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My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir is a memoir by Jagmohan first published in September 1991. It focuses on his months as a governor of Jammu and Kashmir in 1990 during the peak of insurgency. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its scope is wide, ranging from the history of ancient Kashmir and modern Kashmir, to how the state saw a breakdown of government ...
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination is a book by British writer Robert Macfarlane published in 2003 about the history of human fascination with mountains. The book takes its title from a line by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins and combines history with first-person narrative. He considers why people are drawn to mountains despite ...
My Side of the Mountain is a middle-grade adventure novel written and illustrated by American writer Jean Craighead George published by E. P. Dutton in 1959. [1] It features a boy who learns courage, independence, and the need for companionship while attempting to live in the Catskill Mountains of New York State.
Alex Preston's review for The Guardian lauded the novel's “effortless prose,” and stated that it portrayed “humanity at its most desperate.” [2]. In a review for The Independent, David Sexton praised Turbulence, calling it “a chilling achievement” that delves into themes of “human displacement, separation and loneliness” and ultimately “mortality itself.” [3]
The sky depicted in Vincent van Gogh's 1889 painting, The Starry Night has been studied for its turbulent flow. [1]In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity.
One person is dead, and 30 are injured after a Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence. "We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER," said SIA ...
On May 1, 1963 Jim Whittaker was the first American to reach the summit with Nawang Gombu, a nephew of Tenzing Norgay. Because of health problems, Ullman had to stay in Kathmandu. His book Americans on Everest: The Official Account of the Ascent was published by J. B. Lippincott Company in 1964 (Library of Congress Catalogue #64-14475).
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World is a 2007 memoir of former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, co-authored by Peter Petre, a former executive editor at Fortune magazine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Published on September 17, 2007, the book debuted at the top of the New York Times Bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction. [ 3 ]