Author: Alexander Nderitu
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365558789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
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Maggie's encounter with Michael Othaya, the young heir to a multi-billion-shilling fashion empire, marked the beginning of a cataclysmic cycle of events that would involve sex, manipulation, conspiracy...and first-degree murder. To be sure, the Sultans of Fashion had had their fair share of scandals and intrigues in the past. Overly ambitious and genetically predisposed towards greed, the rich and famous Othayas were no strangers to controversy. But it wasn't until Michael and Maggie - a ghetto princess - started romancing that the feuding family's civil war reached its climax... Easily digested and written with a handle on humour, When the Whirlwind Passes is doubtless one of the best crime novels to ever come out of Africa. 'Alex Nderitu is one of a handful of young, brilliant writers to come off the Kenyan terrain in the recent past. His books (hoping there will be many more)...are pure commercial escapism, and brilliantly written at that.' - Daily Nation
Author: Rani-Henrik Andersson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806161140
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
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The inception of the Ghost Dance religion in 1890 marked a critical moment in Lakota history. Yet, because this movement alarmed government officials, culminating in the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee of 250 Lakota men, women, and children, historical accounts have most often described the Ghost Dance from the perspective of the white Americans who opposed it. In A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country, historian Rani-Henrik Andersson instead gives Lakotas a sounding board, imparting the multiplicity of Lakota voices on the Ghost Dance at the time. Whereas early accounts treated the Ghost Dance as a military or political movement, A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country stresses its peaceful nature and reveals the breadth of Lakota views on the subject. The more than one hundred accounts compiled here show that the movement caused friction within Lakota society even as it spurred genuine religious belief. These accounts, many of them never before translated from the original Lakota or published, demonstrate that the Ghost Dance’s message resonated with Lakotas across artificial “progressive” and “nonprogressive” lines. Although the movement was often criticized as backward and disconnected from the harsh realities of Native life, Ghost Dance adherents were in fact seeking new ways to survive, albeit not those that contemporary whites envisioned for them. The Ghost Dance, Andersson suggests, might be better understood as an innovative adaptation by the Lakotas to the difficult situation in which they found themselves—and as a way of finding a path to a better life. By presenting accounts of divergent views among the Lakota people, A Whirlwind Passed through Our Country expands the narrative of the Ghost Dance, encouraging more nuanced interpretations of this significant moment in Lakota and American history.
Author: William Henry Rosser
Publisher:
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Category : Cyclones
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Author: Mary A. Swift
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Author: Mary A. Swift
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Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Author: Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India)
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 754
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Author: Asiatic Society of Bengal
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Author: Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy" by Frank Richard Stockton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: Leo Lysucor
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665561920
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 815
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A hero's endeavor collapses into a terrorist's best-case scenario for the destruction of the earth. A cataclysmic event inadvertently causes a violent 1000 mph tornadic whirlwind from the sun evaporating water from the earth’s oceans and lakes. This lust-for-adventure sci-fi book about climate change takes on some of the world's greatest modern-day threats and global environmental issues as nature retaliates against humanity’s complacent destruction of Mother Earth’s environment. Will our hero’s environmental project send him further into loneliness? Will he self-actualize the saying, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions?” Or will his project save humanity from its global environmental issues and restore our relationship with Mother Earth? It’s one of those sci-fi books that tantalize the mature adult reader, but it’s not for the faint-hearted. It might be one of the best sci-fi fantasy books to explore climate change and global warming as our hero searches for a way forward through the malaise of despondency.
Author: Angus Buchan
Publisher: Christian Art Publishers
ISBN: 1432130714
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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In 366 devotions, Angus Buchan offers the tools you need to grow in faith and to reap a harvest of abundance as you grow closer to God.
