God's Invisible Signature
God's Invisible Signature

Author: Gautam Bagchi

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2022-12-24

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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Does God exist? Has anyone seen God? Since the earliest times, human beings have been looking for answers. How did we all come into existence? How the universe was created? Where did the laws of nature come from? How the life forms have appeared and the intelligent life evolved? How did the human mind develop such skills to understand the hidden mathematics behind the invisible laws of nature? Probably, there is no way to know the truth also. As truth sometimes is beyond us even in mathematics, can we interpret the great mathematician Kurt Gödel, and say that we would never be able to know the ultimate truth, i.e. the cause of the creation of the universe from within it. Scientific knowledge empowers us to solve the mysteries of nature, at the same time it teaches us that more mysteries are there which are beyond our imagination; we must be open to the idea of completely new possibilities! Many other indications provoke thought among many scientists, whether the universe appears to have been designed specifically for human life? This book tries to explore if at all it is possible to find such answers, to know the ultimate truth.

Juma
Juma

Author: Madhuri Pavamani

Publisher: Swerve

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1250127203

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“Full of sex, magic, and turmoil...poetic and utterly beautiful. I can't remember the last time a book made me stop and think, wow.” --Meredith Wild, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Dutch JUMA is the second book in The Keeper Series and continues the thrilling, sexy urban fantasy saga that began with DUTCH. I work for Death; helping her cross the dead back to the living. I am the best at what I do, and I fear no one. Then I cross paths with Dutch Mathew and all I hold sacred is turned on its head. Dutch is an uncontrollable force of nature, and I want nothing more than to wrap myself around him for all of my lives. Our love is desperate like a sickness, blinding in its madness, suffocating in its intensity. Together we are light and laughter and all things beautiful, but we are no fools. We know darkness looms. Dutch has tried to topple an entity he cannot hope to wrangle alone. Death is ever-demanding in her quest to control and bend me to her will. And a new, darker threat has erupted and runs amok, bringing with it dread and terror and a fight like no other; one where the stakes are high and the winner takes all. In this game of lives, Dutch and I need each other to stand strong. But first we must be strong enough to stand together. "Absolutely addictive!" --Helen Hardt, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author on Dutch "Dark. Sensual. Unputdownable. I devoured this book and can't wait for the next!"--Kate Baxter, author of The Untamed Vampire on Dutch Publisher's Note: Juma is a scorchingly sexy, romantic urban fantasy, full of forbidden love, romance and very hot love scenes.

Fletch, Too
Fletch, Too

Author: Gregory Mcdonald

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 2018-12-04

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 153854265X

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After a heck of a week at the News-Tribune with only a few minor blunders, Fletch is finally getting married to his blushing bride, Barbara. As the small gathering of friends and family converge on the gusty bluff for the ceremony, Fletch is handed a curious envelope by a mustached stranger that contains something almost unbelievable—a letter from his supposedly dead father, inviting him and his new wife to Africa for a visit. More than just a little curious, Fletch convinces the skeptical Barbara to forgo the skiing adventure they had planned to find the father he’s never known. But upon their arrival in Nairobi, just as the hunt begins for the elusive Fletch Senior, a murder threatens to derail the trip before they even leave the airport.

Coloniality and Migrancy in African Diasporic Literatures
Coloniality and Migrancy in African Diasporic Literatures

Author: Peter Moopi

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-10-06

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1000968596

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This book explores literary representations of African immigrant experiences in Western countries, against the backdrop of colonial stereotypes and recent expressions of anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe and America. The book deploys the concept of coloniality of migrancy to explore how global coloniality continues to shape the identities and lived experiences of African immigrants as represented in African diasporic literatures. It considers the persistence of racist and discriminatory attitudes and patterns of thought that developed during slavery and colonialism, and asks to what extent it is possible for African immigrants to transcend race in their configuration of their identity. Five key twenty-first century African diasporic novels are considered in the analysis: Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers, Dave Eggers’ What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names and Helon Habila’s Travellers. Overall, the book demonstrates that despite the hostility migrants of colour encounter, Africans are shunning the victimhood of colonialism and slavery and finding alternative ways of navigating and inhabiting the modern world. Foregrounding the usefulness of decoloniality and postcolonial theory as theoretical tools, this book will be an invaluable resource to researchers across the fields of African literature, migration, sociology, politics, and decolonial studies.

Distinguished Conduct
Distinguished Conduct

Author: Page, Melvin

Publisher: Luviri Press

Published: 2019-08-23

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9996066371

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Can an African soldier be loyal to his British regiment and stay true to his own society and its beliefs? Juma Chimwere believes he must! Distinguished Conduct recounts a Malawian msilikali’s life of doing so. Beginning as an eager Yao recruit in the Central African Rifles, through more than a half century of British colonialism in Nyasaland, Juma remains faithful to his goal. Though sometimes questioning the ongoing effects of his service his continued devotion to duty merits many awards, including medals personally presented by King Edward VII and the Governor of Nyasaland. After retirement his efforts turn more towards encouraging family enterprise and promoting an independent, united Malawi. Yet through his entire journey, Juma earns the respect not only of his fellow Africans, but his King’s African Rifles commanders as well.

