Bina

2021-02-02 Fiction

Author : Anakana Schofield
Release : 2021-02-02
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 494/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Bina by : Anakana Schofield

Download or read book Bina written by Anakana Schofield. This book was released on 2021-02-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative, feminist novel about a woman who persists in spite of the violence, injustice, and oppression that fills her world. Bina is a woman who’s had enough and isn’t afraid to say so. “I’m here to warn you, not reassure you,” she announces at the book’s outset. In a series of taut, urgent missives she attempts to set the record of her life straight, and in doing so, to be useful to others. Yet being useful is what landed her in jail. Empathy is her Achilles’ heel. Her troubles seem to stem from an injured stranger named Eddie, and they multiply when her charity extends from delivering meals to the elderly to working with the dying. No good deed of hers goes unpunished and the costs of her capacity for care are legion, as one by one she is denied her livelihood, her health, and her freedom, but her voice continues resolutely, an act of friendship in itself. Bina is an unsettling, thought-provoking novel of formal inventiveness and moral and emotional complexity by a bold and talented writer.

The Optimist's Telescope

2020-08-25 Business & Economics

Author : Bina Venkataraman
Release : 2020-08-25
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 486/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Optimist's Telescope written by Bina Venkataraman. This book was released on 2020-08-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of 2019 by NPR “How might we mitigate losses caused by shortsightedness? Bina Venkataraman, a former climate adviser to the Obama administration, brings a storyteller’s eye to this question. . . . She is also deeply informed about the relevant science.” —The New York Times Book Review A trailblazing exploration of how we can plan better for the future: our own, our families’, and our society’s. Instant gratification is the norm today—in our lives, our culture, our economy, and our politics. Many of us have forgotten (if we ever learned) how to make smart decisions for the long run. Whether it comes to our finances, our health, our communities, or our planet, it’s easy to avoid thinking ahead. The consequences of this immediacy are stark: Deadly outbreaks spread because leaders failed to act on early warning signs. Companies that fail to invest stagnate and fall behind. Hurricanes and wildfires turn deadly for communities that could have taken more precaution. Today more than ever, all of us need to know how we can make better long-term decisions in our lives, businesses, and society. Bina Venkataraman sees the way forward. A journalist and former adviser in the Obama White House, she helped communities and businesses prepare for climate change, and she learned firsthand why people don’t think ahead—and what can be done to change that. In The Optimist’s Telescope, she draws from stories she has reported around the world and new research in biology, psychology, and economics to explain how we can make decisions that benefit us over time. With examples from ancient Pompeii to modern-day Fukushima, she dispels the myth that human nature is impossibly reckless and highlights the surprising practices each of us can adopt in our own lives—and the ones we must fight for as a society. The result is a book brimming with the ideas and insights all of us need in order to forge a better future.

Where Is Bina Bear?

2022-01-11 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Mike Curato
Release : 2022-01-11
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 200/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Where Is Bina Bear? written by Mike Curato. This book was released on 2022-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During her party, Tiny cannot find her best friend Bina and realizes something is wrong, in this comical yet sincere picture book about friendship, understanding, and accepting others as they are.

I like Bees, I don't like Honey!

2017-07-04 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Sam Bishop
Release : 2017-07-04
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 202/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book I like Bees, I don't like Honey! written by Sam Bishop. This book was released on 2017-07-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I like bees . . . but I don't like honey!I like my imaginary friend . . . but I don't like it when people say he's not real. A beautifully illustrated, funny and thought-provoking book for building confidence and encouraging children to express their feelings - about anything and everything. This book will help enable a much broader conversation about individuality, fear and hopes.All author royalties are being donated to the NSPCC.

Bina

2024-07-30 Social Science

Author : Gari Tudor-Smith
Release : 2024-07-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 649/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Bina written by Gari Tudor-Smith. This book was released on 2024-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible story of the resilience and recovery of Australia's First Nations languages Australia's language diversity is truly breathtaking. This continent lays claim to the world's longest continuous collection of cultures, including over 440 unique languages and many more dialects. Sadly, European invasion has had severe consequences for the vitality of these languages. Amid devastating loss, there has also been the birth of new languages such as Kriol and Yumplatok, both English-based Creoles. Aboriginal English dialects are spoken widely, and recently there has been an inspiring renaissance of First Nations languages, as communities reclaim and renew them. Bina: First Nations Languages Old and New tells this story, from the earliest exchange of words between colonists and First Nations people to today's reclamations. It is a creative and exciting introduction to a vital and dynamic world of language. 'Years in the making, Bina offers a multidimensional reflection on how many diverse languages across this continent continue to vibrate in rich and profound ways. The emergence of Indigenous linguists Gari Tudor-Smith and Paul Williams as authors of this survey alongside Felicity Meakins signals an important and welcome shift in the Australian linguistics landscape.' —Professor Clint Bracknell, University of Western Australia, Nyungar musicologist and musician

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