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Suffering a fall on the Island of Long Island Bahamas, the heroine forces herself to answer the question, What is my purpose in life? Fearing death, she questions wheatear God wants her or not. Guiding her on this journey are the likes of Alice in Wonderland , movie stars, and dead relatives. They force her into accepting her own mortality, even as she attends her own funeral. The story is told from her hospital bed by way of flashbacks. Among her flashbacks are visits to the Joe McCarthy and Apartheid era of the 1940-50 s. There is humor, beginning with Bobby Darin s Splish-Splash recording, to assisting the airline pilot in landing the plane, and tears as she relives her kidnapping and other childhood molestations. She discovers her own mechanisms of surviving.

Do you know how many acres of Okra it takes to produce 4 tons of Okra?And do you know how many Okra is produced on each plant?It is sometimes difficult to make our children understand the beauty of nature, to make them appreciate the small things, the beauty of a flower, the freshness of the air, the scent of grass. Many times we are not fortunate to be in contact with nature, far from a meadow, closed in the cities, but so often while being able to look out from our balcony in a beautiful country house, we know how to observe but do not appreciate the beauty of creation.Know the details of fruit and vegetables is as common as it is surprising, through a simple path and that fuels the interest and curiosity of your child. That is the purpose of this book.But beware, prepare for the challenge!You will have to be able to answer the questions that your child will ask you by showing off their deep knowledge in the microworld of Okra: -Mom, do you know what the Okra flower is in the shape of? I do!-Hey dad, do you know what the best soil to grow Okra in is? I do!-Grandpa, do you know how soon Okra can be harvested? I do!-Grandma, do you know how long Okra grows? I do!-Sarah, you're my big sister and you've studied a lot, but I bet you don't know the color the flower is on the Okra plant! I know that.You do not need anything else, just one click on "Buy Now" and you will let your child live a magical new adventure with fruits and vegetables.

First published in Cuba in 1954 and appearing here in English for the first time, Lydia Cabrera’s El Monte is a foundational and iconic study of Afro-Cuban religious and cultural traditions. Drawing on conversations with elderly Afro-Cuban priests who were one or two generations away from the transatlantic slave trade, Cabrera combines ethnography, history, folklore, literature, and botany to provide a panoramic account of the multifaceted influence of Afro-Atlantic cultures in Cuba. Cabrera details the natural and spiritual landscape of the Cuban monte (forest, wilderness) and discusses hundreds of herbs and the constellations of deities, sacred rites, and knowledge that envelop them. The result is a complex spiritual and medicinal architecture of Afro-Cuban cultures. This new edition of what is often referred to as “the Santería bible” includes a new foreword, introduction, and translator notes. As a seminal work in the study of the African diaspora that has profoundly impacted numerous fields, Cabrera’s magnum opus is essential for scholars, activists, and religious devotees of Afro-Cuban traditions alike.