Shadows Over The Sun

Author : Ryszard Kapuscinski
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307367099

Get Book

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski Pdf

A moving portrait of Africa from Poland's most celebrated foreign correspondent - a masterpiece from a modern master. Famous for being in the wrong places at just the right times, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa in 1957, at the beginning of the end of colonial rule - the "sometimes dramatic and painful, sometimes enjoyable and jubilant" rebirth of a continent. The Shadow of the Sun sums up the author's experiences ("the record of a 40-year marriage") in this place that became the central obsession of his remarkable career. From the hopeful years of independence through the bloody disintegration of places like Nigeria, Rwanda and Angola, Kapuscinski recounts great social and political changes through the prism of the ordinary African. He examines the rough-and-ready physical world and identifies the true geography of Africa: a little-understood spiritual universe, an African way of being. He looks also at Africa in the wake of two epoch-making changes: the arrival of AIDS and the definitive departure of the white man. Kapuscinski's rare humanity invests his subjects with a grandeur and a dignity unmatched by any other writer on the Third World, and his unique ability to discern the universal in the particular has never been more powerfully displayed than in this work.

Author : J. E. Mooney,Bill Fawcett
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466814165

Get Book

Shadows of the New Sun by J. E. Mooney,Bill Fawcett Pdf

An all-star tribute to Gene Wolfe, featuring the work of Neil Gaiman, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and others Perhaps no living author of imaginative fiction has earned the awards, accolades, respect, and literary reputation of Gene Wolfe. His prose has been called subtle and brilliant, inspiring not just lovers of fantasy and science fiction, but readers of every stripe, transcending genre and defying preconceptions. In this volume, a select group of Wolfe's fellow authors pay tribute to the award-winning creator of The Book of the New Sun, The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Soldier of the Mist, The Wizard Knight and many others, with entirely new stories written specifically to honor the writer hailed by The Washington Post as "one of America's finest." Shadows of the New Sun features contributions by Neil Gaiman, David Brin, David Drake, Nancy Kress, and many others, plus two new short stories by Gene Wolfe himself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Michael Jan Friedman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743454216

Get Book

Shadows on the Sun by Michael Jan Friedman Pdf

As a young doctor with a beautiful family and a promising medical career, Dr. Leonard McCoy thought he had it all. But when the woman he loved betrayed him, McCoy fled to Starfleet, hoping to lose his pain in the depths of space. Now, more than forty years later, the EnterpriseTM and her crew are ordered to transport a group of mediators to the planet Ssan, a world where assassination is a time-honored tradition, and McCoy is surprised to learn that his ex-wife, now remarried, is one of the mediators. And before he can come to terms with his conflicted feelings for his former love, she and Captain Kirk are trapped on Susan, and McCoy is caught in an explosive civil war, the only one with the power to save the woman who once nearly destroyed him.

Author : Caroline Montague
Publisher : Orion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Spain
ISBN : 1409198073

Get Book

Shadows Over the Spanish Sun by Caroline Montague Pdf

Escape to the Spanish hills with this spellbinding story of passionate love, family secrets and betrayal 'SHADOWS OVER THE SPANISH SUN is scorching. It was a joy to ride across the Andalusian hills and to be transported by parallel, truly heart wrenching love stories, past and present' Carl Hester, Olympic Gold Medalist in Dressage 'Enthralling and wonderfully romantic, with gorgeous characters, this is perfect to curl up with and get lost in' Katie Fforde on A Paris Secret 'A moving, sweeping saga of love and loss' Dinah Jefferies on A Paris Secret *** A country in the shadow of war. A love that burns through the decades... Mia Ferris's heart has always belonged in Spain. Every childhood summer was spent at her grandfather's hacienda, riding together amongst the olive trees or listening to his stories of the past. So when she learns that he has fallen from his horse, she knows that she belongs by his bedside - even if it means leaving behind her life in London, and her new fiancé. But as Leonardo fights for his life, and Mia to save the family home from financial ruin, secrets begin to emerge that tell a different story of the past - a terrible history that begins with a boy running for his life over the Andalusian hills, and ends with a forbidden love that only war can destroy... As Mia untangles the passions and betrayals of the past, everything she thought she knew is turned upside down. Can she heal the wounds of the past, and face the truth of her own heart? A sweeping novel of passionate love, betrayal and redemption, set against the turmoil and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War. *** Praise for Caroline Montague: Enthralling... snared us in an ever-tightening circle of love and despair, secrets and forgiveness' Joanna Lumley 'Thoroughly engrossing' Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey 'Passionate characters with back stories laced with secrets and true historical events, set against the harsh beauty of Andalucía, guarantee hours of escape in this wonderful saga' Angela Petch

Author : Anne Sibley O'Brien
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545905763

Get Book

In the Shadow of the Sun by Anne Sibley O'Brien Pdf

Hatchet in North Korea: A sister and brother go on the run with explosive forbidden photographs in this gripping and timely survival adventure. North Korea is known as the most repressive country on Earth, with a dictatorial leader, a starving population, and harsh punishment for rebellion.Not the best place for a family vacation.Yet that's exactly where Mia Andrews finds herself, on a tour with her aid-worker father and fractious older brother, Simon. Mia was adopted from South Korea as a baby, and the trip raises tough questions about where she really belongs. Then her dad is arrested for spying, just as forbidden photographs of North Korean slave-labor camps fall into Mia's hands. The only way to save Dad: get the pictures out of the country. Thus Mia and Simon set off on a harrowing journey to the border, without food, money, or shelter, in a land where anyone who sees them might turn them in, and getting caught could mean prison -- or worse.An exciting adventure that offers a rare glimpse into a compelling, complicated nation, In the Shadow of the Sun is an unforgettable novel of courage and survival.

