Daughters Of Oduma

Author : Moses Ose Utomi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781665918145

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Daughters of Oduma by Moses Ose Utomi Pdf

An elite female fighter must reenter the competition to protect her found family of younger sisters in this “absorbing, striking” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) young adult fantasy inspired by West African culture, perfect for fans of The Gilded Ones and Creed. Eat. Dance. Fight. This is the life of the girls who compete in the Isle’s elite, all-female fighting sport of Bowing. But it isn’t really Dirt’s life anymore. At sixteen, she is old and has retired from competition. Instead, she spends her days coaching the younger sisters of the Mud Fam and dreading her fast-approaching birthday, when she’ll have to leave her sisters to fulfill whatever destiny the Gods choose for her. Dirt’s young sisters are coming along nicely, and the Mud Fam is sure to win the upcoming South God Bow tournament, which is crucial: the tiny Fam needs the new recruits that come with victory. Then an attack from a powerful rival leaves the Mud without their top Bower, and Dirt is the only one who can compete in the tournament. But Dirt is old, out of shape, and afraid. She has never wanted to be a leader. Victory seems impossible—yet defeat would mean the end of her beloved Fam. And no way is Dirt going to let that happen.

Author : Moses Ose Utomi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781665918138

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Daughters of Oduma by Moses Ose Utomi Pdf

Sixteen-year-old Dirt, a retired elite female fighter, must enter the South God Bow tournament to protect her found family of younger sisters and their beloved Mud Fam.

Author : Moses Ose Utomi
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250848383

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The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose Utomi Pdf

Moses Ose Utomi returns to his Forever Desert series with The Truth of the Aleke, continuing his epic fable about truth, falsehood, and the shackles of history. The Aleke is cruel. The Aleke is clever. The Aleke is coming. 500 years after the events of The Lies of the Ajungo, the City of Truth stands as the last remaining free city of the Forever Desert. A bastion of freedom and peace, the city has successfully weathered near-constant attacks from the Cult of Tutu, who have besieged it for three centuries, attempting to destroy its warriors and subjugate its people. Seventeen-year-old Osi is a Junior Peacekeeper in the City. When the mysterious leader of the Cult, known only as the Aleke, commits a massacre in the capitol and steals the sacred God's Eyes, Osi steps forward to valiantly defend his home. For his bravery he is tasked with a tremendous responsibility—destroy the Cult of Tutu, bring back the God's Eyes, and discover the truth of the Aleke. The Forever Desert series The Lies of the Ajungo The Truth of the Aleke At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Moses Ose Utomi
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250848420

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The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi Pdf

Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother’s life. Prepare to enter the Forever Desert. A Library Journal Best Book of the Month! They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City of Lies. They say there are no friends beyond the City of Lies. But would you believe what they say in the City of Lies? In the City of Lies, they cut out your tongue when you turn thirteen, to appease the terrifying Ajungo Empire and make sure it continues sending water. Tutu will be thirteen in three days, but his parched mother won’t last that long. So Tutu goes to his oba and makes a deal: she provides water for his mother, and in exchange he will travel out into the desert and bring back water for the city. Thus begins Tutu’s quest for the salvation of his mother, his city, and himself. The Lies of the Ajungo opens the curtains on a tremendous world, and begins the epic fable of the Forever Desert. With every word, Moses Ose Utomi weaves magic. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Mike Biose
Publisher : Elm Hill
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400325108

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UFEDO by Mike Biose Pdf

Nkemi one of the Otani warriors rescued the beautiful Uredo on her way to visit one of her aunts in Obaji and fell in love with her, during one of his visits he made a promise to see her on particular day, though it was rainy and he very sick, he still risked the visit which became very disastrous, a fisherman rescued him and took care of him and later adopted him as his son. When he became well, he eventually visited Idah with his adopted father and a day was set for the marriage rites. But those were the days that the white men had begun to come first in trickles, one of them Richard a missionary had resided in Igalla land for a while without winning a soul, just at about the time set for the marriage rites Unekwuojo Uredo’s junior brother fell sick the marriage rites was postponed he later died, on the way to be buried at the evil forest where Richard resides, Richard prayed for the young man and he was raised from the dead, Ojomu the father of the young man became a good friend to Richard and eventually got converted and took over trying to reach his own people with the gospel. Meanwhile just some few days to the beginning of the marriage rites a ship arrived the shores of Onitsha a commercial village and blocked river ways, the ship bombarded Onitsha and the Royal Niger Company sent soldiers to the hinterlands, Nkem being a warrior joined forces with the Ekwumekmu warriors to protect his mother land from been taken over by the white men. While the war was on, Ojomu’s conversion to Christianity brought about a turnoil in the entire Igalla land, this led to his wife and children’s eyes been gorged out and he beheaded. After the war with the white men, when Nkem returned to his betrothed, things had taken a new turn.

Author : Norah Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Galle (Sri Lanka)
ISBN : UOM:39015034397615

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Galle as Quiet as Asleep by Norah Roberts Pdf

Author : Elechi Amadi
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781478635529

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The Concubine by Elechi Amadi Pdf

Amadi’s masterpiece of African literature captures village life and practices not yet touched by the white man. The novel’s beautiful, hardworking protagonist, Ihouma, is admired by all in her village. Yet those who express their love for her meet with mysterious tragedy, leaving her devastated. This enticing odyssey, where exemplary attributes go unrewarded and the boundaries between myth and reality are muted, outwits readers with unexpected twists that make them want to keep turning the page.

