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In the Shadow of the Styx by Annemari...
An unknown killer is responsible for the death of newly minted lovers; Phil and Lillian.
One minute they're celebrating the possibility of a long life together, the next they're contemplating eternity in the hospital where they die.Shenanigans ensue as they try to fit in with post-death society. What are the norms, who makes the rules and who can they ask about being taken to the leader?It's an adventure with many unexpected twists; but through it all, at least they have each others' backs.
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The Swamp is Full of Mystery by Annem...
In particular, the swamps of Louisiana and Le Marais hold many secrets; or is it Mama Ruth who owns the secrets and the swamp just holds them for her? It's alive though, with the past, present, and future colliding in one place; almost in one person. Mya Devereux. She's in the eye of the storm, the center of this cosmic dart board...and she has no clue. She's just worried about passing Chemistry. Leo's not worried about anything. He has it all figured out. Phil and Lillian can only watch and comment. Too bad they're ghosts so popcorn is out.
Lwanda: The Stone Awakens by Ted Walde
A million shillings in debt, a pyramid scheme, and a life of crime. Not the welcome Lwanda expected when he left his village to start a new chapter Nairobi. While in the city he meets Keziah, a budding entrepreneur and the love of his life. She entices him to join a pyramid scheme that sells unregulated bodybuilding supplements and he gets hooked. Little does he know the pills are worsening his rare genetic condition and he must find a way out before his body turns to stone.
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu...
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.
From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Café Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Kawaguchi's previous novels, readers will also be introduced to a daughter, a comedian, a sister, and a lover, each with something they wish they had said differently.
With his signature heartwarming characters and immersive storytelling, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Bl...
“You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.” So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. “There is a fix,” Acho says. “But in order to access it, we’re going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations.”
In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask―yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and “reverse racism.”
In his own words, he provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. He asks only for the reader’s curiosity―but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the antiracist fight.
Blonde Roots by Bernardine Evaristo
What if the history of the transatlantic slave trade had been reversed and Africans had enslaved Europeans?
How would that have changed the ways that people justified their inhuman behavior? How would it inform our cultural attitudes and the insidious racism that still lingers today?
We see this tragicomic world turned upside down through the eyes of Doris, an Englishwoman enslaved and taken to the New World, movingly recounting experiences of tremendous hardship and the dreams of the people she has left behind, all while journeying toward an escape into freedom.
Soul Tourists by Bernardine Evaristo
Meet Stanley Williams: Single, in his thirties, grieving the death of his Jamaican father and wondering if there is more to life than his nine-to-five banking job in a sky-high glass menagerie.
Enter Jessie O'Donnell: barmaid, former singer-cum-comedienne, and desperate to get into her rusty old Lady Niva and hit the freeway across Europe.
The unlikely pair begin an electrifying odyssey that weaves in and out of history, colliding with the forgotten heroes of Europe's past. Shakespeare's mysterious 'Dark Lady of the Sonnet's, Pushkin and his Ethiopian great-grandfather and the mixed-race Allessandro de' Medici of Florence are all ready to have their voices heard, and Stanley and Jessie do what they can to hang on for the ride . . .
Black and Female by Tsitsi Dangarembga
In Black and Female, Tsitsi Dangarembga examines the legacy of imperialism on her own life and on every aspect of black embodied African life.
This paradigm-shifting essay collection weaves the personal and political in an illuminating exploration of race and gender. Dangarembga recounts a painful separation from her parents as a toddler, connecting this experience to the ruptures caused in Africa by human trafficking and enslavement.
She argues that, after independence, the ruling party in Zimbabwe only performed inclusion for women while silencing the work of self-actualized feminists. She describes her struggles to realize her ambitions in theater, film, and literature, laying out the long path to the publication of her novels.
Even When Your Voice Shakes by Ruby Y...