Author : Richard Matheson
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765362295

Get Book

Shadow on the Sun by Richard Matheson Pdf

As the Army and the Apache experience an uneasy peace, the discovery of the body of a man who had been brutally murdered and mutilated threatens to ignite all-out war, and it is up to Indian Agent Billjohn Finley to prevent it.

Author : EM Castellan
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250226037

Get Book

In the Shadow of the Sun by EM Castellan Pdf

EM Castellan's In the Shadow of the Sun is a sumptuous YA romantasy set in 17th century Versailles. It’s 1661 in Paris, and magicians thrill nobles with enchanting illusions. Exiled in France, 17-year-old Henriette of England wishes she could use her magic to gain entry at court. Instead, her plan is to hide her magical talents, and accept an arranged marriage to the French king’s younger brother. Henriette soon realizes her fiancé prefers the company of young men to hers, and court magicians turn up killed by a mysterious sorcerer who uses forbidden magic. When an accident forces Henriette to reveal her uniquely powerful gift for enchantments to Louis, he asks for her help: she alone can defeat the dark magician threatening his authority and aid his own plans to build the new, enchanted seat of his power--the Palace of Versailles.

Author : Gayathri Ramprasad
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788184006537

Get Book

Shadows in the Sun by Gayathri Ramprasad Pdf

As a young girl in Bangalore, Gayathri was surrounded by the fragrance of jasmine and flickering oil lamps, her family protected by gods and goddesses. But as she grew older, demons came forth from dark corners of her idyllic kingdom—with the scariest creatures lurking within her tortured mind. Shadows in the Sun traces Gayathri’s courageous battle with debilitating depression that consumed her from adolescence through marriage and a move to the United States. Her inspiring memoir provides a first-of-its-kind cross-cultural view of mental illness—how it is regarded in India and in America, and how she drew on both her rich Hindu heritage and Western medicine to find healing.

Author : Jared Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Japan
ISBN : UCAL:B4519946

Get Book

Shadows of the Rising Sun by Jared Taylor Pdf

Author : Chad Oliver
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575126404

Get Book

Shadows in the Sun by Chad Oliver Pdf

Anthropologist Paul Ellery discovers that the small Texas town of Jefferson Springs is actually an imitation of small-town America created by the aliens who now offer him a chance to explore the universe.

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : 1473211972

Get Book

The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe Pdf

An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ? This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.

Author : Vrinda Sheth
Publisher : Mandala Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1608878716

Get Book

Shadows of the Sun Dynasty by Vrinda Sheth Pdf

This deluxe illustrated novel adaptation of the Ramayana—the classic Hindu epic—pairs divinely inspired art with intimate portrayals of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Ravana, and many more. Welcome to the royal city of Ayodhya, a realm ruled by the Sun dynasty, where peace reigns among the citizens while discord simmers behind the palace walls. A prophecy predicts that a son of the Sun dynasty will slay the immortal Ravana and defeat his demon army—but how will a mere human succeed where all the gods have failed? Meanwhile, Ayodhya’s emperor is torn between his own needs and the needs of the empire. His rebellious third wife, raised as a warrior, is haunted by her past. A defiant servant, stigmatized by her deformity, is willing to destroy the empire to achieve her own aims. A prince, unaware of his own divine origin, falls in love with a princess so extraordinary even the all-seeing sages cannot fathom her destiny. Shape-shifting blood-drinkers from the celestial realm fill the forests around the city, and the time of prophecy is drawing near—but will the blessings of the gods be enough to fend off the darkness growing in the heart of Ayodhya? A truly original reimagining of the classic Indian epic, the Ramayana, as told primarily through the eyes of the women behind the throne, Shadows of the Sun Dynasty reveals an entirely new perspective on an ancient story. Set in a world of kings and queens, celestial battles, invisible foes, and family rivalries, this epic tale forges legends in the fires of betrayal and prophecy.

Author : Bobbie Kalman,Kelley MacAulay
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778732029

Get Book

Earth and the Sun by Bobbie Kalman,Kelley MacAulay Pdf

Discusses the relationship between the earth and the sun.

Author : Scott Barker
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465350060

Get Book

Shadows Over Sheradan by Scott Barker Pdf

In this trhilling epic, Prince Trigarius must race against time to stop a disaster of his own making. When a mysterious seal is accidentally broken, an unstoppable force from another dimension is unleashed. Part phantom, the creature passes through solid objects. Part virus, it multiplies when it feeds. As Trigarius learns about the Netherspawn's origins, he soon realizes that he has stumbled upon an ancient war that spans thousands of years. Can the prince stop the shadows in time, or will the world of Sheradan be lost forever?

Author : Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735281257

Get Book

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, THE GUARDIAN, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, TIME, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE TIMES (UK), VULTURE, THE ECONOMIST, NPR, AND BOOKRIOT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SUMMER 2021 READING LIST The magnificent new novel from Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro--author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. “The Sun always has ways to reach us.” From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?