Raamatu minajutustajat Enn Padrikut kohtame hetkel, kui ta on kuus kuud tagasi teada saanud, et tal on ravimatu vahk ja vaga vahe jaanud elada. Vahepealse aja jooksul on ta ette votnud ulesande, mida on aastaid edasi lukanud: valja selgitada, miks ikkagi sooritas tema tutar Anni boheemlaste kommuunis koos kolme teise noore inimesega kollektiivse enesetapu, sooviga ilmuda Jumala palge ette. Sundmuste jalgi ajades on Enn otsinud ules Anni omaaegse ...
Die dertienjarige Fransie is verlam na ’n fratsongeluk, maar reeds terwyl hy in die hospitaal aansterk, hoor hy verblydende nuus oor ’n nuweling op die dorp, ene Joe Speedboot, wat besig is om die dorpie se plattelandse verlamming te temper. Die is ’n seun met baie planne en ’n wil van staal – soveel so dat hy spoedig die klein dorpie Lomark heeltemal op horings neem met midder-nagtelike ontploffings en tuisgeboude spioenasie-vliegtuie.Fransie e ...
Through intertwined threads of autofiction, lyric science writing, and the tale of a newly queer Hawaiian volcano, Sabrina Imbler delivers a coming out story on a geological time scale. This is a small book that tackles large, wholly human questions–what it means to live and date under white supremacy, to never know if one is loved or fetishized, how to navigate fierce desires and tectonic heartbreak through the rise and eventual erupt ...
During the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, black college students in South Africa became frustrated with apartheid, Bantu education policy, Bantustans, white liberal organizations, and European-branded Christianity. Their anger with white nationalism under apartheid caused them to mobilize, rise up, and fight against systemic oppression for their liberation. The timing was pregnant with purpose for the new generation of leaders to rise since the AN ...
"Buck is an Army veteran and police officer working in the metropolitan DC area. He is at his wits' end. He hates his job and needs a break. As he is preparing to start a much-needed two-week vacation, he wakes up to find that his life is about to take a drastic turn. When Buck learns that the electricity has gone out, he discovers that it is not an isolated incident but that the electricity has gone out everywhere. As the days turn in ...
The River Flows On is a story of two places—Guyana and Brooklyn, US. It sets out the tale of the main character, a young man born into a riverain family with a rich heritage, who is conflicted about his family and the river and delves into his relationships and actions that culminate into a downward spiral. The struggle to survive in both places and a small part of the unheralded and oftentimes overlooked narrative of many Caribbean immigrants i ...
Что делать, если ты нелепо выглядишь достаточно часто? Как решить глобальную проблему выживания в мире, которым правят мужчины? Лия Авербах расскажет, как обрести мир внутри себя мир, а также распрощаться с очередным муд**ом.
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Dalton Rivers has owned the Bandicoots minor league team of Pickerville for the last several seasons. Mr. Rivers has decided that it was time for his oldest son, Wayne, to become the team's manager like he has always hoped for. Dalton Rivers also hopes for his son Quail to join the team as well, not for management or a position on the team's board but as a player. Quail played baseball growing up, but never wanted to play professionall ...
