![]() ![]() Yet Elikem does not attend the wedding as he is kept away by important business. With no university education, no skills or fortune to speak of, Afi accepts the arrangement to secure a future for herself and her mother. The arranged marriage is Aunty’s idea, a plot to force her eldest son to give up his girlfriend, a woman that she dislikes intensely. It was Aunty offered them a house and employed Afi’s mother.īut Aunty’s benevolence comes at price, that of unquestionable loyalty to her demands. When Afi’s father died 10 years ago, she and her mother were left homeless and their valuables ransacked by supposed debt collectors. ![]() ![]() Her husband, Elikem Ganyo, is the wealthy son of their benefactor, Aunty Faustina Ganyo. We meet her on her wedding day where she is to be married "in absentia" by a man that she barely knows. ![]() What can a new bride do when her rightful place as a wife is occupied by another woman? In her debut novel, His Only Wife, Ghanaian author Peace Adzo Medie crafts a page-turning tale of intrigues and deception in a modern-day marriage.Īfi Tekple is the only daughter of a widowed woman in the small town of Ho in Eastern Ghana. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was Saint Pete who survived and inspired, who kept fighting the good fight, who kept singing ‘We Shall Overcome’. The same could be said for Pete Seeger, Saint Pete, who kept the strand of social protest in American folk music alive, long after others had passed away or given up on the struggle. For it was Saint Peter, after all, who kept the story going, who progressed the narrative, spreading Christian thought – for better or worse – long after others at the table perished. Yet if we look to the figure of Saint Peter in this Christian iconography, we find a comparative figure for arguably the defining voice in the grand narrative of twentieth-century folk music Pete Seeger. At the centre of the table is Woody Guthrie – part man, part mythological construct of hard times and the open road – with disciples seated near of varying importance, be they Huddie ‘Lead Belly’ Ledbetter, Cisco Huston, Josh White, Alan Lomax, Joan Baez, or Bob Dylan. An understanding of the grand narrative of twentieth-century American folk music and its engagement with social protest can be best illustrated by adopting a table plan akin to that of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Girl the Sea Gave Back tore at my heart strings until I was completely unraveled. Should they maintain peace or go to war with the allied clans to protect their newfound power? And when their chieftain looks to Tova to cast the stones, she sets into motion a series of events that will not only change the landscape of the mainland forever but will give her something she believed she could never have again - a home. She has found a fragile place among those who fear her, but when two clans to the east bury their age-old blood feud and join together as one, her world is dangerously close to collapse.įor the first time in generations, the leaders of the Svell are divided. Her own home and clan are long-faded memories, but the sacred symbols and staves inked over every inch of her skin mark her as one who can cast the rune stones and see into the future. įor as long as she can remember, Tova has lived among the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue. The Girl the Sea Gave Back: A Novel Audible Audiobook Unabridged Adrienne Young (Author), Caitlin Kelly (Narrator), & 2 more 1,244 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial 'Both narrators add depth and resonance to Young's rich prose. Those who enjoy epic fantasy novels should definitely give this a listen!" ( AudioFile Magazine)įrom Adrienne Young, New York Times best-selling author of Sky in the Deep, comes her new gut-wrenching epic The Girl the Sea Gave Back. "Both narrators add depth and resonance to Young's rich prose. ![]() ![]() Absolutely amazing apples! Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois (PRI) patented this variety 1993, bred as a cross of Golden Delicious and Coop 17. This variety was almost discarded because the breeder felt like it ripened too late, but it was saved and has become a popular variety grown for winter storage. Stored Gold Rush may start to shrivel over a couple months, but they retain their flavor and firm texture and so continue to be great for fresh eating during the winter months. Really! A favorite for eating, pies, varietal cider, and drying. ![]() If properly stored, can be kept for many months. Develops an excellent and unique aromatic sweet flavor after several weeks of refrigeration. ![]() Sweet-tart with a complex fruity spicy flavor with hard, breaking texture. ![]() ![]() The uprisings were deemed a contravention of the Moor’s surrender terms. There were various rebellions by the Moors due to religious repression. However, it was not long before the terms of the treaty were violated, and mosques were being converted into Christian churches. Despite the promise made to Boabdil on the surrender of Granada, and terms of the Treaty of Granada 1491, Muslims and Jews were initially allowed to continue practicing their faith. After having spent years in the Spanish courts as a royal hostage of Isabella and Ferdinand, he later adopted Christianity and the customs and spent the rest of his days in Spain.