Glowfly Dance

Glowfly Dance PDF Author: Jade Gibson
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1415206546
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427

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‘I never see my father. My father never sees me. But I see with the eyes he gave me. Slanted like the wings of gulls flying in the sky. And, when my mother speaks of Mexico, her eyes mist up with the lights of memory.’ Through young Mai’s eyes, life is enchanting and full of beauty. She dances on her grandfather’s feet while he talks of freedom. But the world is hard and her mother is struggling. When Rashid arrives, he casts a deep shadow over their lives. Nothing is beyond her new stepfather. They are desperate to escape from him, and their world becomes a constant battle for survival – one of fleeing, multiple identities, abduction and upheaval. Mai’s eyes not only witness the story of her mother, but also the poignant stories of the many women she encounters across different countries. Finally, Mai learns that, when freedom comes, it comes at a bitter price. From Mexico to Scotland to London to North Africa, the West Indies and back again, Glowfly Dance is a powerful and haunting story of migration, resilience and, ultimately, hope.

Glowfly Dance

Glowfly Dance PDF Author: Jade Gibson
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1415206546
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 427

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Book Description
‘I never see my father. My father never sees me. But I see with the eyes he gave me. Slanted like the wings of gulls flying in the sky. And, when my mother speaks of Mexico, her eyes mist up with the lights of memory.’ Through young Mai’s eyes, life is enchanting and full of beauty. She dances on her grandfather’s feet while he talks of freedom. But the world is hard and her mother is struggling. When Rashid arrives, he casts a deep shadow over their lives. Nothing is beyond her new stepfather. They are desperate to escape from him, and their world becomes a constant battle for survival – one of fleeing, multiple identities, abduction and upheaval. Mai’s eyes not only witness the story of her mother, but also the poignant stories of the many women she encounters across different countries. Finally, Mai learns that, when freedom comes, it comes at a bitter price. From Mexico to Scotland to London to North Africa, the West Indies and back again, Glowfly Dance is a powerful and haunting story of migration, resilience and, ultimately, hope.

Best "New" African Poets 2016 Anthology

Best Author: Tendai Mwanaka
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 177933172X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Best New African Poets 2016 Anthology has 251 pieces from 131 poets and artists in 7 languages (English, Portuguese, French, Afrikaans, Shona, Yoruba and Kiswahili) from 24 African countries and Diasporas, with South African and Angolan poets dominating the list. We also have a healthy number of poets from Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Moçambique, Ghana, and Nigeria. The nationalist sense is the one that most predominates with its pink, blue and gray tints that are expressed in parallel with existentialist perspectives that in turn go hand in hand with love, desire, hankering, joy, sensuality that transports us to epic, lyrical, utopian contexts without being lost in fantasy, they are artistic lines sometimes with traditional and sometimes more innovative touches. However, in contrast and to a lesser extent, almost as if there were resistant and with restraint we also find desolation, pain, negation that can be so sweet or so bitter that it allows the imagination to stop in a lament or end in resignation.

Best New African Poets 2016 Anthology

Best New African Poets 2016 Anthology PDF Author: Mwanaka, Tendai R.
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
ISBN: 9956764892
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Best New African Poets 2016 Anthology has 251 pieces from 131 poets and artists in 7 languages (English, Portuguese, French, Afrikaans, Shona, Yoruba and Kiswahili) from 24 African countries and Diasporas, with South African and Angolan poets dominating the list. We also have a healthy number of poets from Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Moçambique, Ghana, and Nigeria, as usual. The nationalist sense is the one that most predominates with its pink, blue and gray tints that are expressed in parallel with existentialist perspectives that in turn go hand in hand with love, desire, hankering, joy, sensuality that transports us to epic, lyrical, utopian contexts without being lost in fantasy, they are artistic lines sometimes with traditional and sometimes more innovative touches. However, in contrast and to a lesser extent, almost as if there were resistant and with restraint we also find desolation, pain, negation that can be so sweet or so bitter that it allows the imagination to stop in a lament or end in resignation.

Report

Report PDF Author: Kentucky. Department of Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 780

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The Universal Day

The Universal Day PDF Author: Austin P. Torney
Publisher: Austin Patrick Torney
ISBN: 1449990177
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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A journey through the hours, the life, the seasons, and the ages.

To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories

To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories PDF Author: Poul Anderson
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1618245570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 709

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From the aftermath of World War III to a world inherited by robots, where humans are unwelcome . . . from a handful of human survivors on a starship desperately searching for other ships carrying survivors of the destruction of the entire Earth by an unknown enemy, who may strike again at any time, to another starship hurtling through the cosmos at a speed so close to that of light¾and unable to slow down¾that relativistic effects make millennia fly by for each tick of the clock onboard . . . from a team striving to make Venus habitable for humans to a group of men who find the ominous secret behind a new quasi-religious philosophy that is sweeping the world. . . . The wide-ranging imagination and exciting storytelling of Poul Anderson brings many different worlds to vivid life in a great volume of his best stories that will thrill all fans of science fiction. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Collapse

Collapse PDF Author: M.B. Wood
Publisher: WordFire +ORM
ISBN: 1680570234
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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“Tantalizing. . . . Nuclear holocaust, savagery, and space aliens converge on Cleveland in a competent start to a five-part series.” —Kirkus Reviews A series of electromagnetic pulses brought the world to its knees. But that wasn’t the end, it was just the beginning. Some who survived turned to Taylor MacPherson, and he has given them hope. After many years, they’ve carved out a bastion of democracy in the sea of chaos that is the post-apocalyptic Earth. His people are proud of what they’ve built. They are free and willing to fight for a new society of rules and order, but can they handle what comes next? But outsiders were watching. For thirty years a massive spaceship from the alien Qu’uda’s has been heading for Earth. Our planet would make a perfect new home. The aliens have invested their lives in the search for a new breeding home. They intend to take it all.

The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer

The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer PDF Author: Edward Cave
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 646

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Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction PDF Author: Kentucky. Department of Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 782

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An Unpopular War

An Unpopular War PDF Author: JH Thompson
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1770201211
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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In the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of young men were called up for military service, most of them going through extreme physical training and many being sent to fight the war in northern Namibia and Angola. This book is a collection of reflections and memories of that time, collected by JH Thompson, who interviewed numerous former National Servicemen. Contributors include ordinary soldiers and Special Forces members, chefs, medics and helicopter pilots. They provide varying perspectives on klaaring in, training, inspection, gyppoing, Border patrols, covert operations and open combat, and readjusting to life in civvy street. This book is a compelling read that captures the spirit and atmosphere, the daily routine, the boredom, fear, camaraderie and other intense experiences of an SADF soldier. For everyone who did military service, as well as their family and friends, this book is a must.