Jonathan M. Metzl has been on constant media call in the aftermath of fatal shootings. But the 2018 Nashville killings led him on a path toward recognizing the limitations of biomedical frameworks for fully diagnosing or treating the impassioned complexities of American gun politics. As he came to understand it, public health is a harder sell in a nation that fundamentally disagrees about what it means to be safe, healthy, or free.

Diane Guerrero, la actriz de televisión del popular programa Orange is the New Black y de Jane the Virgin, contaba con sólo catorce años cuando un día sus padres y su hermano fueron arrestados y deportados mientras ella estaba en la escuela. Como había nacido en Estados Unidos, Guerrero pudo permanecer en el país y seguir estudiando gracias a la bondad de amigos de la familia, quienes se hicieron cargo de ella y la ayudaron a construir su propio camino y a que se convirtiera en una exitosa actriz de carrera sin tener la red de apoyo de su familia.

The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening gowns; of tiaras and a coronation. As personal maid to Lady Coventry, Hilda Newman had a unique insight into the leisured life of one of Britain's most noble families. In her fascinating memoir of life upstairs and down, Hilda takes us back to this period between the wars; a gilded era which would soon be dramatically changed by the Second World War.

In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a war zone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to report on life in this devastated land. Burning Country explores the horrific and complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on new first hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists among many others.

Welcome to Countries in the Spotlight, a podcast where I go through the politics of large countries, and discuss with guests on the pod how to navigate the big world of international politics

Our host Casper Rigsby talks about matters of ethics and morality as they relate to our current society from an atheist perspective. Topics range from politics to the economy and legal matters.

Step into the world of Mary King Waddington, the American-born granddaughter of New York Senator Rufus King, and wife to the renowned French diplomat and statesman, William Waddington. Venture with her as she navigates life in France post 1871, from the opulence of chateaux visits to the charm of countryside customs. Chateau and Country Life in France, published in 1909, is a captivating blend of memoir, diary entries and friendly correspondence that paints an intimate picture of her life after her husbands demise in 1894. Join her, as she navigates festivals, holidays and the minute details ...

"Travel in the younger sort is a part of education; in the elder, a part of the experience" — Francis BaconDo you know there are a total of 195 UN recognized countries in the world?Do you know Russia is the largest country in the world?Do you know Vatican City is the smallest country in the world?Do you know France is the most visited country in the world?Do you know China is the most populated country in the world?Do you know Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world?Do you know the longest name of a place is 85 characters long and is located in New Zealand?Do you know Nicaragua ...

On Track in Greensand Country: a journey by rail on the Marston Vale Line. Terry Lee and Lawrie Hallett are taking the 45 minute journey by rail on the Marston Vale Line, from Bedford to Bletchley. We’ll be alighting at some of the stations too, learning about some of the local greensand landscape, history and characters along the way. Greensand Country is a beautiful and loved landscape. It is defined by the Greensand Ridge, a band of higher ground stretching from Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay, which rises out of the surrounding vales to create a locally unique environment.

Just after midnight on October 9, 2017, as one of the nation's deadliest firestorms swept over California's Wine Country, hundreds of elderly residents from two posh senior living facilities were caught in its path. The frailest were blind, in wheelchairs, or diagnosed with dementia, and their community quickly transformed from a palatial complex that pledged to care for them to one that threatened to entomb them. The rescue of the final 105 seniors left behind on an inflamed hillside depended not on employees, but strangers whose lives intersected in a riveting tale of terror and heroism.