White Sister

ONE IS his beloved. Leaving L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, agree to meet at home...but Alexa never arrives. Then Shane's called to a crime scene on Mulholland Drive, where the victim, an apparent gang member, has been executed—and left in Alexa's car. Her gun is the likely murder weapon. THE OTHER Is his Nemesis. As Shane desperately tries to find Alexa, his leads point to a feud between two gangsta-rap record companies, both heavily manned by Crips and Bloods. At the center of this war is a ruthless, beautiful Lady Macbeth-like white woman raised in Compton. Married to a multi-millionaire rap mogul, she is known as the White Sister. It's his worst nightmare come true... Shane is no stranger to big trouble, but he's never before been smeared as a "racist cop" or thrown in jail while there's a hit out on him. Much worse is the unknown fate of Alexa, and the fact that in the mysterious White Sister—who holds the clue to a sinister conspiracy—he may have met his match.

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Gia and Serena Pirji are sisters, but as the first-generation born in Canada to immigrant parents, their lives play out in different ways because of their skin tone. Gia’s fair skin grants her membership to cliques of white kids as a teen, while Serena’s dark skin means she is labelled as Indian and treated as inferior. This superficial difference, imposed by a society obsessed with skin colour and hierarchy, sets the sisters into a dynamic that plays out throughout their lives. In a world where white skin is preferable, the sisters are pitted against each other through acts of revenge and competition as they experience adultery, ruined friendships, domestic abuse, infertility and motherhood. Taslim Burkowicz’s vivid, sensory-rich writing style brings readers to the party scene in Goa, suburban supermarkets in Vancouver and a safari in Africa, where Gia and Serena navigate through the highs and lows of a tumultuous, loving relationship. The Desirable Sister reveals the bitter games of treachery women are forced to play to achieve the ranks of beauty and success, and ultimately shows the strength of love between sisters.

A little girl misses having anyone to play with on the beach -- until she realises she can create a companion of her own. But what will she do when her sand sister must return to the sea? This touching story is all about the power of the imagination. AGES: 3-7 AUTHOR: Amanda White was born and brought up in London but now lives with her family in Cornwall, having been lured there by the beautiful landscape and thriving arts scene. An only child herself, she easily identifies with the main character in 'Sand Sister'. Amanda is married to an architect and has three children. ILLUSTRATOR: Yuyi Morales is an award-winning artist, author, puppet maker and former host of a Spanish-language storytelling show. A native of Mexico, Yuyi now lives in California. She says of her work, "What I am trying to do through my books is mostly to surround myself with the things I love, the stories that bring me closer to my homeland, the tales and customs I want my son to know." SELLING POINTS: * Illustrated by Mexican artist Yuyi Morales: Yuyi has worked in acrylics to create an intimate story about the friendship between a child and her imagined playmate * A story of loneliness: Paloma, the main character of this story, is an only child. However, her adventure and her attitude to play will speak to the imaginations of children everywhere * Seaside setting: Wonderful beach and seascapes make this an adventure for the senses in which you can almost feel the hot sun, wet sand and taste the salty waves

Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though she stands to inherit a large state, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits the property herself, throwing her sister Angela into poverty. Fortunately, she is engaged to marry dashing officer Captain Giovanni Severini, but he is captured by Arabs on an expedition to Africa. Unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and has returned to Italy, Angela dedicates her life to his memory, becoming a nun. The story describes Angela's renunciation of her love for the artillery officer, her life as the beautiful "white sister" in a convent, and the struggle between her love for the man and her allegiance to the church.

Long before "women in rock" became a media catchphrase, Rosetta Tharpe proved in spectacular fashion that women could rock. Born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, in 1915, she was gospel's first superstar and the preeminent crossover figure of its "golden age" (1945-1965). Everyone who saw her perform said she could "make that guitar talk." Shout, Sister, Shout! is the first biography of this trailblazing performer who influenced scores of popular musicians, from Elvis Presley and Little Richard to Eric Clapton and Bonnie Raitt. An African American guitar virtuoso, Tharpe defied categorization. Blues singer, gospel singer, folk artist, and rock-and-roller, she "went electric" in the late 1930s, amazing northern and southern, U.S. and international, and white and black audiences with her charisma and skill. Ambitious and relentlessly public, Tharpe even staged her own wedding as a gospel concert-in a stadium holding 20,000 people! Wald's eye-opening biography, which draws on the memories of over 150 people who knew or worked with Tharpe, introduces us to this intriguing and forgotten musical heavyweight, forever altering our understanding of both women in rock and U.S. popular music.