Lira

Lira thinks a girl like her can’t change the world. In the far future, Lira faces a new world order very different from what we have today. A plague has decimated the human population, and their only hope of surviving is to strike a deal with the vampires. Humans must donate to the blood banks in exchange for the cure found only in the vampires’ blood. To fast-track the return to civilization, a caste system was imposed, putting Lira in one of the lowest and poorest rungs of society. Her only hope of rising above her station is to get into the exclusive Imperial Academy. The good news: Lira’s acceptance letter arrived in the mail today. The bad news: Human students must study alongside vampires hungry for blood drawn directly from the vein. And for some strange reason, they all want Lira’s blood—including Nicholas, the mysterious vampire prince. By going to the academy, Lira is already changing the world. She just doesn’t know it yet.

Over the past ten years – buoyed by multi-platinum sales of her albums and live DVD as well numerous awards – Lira has exploded into a South African music phenomenon that has also seen her win international acclaim. But has Lira’s road to fame always been paved with roses? And what makes her such a special star? In LIRA - Making HERstory, the first-ever book about Lira and her life, her fans will be have the opportunity to get an in-depth look into the life of this beautiful South African music star and gain inside knowledge about her and her road to fame from the people close to her. Lira consists of four parts: In the first part of the book, co-author Clyde Meela gives readers a biographical overview of Lira’s life from the beginning of her life to date. Interviews with friends, family members, neighbours and many other key figures in her life tells how they all have contributed to moulding her into the person she is today. In Part 2 of the book, Lira herself gives readers and fans an insight into her personal thoughts, feelings and beliefs by sharing the private detail behind the motivation of her song writing. She discusses her experiences of love, how she has been able to pick herself up after disappointment and she also exposes readers to her daily mantra of gratefulness and practices of love. In the third part of her book, Lira’s husband, long-time business partner, producer and manager Robin Kohl, gives inside information on the formation of the brand we all know today as ‘Lira’. Robin discusses how Lira’s career started out from humble beginnings to become the globally recognized brand it is today. Readers will get an in-depth view of how the ‘Lira brand’ is run, the ethics and principals that form its foundation and most importantly, the people behind the name. Lira will also include a collection of photos and informative descriptions that have not been previously shared with the public. The release of Lira marks her tenth anniversary in the music industry and is a must-read for all her fans.

It's about a alien soon to be witch name Lira Johnson on a evil planet Demish, and tries to attend to one of the best boarding schools on their planet only problem is that she didn't know anybody from that school and she wasn't rich. She thought she could scam another soon to be witch name Sorcery, as soon they hit 12th grade that's when they invade Earth trying to get more slaves. As soon as they entered that's when hell breaks loose.

The very lack of concrete knowledge about the lira da braccio and its technical difficulties challenged Sterling Scott Jones to discover more about this sixteenth-century string instrument, which may be the missing link between the medieval fiddle and the modern violin.

In Cold Water: Women and Girls of Lira, Uganda, the women retell their horrifying experiences in northern Uganda during the 1987-2007 civil war and life after the war. In that war, Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army disrupted lives, destroyed settlements, killed, abducted and raped thousands of children. The contributing authors not only recall the hopelessness felt during the war, but also narrate stories of hope and resilience after the war. Every page is crammed with emotional recollections of personal experiences. The stories show how communities can be rebuilt even where hope seems to be lost. The book makes public the trauma, courage and triumph of the remarkable women of Lira. The women's words are the cold water that provides cool relief to experiences of pain through the retelling of stories of endurance in the struggle that makes life better after the war. The authors demonstrate the importance of culture and cultural values in transcending trauma. The resilience of the women of Lira is rooted in their beliefs in their community, their religion and solidarity of women. They also describe international efforts to empower young women to make meaning of their lives, relationships and hopes after the trauma.

Russian oligarchs and Western secret services in pursuit of a beautiful journalist with too much information about their financial shenanigans.

Welcome back to Hawk Island and the village of Two Brooks. Hawk Island is plunged into crisis when a series of daring break-ins target the island's most wealthy and powerful families. The Sacristy--a group of unconventional women from the village of Two Brooks--tries to get to the bottom of the burglaries, while also bent on solving the murder of an old foe. Always performing a balancing act between truth and justice, Monsignor Inocente prods the villagers to accept newcomers as well as a prodigal son coming home to either ask for forgiveness or settle an old score.