Heikki Kontto (6.1.1928 - 3.9.1985) oli Paimiossa elänyt karjalainen pienviljelijä, joka pohti maailmaa ja ihmisen olemassaoloa. Hänen yksittäisiä runojaan on julkaistu aiemmin johannekselaisten lehdessä sekä kirjoissa Simo Hörkön suku ja Tikkala sanoin ja kuvin. Tämän kirjan runot ovat suoramittaisia ja edelleen ajankohtaisia. Iso osa on keskuslyriikkaa, mutta lisäksi hän ottaa kantaa mm. saasteongelmaan, ydinaseisiin, markkina- ja maatalouteen. Erityisen koskettavasti hän kertoo Karjalaan jääneiden kotien menettämisestä sekä ihmisen pienuudesta maailmankaikkeuden ja Jumalan edessä.
When a family from New Zealand embark on their holiday of a lifetime little do they realise what they are letting themselves in for. A traffic accident changes everything as the children, Rory & Sarah, are catapulted into another world full of famous figures from the past. This tightly woven children's adventure story will appeal to young teenage readers, although adult readers will also enjoy author Sue Lowe-Lauri`s use of maps, photos and biographies of the historical figures which bring her tale to life. Truly a unique feast of fantasy and fact.First-time novelist, Sue Lowe-Lauri, has created a unique, parallel fantasy dimension filled with the nation's favourite historical characters who have returned to earth to act as guardian angels to humans. As Malachis, they occupy their statues in central London and use the skills they acquired in their previous lives to rescue humans from tricky situations.Rory and Sarah, both in a coma, are fighting for their lives in the intensive care unit of the Evelina Children's Hospital whilst their parents look on helplessly. The children's spirits somehow arrive in the Malachi dimension. Meanwhile, the Malachis of London are preparing for their annual contest but the unexpected arrival of the two children means they have to change their plans to help them return to their own dimension with The Duke of Wellington, as witness to the children's accident, becoming their guardian angel. The children have to solve various clues in order to be transported from this mysterious dimension back to their human world; however, there is one Malachi who is determined to stop them. Will the children complete their quest in time or will they have to stay in the Malachi dimension forever?This novel provides the backdrop for some wonderfully comic interactions between the historical characters and also looks at how they cope with life in the 21st century. The reader is taken on a fascinating journey around central London and brings hitherto less well-known locations and features of London to life. Full of action and humour this novel is a real cliff-hanger.
“An engrossing, page-turner of a cookbook.” —Brian McGinn, Emmy-nominated director and executive producer, Chef’s TableYou may not realize that Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American group living in the United States, especially when you compare the number of, say, Japanese, Thai, and Korean restaurants to Filipino ones. There’s a lot of speculation about why Filipino food hasn’t taken off the way other Asian cuisines have, but one thing’s for sure: there’s something for everyone here. Lauded as the next big thing by the likes of Anthony Bourdain and Jonathan Gold, Filipino food can be somewhat difficult to define, as it melds indigenous dishes with myriad foreign influences from Chinese and Spanish to South East Asian and even American. And as Filipinos have left their archipelago and set down roots all over the world, it has proven to be a highly adaptable cuisine, lending itself to different diets, preferences, and ingredients. The New Filipino Kitchen collects 30 recipes and stories from expat Filipinos, all of whom have taken their favorite dishes with them, preserving their food memories and, if necessary, tweaking their recipes to work in a new environment or, in the case of some chefs, a more modern context. With contributions from the White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford, Bocuse d’Or Europe winner Christian André Pettersen, 2015 MasterChef New Zealand runner-up Leo Fernandez, five-time Palanca Award winner and poet Francis Macansantos, and the “Food Buddha” Rodelio Aglibot, this is a multifaceted, nuanced introduction to the world of Filipino food and food culture.
Rejected by the parents of the girl he loves for being poor, Ma Mon Luk strikes out from China and boards a steamship headed for the Philippines in 1918. He vows to make a fortune and return for his beloved. Ma creates a chicken noddle soup he calls mami--"ma" for his name and "mi" for noodles--and peddles it as a street vendor. He eventually earns enough to open his own restaurant and wins the approval of the parents of his true love. Joyful illustrations from award-winning illustrator Kristin Sorra and heartwarming text from debut picture book author Jacqueline Chio-Lauri blend together to create a delicious story about creativity, perseverance, and the perfect bowl of soup. Satisfy your hunger with this Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "A savory success story."--Booklist"An absolutely wonderful and inspiring story, beautifully illustrated. So much depth, so many layers But at its core, this is fundamentally a story about the enduring power of love and how that helped Ma Mon Luk to achieve the impossible...A valuable addition to any bookshelf."--Emma Pearl, author of Mending the Moon and Saving the Sun.
