The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Publsiher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780061804816

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New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • An Oprah's Book Club Selection “Powerful . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review The Poisonwood Bible, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, established Barbara Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, it is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in Africa. The story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is calamitously transformed on African soil. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Against this backdrop, Orleanna Price reconstructs the story of her evangelist husband's part in the Western assault on Africa, a tale indelibly darkened by her own losses and unanswerable questions about her own culpability. Also narrating the story, by turns, are her four daughters—the teenaged Rachel; adolescent twins Leah and Adah; and Ruth May, a prescient five-year-old. These sharply observant girls, who arrive in the Congo with racial preconceptions forged in 1950s Georgia, will be marked in surprisingly different ways by their father's intractable mission, and by Africa itself. Ultimately each must strike her own separate path to salvation. Their passionately intertwined stories become a compelling exploration of moral risk and personal responsibility.

The Thing Around Your Neck

The Thing Around Your Neck
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publsiher: Knopf Canada
Total Pages: 11
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780307375230

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These twelve dazzling stories from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — the Orange Broadband Prize–winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun — are her most intimate works to date. In these stories Adichie turns her penetrating eye to the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the United States. In “A Private Experience,” a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman, and the young mother at the centre of “Imitation” finds her comfortable life in Philadelphia threatened when she learns that her husband has moved his mistress into their Lagos home. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Adichie’s prodigious literary powers.

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Afghanistan
ISBN: 1594483175

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Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.

My Creative Bible KJV

My Creative Bible KJV
Author: Christian Art Publishers
Publsiher: Christian Art Gifts Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-08
Genre: Authorship
ISBN: 1432115928

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My Creative Bible is an exciting new concept in ways to experience the word of God in Scripture. This King James Version Journaling Bible is single-column printed, with two-inch-wide ruled margins for note-taking, scribing your reflections or creative expression. Nearly 400 hand-drawn, Scripture accompanying line-art illustrations are placed throughout the Bible to enhance embracement of The Word. There is an index of the Scripture artwork - line-art suitable for filling. Users will find this an invaluable visual tool for immersion and Bible study. The Teal Imitation Leather Hardcover Edition features a lovely smooth cover with silver debossed "My Creative Bible" into the quality man-made material with the look and feel of real leather (trade name LuxLeather). Silver foil debossed titling and beautiful, printed page-edges enhance the beauty of the design. There is an attached ribbon page marker and an attached elastic band closure. Printed on high-quality cream Bible paper with a standard black text size of 8.65 point. 1410 Pages.

Edge of the Unknown

Edge of the Unknown
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publsiher: Good Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: EAN:4066338037770

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'Edge of the Unknown' by Arthur Conan Doyle explores the fascinating realm of spiritualism and the afterlife. In this thought-provoking non-fiction work, Doyle delves into the subject with sincerity and aims to enlighten readers rather than simply entertain. From intriguing stories of seances to his exploration of contact with the deceased through mediums, Doyle presents evidence that still captivates believers today.

From Russia With Love

From Russia With Love
Author: Ian Fleming
Publsiher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2022-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: EAN:8596547194439

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "From Russia With Love" by Ian Fleming. 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.

Lord Minto A Memoir

Lord Minto  A Memoir
Author: John Buchan
Publsiher: Good Press
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: EAN:4066338072061

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Lord Minto, A Memoir is a biography by John Buchan. Gilbert John (aka Lord Minto) was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India during the late 19th century.

Imitation

Imitation
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publsiher: Knopf Canada
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780345811028

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Nkem is living a life of wealth and security in America, until she discovers that her husband is keeping a girlfriend back home in Nigeria. In this high-intensity story of passion and the masks we all wear, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the acclaimed novels Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah and winner of the Orange Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, explores the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States. “Imitation” is a selection from Adichie’s collection The Thing Around Your Neck. An eBook short.