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Husain

Portrait of an Artist

By: Ila Pal

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M.F. Husain was many things: curious boy from Pandharpur, painter of billboards, maker of toys, aesthete, the inveterate progressive artist he soon became, and later film-maker and style icon who walked about barefoot with a long brush in hand. A legend, in short. Six years after first seeing him on a rainy day outside the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai, Ila Pal met the star painter for the first time in 1961. It was the beginning of a long and enriching association between an eager student of art and M.F. Husain - a journey that lasted fifty years. This book is a product of that intimate relationship. Filled with anecdotes about his charisma, his sharp wit, his sense of wonder about the world at large and his insatiable hunger for love, this warm and personalised biography traces his evolution through his many avatars. It attempts to unravel the enigma of M.F., who is considered the master of contemporary Indian art, and the auctions of whose works at Christie's and Sotheby's changed the Indian art market forever. It also delves into the artist's exile from his homeland at the fag end of his life, exploring the question of creative licence in a climate where people's sentiments are easily hurt and where censorship rules the roost like never before. Husain: Portrait of an Artist gives us an up close and personal look at the life of a great painter who was hated and admired by millions alike - the one and only Maqbool Fida Husain.

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Harper Collins

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935264073X

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9789352640737

Making My Pitch

A Woman's Baseball Odyssey

By: Ila Jane Borders,Jean Hastings Ardell

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Making My Pitch

A Woman's Baseball Odyssey

By: Ila Jane Borders,Jean Hastings Ardell

Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a college baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men’s collegiate game. After Mike Veeck signed Borders in May 1997 to pitch for his St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League, she accomplished what no woman had done since the Negro Leagues era: play men’s professional baseball. Borders played four professional seasons and in 1998 became the first woman in the modern era to win a professional ball game. Borders had to find ways to fit in with her teammates, reassure their wives and girlfriends, work with the media, and fend off groupies. But these weren’t the toughest challenges. She had a troubled family life, a difficult adolescence as she struggled with her sexual orientation, and an emotionally fraught college experience as a closeted gay athlete at a Christian university. Making My Pitch shows what it’s like to be the only woman on the team bus, in the clubhouse, and on the field. Raw, open, and funny at times, her story encompasses the loneliness of a groundbreaking pioneer who experienced grave personal loss. Borders ultimately relates how she achieved self-acceptance and created a life as a firefighter and paramedic and as a coach and goodwill ambassador for the game of baseball.

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264

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University of Nebraska Press

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1496214056

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9781496214058

Border Ecology

Art and Environmental Crisis at the Margins

By: Ila Nicole Sheren

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Border Ecology

Art and Environmental Crisis at the Margins

By: Ila Nicole Sheren

This book analyzes how contemporary visual art can visualize environmental crisis. It draws on Karen Barad’s method of “agential realism,” which understands disparate factors as working together and “entangled.” Through an analysis of digital eco art, the book shows how the entwining of new materialist and decolonized approaches accounts for the nonhuman factors shaping ecological crises while understanding that a purely object-driven approach misses the histories of human inequality and subjugation encoded in the environment. The resulting synthesis is what the author terms a border ecology, an approach to eco art from its margins, gaps, and liminal zones, deliberately evoking the idea of an ecotone. This book is suitable for scholarly audiences within art history, criticism and practice, but also across disciplines such as the environmental humanities, media studies, border studies and literary eco-criticism.

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232

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Springer Nature

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303125953X

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9783031259531

The Moon Catcher

By: Ila Ann Longley

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The Moon Catcher

By: Ila Ann Longley

The Moon Catcher By: Ila Ann Longley Evil and Love Adventure and Prophecy Magic and Fate Thousands of generations ago, evil demons of the night tormented men. Only light, especially the silvery beauty of the Moon, could defeat them. An ancient hero fell in love with the Moon and captured Her. He was cruelly tricked and now the Moon wanders the sky, leaving men vulnerable to the demons. The Moon watchers wait for the arrival of the prophesied boy who will capture again the Moon. Young Cattaris has always wanted to be a Moon watcher like his father. On a dreadful night, he stops being a watcher and becomes the boy of prophecy. Setting out with his beloved master, the two must take a dangerous journey to recover three magical relics so the Moon can again be caught. But the way is dark and dangerous, filled with a powerful soldier, a cunning sorcerer, and an evil king. Cattaris must face his fate with courage and love or all the world will die. The Moon Catcher is an inspiring fantasy fable about the importance of finding your path in life.

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Dorrance Publishing

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148099250X

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9781480992504

Night Spirits

The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene

By: Ila Bussidor,Ustun Bilgen-Reinart

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Night Spirits

The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene

By: Ila Bussidor,Ustun Bilgen-Reinart

For over 1500 years, the Sayisi Dene, 'The Dene from the East', led an independent life, following the caribou herds and having little contact with white society. In 1956, an arbitrary government decision to relocate them catapulted the Sayisi Dene into the 20th century. It replaced their traditional nomadic life of hunting and fishing with a slum settlement on the outskirts of Churchill, Manitoba. Inadequately housed, without jobs, unfamiliar with the language or the culture, their independence and self-determination deteriorated into a tragic cycle of discrimination, poverty, alcoholism and violent death. By the early 1970s, the band realized they had to take their future into their own hands again. After searching for a suitable location, they set up a new community at Tadoule Lake, 250 miles north of Churchill. Today they run their own health, education and community programs. But the scars of the relocation will take years to heal, and Tadoule Lake is grappling with the problems of a people whose ties to the land, and to one another, have been tragically severed. In Night Spirits, the survivors, including those who were children at the time of the move, as well as the few remaining elders, recount their stories. They offer a stark and brutally honest account of the near-destruction of the Sayisi Dene, and their struggle to reclaim their lives. It is a dark story, told in hope.

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191

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Univ. of Manitoba Press

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0887553486

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9780887553486

Beginner's Spanish

By: Ila Warner

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Beginner's Spanish

By: Ila Warner

Based on Latin American Spanish, presents the beginning Spanish student with basic to more advanced grammar instructions, vocabulary, and exercises in twelve lessons.

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332

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Hippocrene Beginner's

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0781808405

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9780781808408

Language and Travel Guide to Mexico

By: Ila Warner

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Language and Travel Guide to Mexico

By: Ila Warner

This guide offers an inside look at verbal and non-verbal communication in Mexico. Explaining exactly what to expect of hotels, transportation, shopping and food, it provides essential Spanish phrases as well as describing signs, symbols and gestures, and offering invaluable cultural comments.

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0870526227

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9780870526220

Book's by Ila Pal

Husain

Husain

Making My Pitch

Making My Pitch

Border Ecology

Border Ecology

The Moon Catcher

The Moon Catcher

Night Spirits

Night Spirits

Beginner's Spanish

Beginner's Spanish

Language and Travel Guide to Mexico

Language and Travel Guide to Mexico

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