Maya Running Maya Mukherjee doesn't fit in. She was born in India and her parents moved to Canada when she was a baby. Now it's the 1970s, and she's a middle schooler in Manitoba, land of moose and snow. She wants to run on the tundra beneath the Northern Lights, make igloos or snow-angels, see John Travolta, and ride elephants through the Bengal jungle the way her great-grandfather did. Then her gorgeous cousin Pinky comes from India for a visit, bringing a statue of the god Ganesh, the Remover of Obstacles. Maya asks Ganesh to remove all obstacles to her dreams. Like most wishes, it backfires in hilarious and painful ways. Maya must journey across continents to restore the truth and find out who she is. From the Hardcover edition.
The Mandak League: Haven for Former Negro League Ballplayers, 1950- 1957 The ManDak League may be one of baseball's best kept secrets. Operating in Manitoba, Canada, and North Dakota from 1950 to 1957, it was the outlet for former Negro Leaguers to continue playing and entertaining fans, occupying fields with ex-major leaguers, minor league stars and some of the best Manitoba-, North Dakota?, and Minnesota-born players. It featured such greats as Willie Wells, Leon Day, Ray Dandridge and Satchel Paige, who pitched briefly for the Minot Mallards in 1950. In Part I, chapters on each of the ManDak's eight seasons provide detailed information on the stadiums, franchise and league personnel, pennant races, and standout performances. In Part II, a comprehensive listing of profiles presents basic information on the league's players, their baseball backgrounds, and their accomplishments in the ManDak and other leagues. Appendices provide batting and pitching records, rosters, and rules of conduct.
Drawing Indeterminate Architecture, Indeterminate Drawings of Architecture Nach mehrjhriger Lehrttigkeit an der Bartlett, University College London und an den Universitten East und North London ist Nat Chard derzeit Professor fr Architektur und Vorstand am Institut fr Design und Visuelle Kommunikation der Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Kopenhagen. Er bernimmt nunmehr die Leitung der Architekturfakultt der University of Manitoba.Auf der Basis seines Forschungsprojekts mit dem Titel Drawing indeterminate architecture, indeterminate drawings of architecture legt Nat Chard im Rahmen der Consequence Book Series on Fresh Architecture erstmalig eine umfassende monografische Dokumentation seiner Arbeiten vor. Das Buch enthlt Texte von Peter Cook und Marc Armengaud sowie zahlreiche farbige Abbildungen.