Zawadi
Zawadi

Author: Esther N. Mwangi

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2006-10-14

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0595842194

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Zawadi was right: a puny woman who was still a political armature, operating from the equally punitive Zanzibar would not have interested a mighty giant like America. There was a deeper reason for their interest in Africa in general, that went far before Zawadi's time. In a futuristic world, an extraordinary woman named Zawadi becomes the first president of a united Africa. She lives in an undated "anything goes" era during which the world is inundated by transgenic madness. Zawadi discovers that America, in cahoots with Argentinean Mafiosi, hired her best friend to try and stop Zawadi from becoming president. But their reasons are economical: vast oil deposits, caused by a shift of the earth's crust, have collected underneath Africa. Coveting this oil wealth, America wants to hasten the formation of a world government. Can Zawadi successfully lead her country through this global challenge? Replete with futuristic technologies, including laser operated pest control, and air crafts that have a capacity to stop in midair, Zawadi takes an intriguing look at a future plagued by our own twenty-first-century problems.

Triggers
Triggers

Author: Anne Breitbarth

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2008-08-22

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 311019743X

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The concept of 'trigger' is a core concept of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. The idea that certain types of movement are triggered by some property of the target position is at least as old as the notion that the movement of noun phrases to the subject position is triggered by their need to receive nominative case. In more recent versions of syntactic theory, triggering mechanisms are thought to regulate all of movement. Furthermore, a quite narrow range of triggering mechanisms is permitted. As is to be expected, such a restrictive approach meets a variety of difficulties. Specifically, the question is whether all triggering elements required to cover displacement of all kinds in natural language can be independently motivated. Further, how can a trigger theory, which crucially relies on the idea that all movement is obligatory, deal with apparently optional movement processes? Are features an adequate means to express the triggering function in all cases? More radically, are all movement phenomena really the result of the checking of trigger features? And what about apparent triggering factors that are 'external' to syntax such as prosody - can they be captured in a rigid trigger theory? In other words, could certain aspects of triggered movement be due to interface conditions? Such is the range of questions addressed by the fourteen contributions to this book. They cover a considerable range of languages (including Afrikaans, Breton, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Gungbe, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Kiswahili, Romanian). These papers present materials, both empirical and theoretical, that will not fail to have considerable impact on the further development of the concept of trigger in syntactic theory.

Learn Swahili - Level 2: Absolute Beginner
Learn Swahili - Level 2: Absolute Beginner

Author: Innovative Language Learning

Publisher: Innovative Language Learning

Published:

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Interactive. Effective. And FUN! Start speaking Swahili in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Learn Swahili - Level 2: Absolute Beginner, a completely new way to learn Swahili with ease! Learn Swahili - Level 2: Absolute Beginner will arm you with Swahili and cultural insight to utterly shock and amaze your Kenyan friends and family, teachers, and colleagues. What you get in Learn Swahili - Level 2: Absolute Beginner: - 150+ pages of Swahili learning material - 25 Swahili lessons: dialog transcripts with translation, vocabulary, sample sentences and a grammar section - 25 Audio Lesson Tracks - 25 Audio Review Tracks - 25 Audio Dialog Tracks This book is the most powerful way to learn Swahili. Guaranteed. You get the two most powerful components of our language learning system: the audio lessons and lesson notes. Why are the audio lessons so effective? - 25 powerful and to the point lessons - syllable-by-syllable breakdown of each word and phrase so that you can say every word and phrase instantly - repeat after the professional teacher to practice proper pronunciation - cultural insight and insider-only tips from our teachers in each lesson - fun and relaxed approach to learning - effortlessly learn from bi-lingual and bi-cultural hosts as they guide you through the pitfalls and pleasures of Kenya and Swahili. Why are the lesson notes so effective? - improve listening comprehension and reading comprehension by reading the dialog transcript while listening to the conversation - grasp the exact meaning of phrases and expressions with natural translations - expand your word and phrase usage with the expansion section - master and learn to use Swahili grammar with the grammar section Discover or rediscover how fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning. And start speaking Swahili instantly!

Juma and the Mystery of the Copper Scroll
Juma and the Mystery of the Copper Scroll

Author: Mary Fortier Shea

Publisher: Airleaf

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781594538315

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A young Bedouin who discovers the existence of the oldest biblical manuscripts in caves near his native village of Wadi, Qumram, northwest in the Judean desert. They have come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. This is a tale of archeological sins, academic megalomania, political intrigue, and murder.