Rahel Belatchew is the founder of Belatchew Architects. Her architecture can be best understood as an innovative attitude rather than a certain style. The projects are based on careful analysis and reflect an attitude that treats each one as unique, with an individual often sculptural expression. There is consequently no general building kit that the office utilises, and the results express the significant element of playfulness. The office, based in Stockholm, is also known for the experimental studio Belatchew Labs. This monograph covers several key projects of Belatchew s architecture - such as the StrawScraper, the BuzzBuilding, Stockholm Loop, Discus, and Tensta Torn. It also includes texts by Daniel Golling, Paul Finch and Martin Rörby, as well as an interview with Rahel Belatchew by Nils Forsberg.
This book on Finland's stand against the Soviet Union during the Winter War remain the most stirring in history. It is of use to the general readers who are interested in the history of Finnish affairs.
This book on Finland's stand against the Soviet Union during the Winter War remain the most stirring in history. It is of use to the general readers who are interested in the history of Finnish affairs.
Social scientists have only recently begun to explore the link between health and political engagement. Understanding this relationship is vitally important from both a scholarly and a policy-making perspective. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of health and political engagement. Using both individual-level and country-level data drawn from the European Social Survey, World Values Survey and new Finnish survey data, it provides an extensive analysis of how health and political engagement are connected. It measures the impact of various health factors on a wide range of forms of political engagement and attitudes and helps shed light on the mechanisms behind the interaction between health and political engagement. This text is of key interest scholars, students and policy-makers in health, politics, and democracy, and more broadly in the social and health and medical sciences.
Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States uses a dialogical approach to examine responses to increasing cultural and racial diversity in both countries. It compares and contrasts foundational myths and highlights the sociopolitical contexts that affect the conditions of citizenship, access to education, and inclusion of diverse cultural knowledge and languages in educational systems.
Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and the United States uses a dialogical approach to examine responses to increasing cultural and racial diversity in both countries. It compares and contrasts foundational myths and highlights the sociopolitical contexts that affect the conditions of citizenship, access to education, and inclusion of diverse cultural knowledge and languages in educational systems.
This authoritative account of the 105-day war between Finland and the Soviet Union in the early stages of World War II focuses on the human side of the story, particularly the bravery and heroism of the Finns who fought the Red Army tenaciously and held out far longer than anyone expected. With overwhelming superiority in men and equipment, the Soviet Union invaded Finland in November 1939 but soon bogged down against winter conditions and fierce Finnish resistance. Finland was finally forced to surrender in March 1940, but not before impressing the world with its efforts and highlighting the weakness of the Red Army.
This book is a brief but very interesting illustration of the Winter War between Russia and Finland. The heroic stand of the Finns against the Russian juggernaut provided a timely moral and psychological lift to those in the West willing to defend freedom.
This book argues that, under certain societal and institutional conditions, party-, interest group- and bureaucracy-based elites can interact positively to extend political timeframes beyond short electoral terms and foster reasoned long-term planning for democratic decision-making.Focusing on Finland within a broader analytic framework and comparative context, it unearths institutions and practices that give the elites capacity to curtail democratic short-sightedness and offer long-term solutions for contemporary threats such as economic globalization, climate change and geopolitical competition. The study also reveals factors that condition the operative capacity of futureregarding institutions.This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of political science, public policy and administration, elites and management and futures studies.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non- Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.
Social scientists have only recently begun to explore the link between health and political engagement. Understanding this relationship is vitally important from both a scholarly and a policy-making perspective. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of health and political engagement. Using both individual-level and country-level data drawn from the European Social Survey, World Values Survey and new Finnish survey data, it provides an extensive analysis of how health and political engagement are connected. It measures the impact of various health factors on a wide range of forms of political engagement and attitudes and helps shed light on the mechanisms behind the interaction between health and political engagement. This text is of key interest scholars, students and policy-makers in health, politics, and democracy, and more broadly in the social and health and medical sciences.
Our international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. An ideal way to add to your reading collection, our Band Packs include every title within your chosen level. Explore the range of exciting fiction and non-fiction at Gold Band including Yu and the Great Flood, Giants of the Ocean, Lost at Sea and A World of Deserts. Gold Band books are for children approaching independence in reading. Longer texts give the opportunity for more sustained reading whilst more complex language structures are used. Illustrations now offer only general support to the story. In non-fiction titles, information is presented in a range of formats including labels, fact boxes and glossaries.
