Ittle Kingdoms
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Little Kingdoms: The Ridiculous Race
Author: Jeffrey Archer
language: en
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Release Date: 2024-03-07
Fasten your seat belts and get ready for the ride of a lifetime! In the Mantlepiece Kingdom, King Smidgen sets up an exciting toy car race to settle who's the fastest. There's Edison - the electric whizz, Rusty - the vintage champ, Cuthbert – clown-filled amusement vehicle, Dwayne The Monster - big and bold, and Boxy – well... he’s a bit square! Will speed rule on race day or will friendship save the day? Little Kingdoms Hidden within an old house in a misty valley is a multitude of little kingdoms, each brimming with tiny folk proud of their unique traditions. Watch them hilariously interact across stories, subtly imparting moral lessons amid their whimsical escapades. A delightful blend of fantasy and humour, the "Little Kingdoms"-series is an absolute treat for kids and adults alike! Jeffrey Archer (1940-) is a bestselling British author and former politician, renowned for his captivating novels, short stories, and children's books published in over 97 countries and over 37 languages. His best-known works include ‘First Among Equals’, ‘Kane and Abel’ and ‘Only Time Will Tell’.
The Irish Short Story at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
In the mid-1990s, Ireland was experiencing the "best of times". The Celtic Tiger seemed to instil in the national consciousness that poverty was a problem of the past. The impressive economic performance ensured that the Republic occupied one of the top positions among the world’s economic powers. During the boom, dissident voices continuously criticised what they considered to be a mirage, identifying the precariousness of its structures and foretelling its eventual crash. The 2008 recession proved them right. Throughout this time, the Irish contemporary short story expressed distrust. Enabled by its capacity to reflect change with immediacy and dexterity, the short story saw through the smokescreen created by the Celtic Tiger discourse of well-being. It reinterpreted and captured the worst and the best of the country and became a bridge connecting tradition and modernity. The major objective of this book is to analyse the interactions between fiction and reality during this period in Ireland by studying the short stories written by old and emergent voices published between the birth of the Celtic Tiger in 1995 up to its immediate aftermath in 2013.
The Routledge Handbook of the State in Premodern India
This handbook presents a multilayered and multidimensional history of state formation in premodern India. It explores dense and rich local and subregional historiography from the mid-first millennium BC to the eighteenth century in South Asia. Shifting the focus away from economic and political factors, this handbook revises the conventional understanding of states and empires and locates them in their quotidian conduct and activity on socio-cultural and concomitant factors. Comprehensive in scope, this handbook addresses a range of themes connected with the idea of state formation in the subcontinent. It includes discussions and debates on ritual practices and the Brahmanical order in early India; the Delhi Sultanate and role of Sultans among the Hindu kings; the cosmopolitan ‘Islamicate’ cultural influences on Puranic Hinduism; cultural background of the Mughal state. The handbook examines new questions and ideologies of state formation, such as: facets of violence and resistance; the significance of the autonomous spaces and forests; regional elites, including ‘Little kings’; tribal background of some famous cults; trade and maritime commerce; royal patronage, courtly manners, lineage formation; imperial architecture, monuments, and temple, among others. Featuring case studies from different part of the India subcontinent, and with contributions by renowned historians, this authoritative handbook will be an indispensable reading for teachers, scholars, and students of early India, medieval India, premodern India, South Asian history, Asian history, historiography, economic history, historical sociology, and South Asia studies.