Author : Chidi Giniji
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595344321

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A Biafran Odyssey by Chidi Giniji Pdf

At the turn of the year, 1966, Nigeria was thrown into an awful turmoil by a military coup that exacerbated the existing but cryptic ethnic resentments, precipitating the hostile environments, which necessitated the secession of Biafra, and a year later, ushered in a bloody three-year-war! A Biafran Odyssey is the story of a Biafran youngster, Chidi, who, convinced about the unequivocal legitimacy of Biafra's claim to self-determination, left home to join the army, but returned two years later, at the end of the war, with many unanswered questions and a sobering notion about his world. Chidi tells his story of Biafra, the way it was never told, featuring the emotional vagaries to which his comrades and himself were subjected to; their woes, their cries and, ironically, their laughs too, revealing some of the weird aspects of one of the most brutal ethnic conflicts of post- colonial Africa. With short poems and love scenes like the short-lived affair between himself and Bernadette, Chidi portrays, without being too salacious, albeit unique with African stories, some of the discomfits of transforming from adolescent into adulthood on a fast lane.

Author : Alice Shepherd
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520341074

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Proto-Wintun by Alice Shepherd Pdf

This volume represents a reconstruction of Proto-Wintun, the parent language of a group of California Indian languages. It includes a grammatical sketch of Proto-Wintun, cognate sets with reconstructions and an index to the reconstructions. The book fulfills a need for in-depth reconstructions of proto-languages for California Indian language families, both for theoretical purposes and deeper comparison with other proto- or pre-languages.

Author : Zakes Mda
Publisher : Picador
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374708269

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She Plays with the Darkness by Zakes Mda Pdf

In a remote mountain village in Lesotho, the beautiful Dikosha lives for dancing and for song, setting herself apart from her fellow villagers. Her twin brother, Radisene, works in the lowland capital of Maseru, struggling amid political upheaval to find a life for himself away from the hills. As the years pass, Radisene's fortunes rise and fall in the city, while Dikosha remains in the village, never leaving and never aging. And through it all, the community watches, comments, and passes judgment.

Author : Gloria Chuku
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415972108

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Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960 by Gloria Chuku Pdf

Extrait de amazon.com : "Among Africanists and feminists, the Igbo-speaking women of southeastern Nigeria are well known for their history of anti-colonial activism which was most demonstrated in the 1929 War against British Colonialism. Perplexed by the magnitude of the Women's War, the colonial government commissioned anthropologists/ethnographers to study the Igbo political system and the place of women in Igbo society. The primary motive was to have a better understanding of the Igbo in order to avoid a repeat of the Women's War. This study will analyze the complexity and flexibility of gender relations in Igbo society with emphasis on such major cultural zones as the Anioma, the Ngwa, the Onitsha, the Nsukka, and the Aro."

Author : Ama Ata Aidoo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 1903552168

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Dilemma of a Ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo Pdf

Author : Margarita Stoytcheva
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789533075327

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Pesticides by Margarita Stoytcheva Pdf

This book provides an overview on a large variety of pesticide-related topics, organized in three sections. The first part is dedicated to the "safer" pesticides derived from natural materials, the design and the optimization of pesticides formulations, and the techniques for pesticides application. The second part is intended to demonstrate the agricultural products, environmental and biota pesticides contamination and the impacts of the pesticides presence on the ecosystems. The third part presents current investigations of the naturally occurring pesticides degradation phenomena, the environmental effects of the break down products, and different approaches to pesticides residues treatment. Written by leading experts in their respective areas, the book is highly recommended to the professionals, interested in pesticides issues.

Author : Kaïs Hussain Al-Gubory,Ismail Laher
Publisher : Springer
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319676258

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Nutritional Antioxidant Therapies: Treatments and Perspectives by Kaïs Hussain Al-Gubory,Ismail Laher Pdf

This book offers a collection of expert reviews on the use of plant-based antioxidant therapies in disease prevention and treatment. Topics discussed include the uses of plant and nutritional antioxidants in the contexts of reproductive health and prenatal development, healthcare and aging, noncommunicable chronic diseases, and environmental pollution. The text is complemented by a wealth of color figures and summary tables.

Author : Grace Chan
Publisher : Affirm Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781922848864

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Every Version of You by Grace Chan Pdf

'Asks what it is to be human. Visceral, mind-bending and tender.' - Inga Simpson In late twenty-first century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin spend most of their time inside a hyper-immersive, hyper-consumerist virtual reality called Gaia. They log on, go to work, socialise, and even eat in this digital utopia. Meanwhile their aging bodies lie suspended in pods inside cramped apartments. Across the city, in the abandoned 'real' world, Tao-Yi's mother remains stubbornly offline, preferring instead to indulge in memories of her life in Malaysia. When a new technology is developed to permanently upload a human brain to Gaia, Tao-Yi must decide what is most important: a digital future, or an authentic past. Never Let Me Go meets Black Mirror, with a dash of Murakami surrealism thrown in, this is speculative literary fiction at its best.