When Amerley is offered a job working for one of her mother’s old school friends, she knows she has to accept. Her wages will feed her family, help her sisters stay in school, and ensure that her mother won’t have to worry about them. Amerley’s move to Accra isn’t easy, but she soon settles into her new life away from her small village—until she is raped by the son of her employer. Torn between keeping quiet to keep her job and speaking up for herself and for justice, Amerley must decide how to live her truth, and the impact of her choice will be felt through her entire community.
Through the life of an ordinary girl from a small country village, Even When Your Voice Shakes exposes the damage wrought by institutionalized misogyny and poverty and reveals how even those who are most disadvantaged are never without their own power.
Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose...
When Gozie and Obianuju meet in August 1978, it is nothing short of fate. He is the perfect man: charismatic, handsome, Christian, and – most importantly – Igbo. He reminds her of her beloved Uncle Ikenna, her mother’s brother who disappeared fighting in the Civil War that devastated Nigeria less than a decade before. It is why, when Gozie asks her to marry him within months of meeting, she says yes, despite her lingering and uncertain feelings for Akin – a man her mother would never accept, as his tribe fought on the other side of the war. Akin makes her feel heard, understood, intelligent; Gozie makes her heart flutter.
For Uju, the daughter her mother never wanted, marriage would mean the attainment of that long elusive state of womanhood, and something else she has desired all her life – her mother’s approval. All will be well; he is the perfect match, the country will soon be democratic again and the economy is growing, or so she thinks …
Loosely based on the real stories of real women known to the author, Tomorrow I Become a Woman follows a complex relationship between mother and daughter as they grapple to come to terms with tremendous loss. This powerful debut by Aiwanose Odafen is a sensitive exploration of a woman’s struggle to meet societal and cultural expectations within the confines of a difficult marriage, a tribute to female friendship and a love story that spans two decades and continents against a backdrop of political turmoil and a fast-changing world.
Hawkers-Pokers by Kinyanjui Kombani
The son of the one of the country’s richest men is missing, presumably kidnapped. The ensuing search and rescue operation triggers a series of events dragging in one of the city hawkers’ scouts. Meanwhile, a manager in a financial firm tries his hand at money multiplication miracles, and a woman makes a difficult choice to secure a better world for her child. It is all a mess – the kind of social commentary that can only be told by one of Kenya’s most critically acclaimed contemporary writers.
My Remarkable Mom: This is your story...
My Remarkable Mom is a guided journal that has been thoughtfully created to help us get to know our mothers better. Every relationship, including that of a mother and child, benefits from deliberate tending and intentionality.
The book may be filled by a child on behalf of their mother as they talk, or if a mom is able to, and if it is preferred, she may fill the book herself in addition to the conversations. A mother with young children could start to fill the book for them while memories are still fresh. It will be a precious keepsake in which entries can be made as life unfolds.
Eye of the Storm by Yusuf K Dawood
Eye of the Storm is a fast-paced mystery thriller written with hospital background. It is the story of a surgeon tortured by the trauma he suffered in the past.
To release himself from the psychological shackles imposed on him as a result, he turns into a modern-day, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
It is a study of a genius bordering on lunacy and keeps the readers on the edge until the story unravels and the ghastly truth comes out. It makes the reader wonder where the writer is leading to until the climax explodes in the reader's mind making it impossible to put the book down until the storm blows over.
Of Scattered Tears
Scattered Tears’ is an anthology of 18 soothing poetries on the theme of ‘Love’.
Love is a thin heavenly neutral line between smiles and tears. Not all relationships end with a ‘happy ever after’ and that is why this collection is here for you. To help you heal that broken heart. Heartbreak is real; heal and live happier.
The poetries in this book are written with high professionalism that will leave you hungry for more.
I have dedicated it to four main types of readers:
1. To those with broken hearts. I know you want to heal and live a happy life, this book is for you.
2. To those learning poetry. This anthology contains all the basics that you should know about poetry, including forms and styles. The next update of this book will contain a detailed analysis of each poem.
