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'The crossbill is a bonny bird An she sings wi a guid Scots tongue
Jip-jip-jip A'll gie ye gip Gin ye meddle wi me nor ma young' As a
result of his travels across the North American continent in the
eighteenth century Alexander Wilson pioneered the science of
ornithological writing and illustration, becoming an inspiration
for most of the ornithological works which followed. This new book
celebrates the artwork of Alexander Wilson by reproducing his
illustrations alongside new poems in Scots by Hamish MacDonald,
looking at the habits, habitats, and characteristics of birds.
This is the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the
world. Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches Indian tycoon whose
company Reliance, which emerged from the textile industry, is now
one of India's major corporations. His sons Anil and Mukesh took
over after his death in 2002 and their respective arms of the
company are bigger than the parent ever was. The brothers are now
worth $43 billion and $42 billion respectively, largely from
petrochemicals, telecommunications, and entertainment. To say that
the sibling tycoons are not close is an understatement; their
feud--personal and business--is an extraordinary story itself. But
as this book shows, the Ambani story tells a bigger story about
modern India, not only as an economic powerhouse but about the
complicated links between government and big business.
An indispensable overview . . . Indonesia, a nation of thousands of
islands and almost 250 million people, straddles the junction of
the Pacific and Indian oceans. The world's biggest Muslim nation
has long been one of Australia's important strategic partners, and
the relationship has become closer - if occasionally fraught -
under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. As the country approaches
its 2014 presidential elections, its future direction is open.
Award-winning journalist Hamish McDonald, an Indonesia expert who
authored one of the classic texts on the country, Suharto's
Indonesia, returns to the nation he loves, both to tell the story
of its past and to consider the possibilities of its future. Now
rapidly modernising, Indonesia is, like China before it, becoming a
major player on the global stage. It is a force in the world - but
for what? How much do we really know about its history, its
politics, its cultures and its peoples? Demokrasi: Indonesia in the
21st Century is an accessible and authoritative introduction to
this fascinating young nation.
The terror campaign by pro-Indonesian armed groups before, during,
and after East Timor's independence referendum in 1999 was a
blatant challenge to the international community as many of the
acts of murder, political intimidation, destruction, and mass
deportation took place before the eyes of the world. Yet still the
ultimate responsibility has been denied and obscured. Masters of
Terror provides an authoritative analysis and documentation of the
brutal operations carried out by the Indonesian army and its East
Timorese allies. The authors carefully assemble detailed accounts
of the actions of the major Indonesian officers and East Timorese
militia commanders accused of gross human rights violations. This
indispensable work explores a horrific frontal attack on democracy
and calls for the establishment of an international tribunal for
crimes against humanity in East Timor.
The terror campaign by pro-Indonesian armed groups before, during,
and after East Timor's independence referendum in 1999 was a
blatant challenge to the international community as many of the
acts of murder, political intimidation, destruction, and mass
deportation took place before the eyes of the world. Yet still the
ultimate responsibility has been denied and obscured. Masters of
Terror provides an authoritative analysis and documentation of the
brutal operations carried out by the Indonesian army and its East
Timorese allies. The authors carefully assemble detailed accounts
of the actions of the major Indonesian officers and East Timorese
militia commanders accused of gross human rights violations. This
indispensable work explores a horrific frontal attack on democracy
and calls for the establishment of an international tribunal for
crimes against humanity in East Timor.
These two novellas - on related themes but very different in
approach and narrative voice - are bound back to back or
'heelstergowdie', the Scots for 'back to front' or 'head over
heels'. Loon, by Sheena Blackhall, tells the story of Donnie
Paterson and how his troubled life is turned around by the
discovery of his missing grandfather in a retirement home and a
holiday in the Highlands where he hears a strange story that
becomes the key to solving his problems. In Gilbert McGlinchy, by
Hamish MacDonald, the eponymous narrator has the weight of the
world's woes on his shoulders so sets out to make his drab
Clydebank surroundings exotic by embarking on a story-telling
journey - the rationale for which only slowly unfolds. Presented in
a single volume, these two novellas meet, quite literally, halfway.
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