įor the remaining Moors and Jews who wanted to stay in Spain, they were ordered to abandon their faith and convert to Catholicism. ![]() ![]() Boabdil’s eldest son, Ahmed, stayed behind in Spain. Broken and dejected, he finally left the Spanish peninsula and spent the rest of his days in Morocco until his death, 40 years later. Within a year, Boabdil buried his wife, Morayma, and his youngest son Yusuf. ![]() ![]() After decades of war between the Catholic monarchs and Boabdil, the last Sultan of Spain, Boabdil was sent into exile and was granted an enclave in the Alpujarra Mountains. On January 2, 1492, the Catholic royal powerhouse Queen Isabel of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon finally conquered Granada, the last Muslim stronghold of Spain, ending the 700 years of Moorish rule in the Iberian Peninsula. ![]() ![]() ![]() The author uses parallelism of revenge and crime in many instances in the book. ![]() The writer employs parallelism, humor, and character development in numerous accounts of narration to advance the theme of justice and revenge. The author uses numerous literary features in order to advance the theme of justice and revenge throughout the book. ![]() Portis narrates the story of Mattie Ross, a teenage girl, who is determined to avenge Tom Chaney, her father’s murderer (Dirda Para 2). Justice and vengeance remain a dominant theme in the novel. In his classical novel published in 1968 and titled True Grit, Charles Portis posits that true resolve and valor are critical factors for attaining desired goals. ![]() ![]() ![]() perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet.” - The New York Times Book Review Rethinking Camelot is “an interesting work not only for the history it explores, but also as a study of how various individuals and groups write and interpret history” ( Choice). Chomsky argues that US institutions and political culture, not individual presidents, are the key to understanding US behavior during Vietnam. In it, Chomsky dismisses efforts to resurrect Camelot-an attractive American myth portraying JFK as a shining knight promising peace, foiled only by assassins bent on stopping this lone hero who would have unilaterally withdrawn from Vietnam had he lived. Rethinking Camelot is a thorough analysis of John F. Kennedy’s role in the US invasion of Vietnam and a probing reflection on the elite political culture that allowed and encouraged the Cold War. strong arguments against Kennedy mythologists” ( Publishers Weekly). ![]() The famed political critic “analyzes the issue most prominently posed in Oliver Stone’s film JFK . . . ![]() ![]() Annerton Pit, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1977. The Blue Hawk, illustrated by David Smee, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1976. OL15854894W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 87.78 Pages 266 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0575018658 Chance, Luck, and Destiny (miscellany), illustrated by David Smee and Victor Ambrus, Gollancz (London, England), 1975, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1976. Urn:lcp:chanceluckdestin00dick:epub:169ac5f8-2101-4c6e-8a92-55c77dae51f3 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier chanceluckdestin00dick Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t52f8mt2g Isbn 0316184284ĩ780316184281 Lccn 75028403 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition ![]() Marincountyfreelibrary Edition 1st American ed. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:36:40 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA134512 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Boston Donor : Chance, luck & destiny (9780575018655) by Dickinson, Peter and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. ![]() ![]() Karl Edward Wagner will probably be best remembered as the creator of the hero-villain Kane, but he always considered himself a horror writer. Horror? Weren’t we talking about heroic fantasy? Well yes. ![]() He wouldn’t be on my radar until 2005 or so, when I became seriously interested in the horror genre. We probably passed each other in the hallways and maybe shared an elevator. The heartbreaking thing is, I know that being fellow southerners, he and I attended many of the same conventions in the '80s-'90s. By 1980 I was reading nothing but crime fiction, and by the time I returned to the fantasy fold, around 2000, Wagner had passed away. ![]() ![]() Howard’s Conan, I had more or less moved away from reading sword & sorcery and heroic fantasy around the time that Wagner’s career in that field was getting up and running in the mid to late 1970s. I discovered Karl Edward Wagner too late. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism (1983), where, puzzled by the rise of nationalisms across the world, he sought to first explain what a nation was and then to trace the rise of different nationalisms. Imagined community Anderson’s most influential work was Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government and Asian Studies at Cornell University,ĭied on December 13 in Indonesia leaving behind a formidable academic legacy. What did nationalism mean and how was it defined or constructed? The scholars were Benedict Anderson, Ernest Gellner and Eric Hobsbawm. ![]() Two years later, three scholars of history and political science began a debate on nationalism. Midnight’s Children, in which the protagonist Saleem Sinai says: “A nation which had never previously existed, was about to win its freedom… It was a mass fantasy shared in varying degrees by Bengali and Punjabi, Madrasi and Jat, and would periodically need the satisfaction and renewal which can only be provided by rituals of blood.” ![]() |