3. To those enjoying poetry. Sit tight and read this book. I do not doubt that you will enjoy every bit of it. The good news is that ‘Of Scattered Tears’ is a twin book of ‘Of Painted Smiles’. The twin books cover the two major spheres of love: Heartbreaks and Happiness.
4. To anyone and everyone who likes to read. I am a reading addict too.
Writing this book has been easy. I love poetry and it mostly comes to me as a free-fall. It took me few days to research, days to write, months to compile, and just minutes to publish. An awesome experience, I should say.
Heartbreaks break and burn the heart as well. Sometimes it may almost seem to be impossible to move on from it. It is very important to realize that with or without a heartbreak, life should move on, as long as you are breathing. This awesome collection of soothing poetry is here for you.
Everything contained in this book is pure work of my imagination, thoughts, and perspectives. Prepare to enjoy yourself with this heart-fixer kit, learning aid, leisure book, call it however you want to.
The Incredible Alpha
Barua kwa Moyo Wangu
- Dunia inapita kwa Kasi sana. Wakati nao hausimami. Jua nalo lakimbia. Ni hali hizi na nyingine ambazo zimemfanya binadamu kujipata katika tanzu zinazotatiza na changamoto changamano chungu nzima. Maradhi, siasa duni, ufisadi, dhiki, ushirikina, mateso, chuki, mauti, vita, elimu, uongozi mbaya, utamaduni, kisasi, wivu, ubaguzi, ugatuzi, afya, ulevi, shinikizo, bidii, ari, hiari, uvumilivu, subira, ufanisi, ushindi na mapenzi ni baadhi tu ya mambo yanayomkabili mlimwengu katika dunia yake.
Tragedy on the mountain
Tragedy on the Mountain is a collection of thrilling and suspenseful short stories that transport readers to the treacherous and unpredictable world of adventure. Each story is crafted with care, introducing readers to complex characters and mysterious scenarios that will keep them on the edge of their seats.
Whether it’s a gripping tale of a group of hikers scaling a treacherous mountain or a heart-stopping account of a daring ice-climbing expedition, Tragedy on the Mountain offers an exciting escape into the unknown.
With vivid descriptions and captivating plotlines, each story is sure to keep readers engrossed and hungry for more. From the icy depths of an avalanche to the mysterious depths of a hidden cave, Tragedy on the Mountain will take readers on an unforgettable journey of suspense, mystery, and danger.
The Masked Dream
The storm was not over; it was just the beginning. Immediately the coast guards’ ships were swallowed into the horizon; a sailor in Kamau’s boat on the watch spotted a large boat approaching them from the back at high speed. The ship looked piratical. He raised the alarm to alert the other crew members.
Stars Aligned by Anyika Bryan Muchesia
Robert is extraordinarily determined young man who believes in himself and what he does. His character makes him both admired and hated. From the loss of his mother to the mistreatment by his uncle and guardians, Robert wins the heart of unlikely entity, a police inspector. In a world where the police are hard to tolerate, Robert grows up as a normal child portraying both the weak nature of human beings in school and the unique abilities of a believer in self.
His drive for life, his zeal to become someone, and his passion and excellent eventually make him stand out from any crowd and become a darling of many.
This is a story a soul that refuses to wallow in limitations caused by disability and instead strive to reach for the stars. The turns and twists make it a riveting read.
Let the Old Man Speak and Other Poems...
This anthology is a three-part collection of forty three poems written by Odhiambo Kaumah, a teacher of Mathematics and Chemistry, a passionate creative writer and a community organizer for progressive social change.
The pieces, by the prolific author, are as diverse in themes as they are in structure. However, the inspiration behind the pieces is an old voice that attempts to speak sanity to the profanities of the fast-changing, socio-cultural and political practices. Issues such as marriage as it was and as it is, children-parent and youths-elders relationship in the age of "a dancing urban youth population" feature prominently.
Odhiambo Kaumah’s father, an old man with a good grasp of Luo traditional practices and as well a staunch Christian – catechist – inspired his conversational tone in describing everyday life in a rustic, African set up, in this anthology.