false 661452 0 0 1741874 1594201587 9781594201585 10 <![CDATA[A Blue Hand: The Beats in India]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225332862m/1741874.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225332862s/1741874.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1741874.A_Blue_Hand_The_Beats_in_India 3.70 27 A literary exploration of the Beats' encounter with India in the 1960s, a journey that inspired and influenced generations of Americans and Indians alike

In 1961, Allen Ginsberg left New York by boat for Bombay, India. He brought with him his troubled lover, Peter Orlovsky, and a plan to meet up with poets Gary Snyder and Joanne Kyger. He left behind not only fellow Beats Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, and William Burroughs, but also the relentless notoriety that followed his publication of Howl, the epic work that branded him the voice of a generation.

Drawing from extensive research in India, undiscovered letters, journals, and memoirs, acclaimed biographer Deborah Baker has woven a many layered literary mystery out of Ginsberg's odyssey. A Blue Hand follows him and his companions as they travel from the ashrams of the Himalayan foothills to Delhi opium dens and the burning pyres of Benares. They encounter an India of charlatans and saints, a country of spectacular beauty and spiritual promise and of devastating poverty and political unease. In Calcutta, Ginsberg discovers a circle of hungry young writers whose outrageousness and genius are uncannily reminiscent of his own past. Finally, Ginsberg searches for Hope Savage, the mysterious and beautiful girl whose path, before she disappeared, had crossed his own in Greenwich Village, San Francisco, and Paris.

In their restless, comic and oftimes tortured search for meaning, the Beats looked to India for answers while India looked to the West. A Blue Hand is the story of their search for God, for love, and for peace in the shadow of the atomic bomb. It is also a story of India-its gods and its poets, its politics and its place in the American imagination.]]> 661452 3.73 37 13 2008 1398975 0595140416 9780595140411 1 <![CDATA[In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183301116m/1398975.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183301116s/1398975.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1398975.In_Extremis_The_Life_of_Laura_Riding 4.00 4 661452 3.73 37 13 2000 3746435 0143114832 9780143114833 1 <![CDATA[A Blue Hand: The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in India]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3746435.A_Blue_Hand_The_Tragicomic_Mind_Altering_Odyssey_of_Allen_Ginsberg_a_Holy_Fool_a_Lost_Muse_a_Dharma_Bum_and_His_Prickly_Bride_in_India 3.50 4 661452 3.73 37 13 2009 5904394 024112834X 9780241128343 0 <![CDATA[In extremis : the life of Laura Riding]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5904394.In_extremis_the_life_of_Laura_Riding 5.00 1 661452 3.73 37 13 1993 1582627 0802113648 9780802113641 1 <![CDATA[In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1582627.In_Extremis_The_Life_of_Laura_Riding 3.00 1 661452 3.73 37 13 1993 6990718 064163983X 9780641639838 0 <![CDATA[A Blue Hand]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6990718-a-blue-hand 0.0 0 661452 3.73 37 13 2008 6911962 0755937317 9780755937318 0 <![CDATA[Assessing Need for Legal Advice in Scotland: An Overview]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6911962-assessing-need-for-legal-advice-in-scotland 0.0 0 313612 0.0 0 0 3092522 0.0 0 0 3092523 0.0 0 0 3092524 0.0 0 0 661452 3.73 37 13 45220 4.28 18 2 3092525 0.0 0 0 3092518 0.0 0 0 2004 5946814 1568362161 9781568362168 0 <![CDATA[Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5946814.Wood_Becomes_Water_Chinese_Medicine_in_Everyday_Life 0.0 0 Each chapter includes:
-Lists of common ailments associated with each element
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-Acupuncture treatment
-Dietary therapy
-Qigong exercises
Simple, easy to use, and practical, this introduction connects the physical, emotional, and spiritual forces at work in our lives and provides a vital contribution to the field of mind-body medicine.]]> 358578 3.92 12 5 661452 3.73 37 13 1997 5365802 0803982054 9780803982055 0 <![CDATA[The Social Identity of Women]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5365802.The_Social_Identity_of_Women 0.0 0 The Social Identity of Women makes a significant contribution to theory about social identity and the psychology of women. It takes as its starting point Henri Tajfel's social identity theory, developed to analyse social change in intergroup relations. The book brings this theory out of the laboratory and into the historical and contemporary context of women's lives. It evaluates the theory's usefulness for understanding intergroup relations between the sexes and the ways in which women conceptualize their gender.

A key theme to emerge is the inadequacy of concepts of women as a unified social group. Womanhood has many faces: the contributors explore women's different identities in a range of contexts, for example, as first-time mothers, as occupants of particular work roles, as feminists.

The studies highlight the influence of history, ideology, lifespan development and the emotions on group identification. They introduce a rich repertoire of research methods for exploring more fully women's identities, and their relationships with others.

The range of methods and approaches represented in the book make it an important resource for students and lecturers in social psychology, social theory, the psychology of women and women's studies.

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