Kadus
Kadus

Author: GiGi Meier

Publisher: GiGi Meier

Published: 2024-08-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1963625048

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Where beats and brushstrokes collide to form a colorful love affair... In the pulsating heart of Atlanta's hip-hop scene, Kadus Yacob's dreams throb with ambition until one event sends him spiraling. Fleeing from a brush with the law, he finds himself in the vibrant chaos of Houston's art world, right in the path of Rebecca "Bex" Hartley. Bex is a force to be reckoned with—a rockstar by night, leading her band with wild energy, and a bold, defiant artist by day, her murals splashing the city with rebellion, challenging every societal norm. Kadus, striving to carve his name in the music industry, finds an unexpected muse in Bex, pestering her for help. But Bex is fighting her own war, torn between her art installations, her band’s touring schedule, and her family's conservative expectations, she doesn’t want or need a nagging kid around. When he steps into her world, a collision of paint, power, and passion ensues, igniting a sizzling connection that neither can deny. From the underground beats of Atlanta's nightclubs to the colorful splashes of Houston's art district, their connection deepens, painting a love story as passionate and chaotic as Bex's art. Can the rhythm of Kadus's hip-hop beats resonate with the wild pulse of Bex's rock anthems and the vibrant strokes of her artwork, or will it be another one-hit wonder between these two? Kadus is an electrifying romance that dances across the lines of opposites-attract, blending the raw energy of a hip-hop artist and a punk rock painter. This passionate narrative charts the journey of two unlikely lovers, discovering that true harmony resonates in embracing their differences, melding their disparate worlds of music and art, and igniting a love as vibrant as a mural and as rhythmic as a beat. Kadus is the fourth book in The Cougars and Cubs Series and is a connected standalone. It is a steamy, reverse age gap, rockstar, hip hop artist, painter and artist, interracial couple, sister’s best friend, opposites attract romance. You’ll enjoy this series if you like these authors: Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland, Lauren Landish, L.J. Shen, Kendall Ryan, Sarina Bowen, Meghan Quinn, Alyssa Cole, Tessa Bailey, Sierra Simone, Helen Hoang, Talia Hibbert, Sylvia Day, J. Kenner, Jodi Ellen Malpas, Pepper Winters, Christina Lauren, Colleen Hoover, Samantha Young, Mariana Zapata, Katy Evans, E.L. James, Lisa Kleypas, Kresley Cole, and Nalini Singh.

The City of the Swan Goddess
The City of the Swan Goddess

Author: Stephen Symons

Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing

Published: 2016-07-19

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1925191737

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Edrun, Jina and the council agree that something needs to be done about the mysterious disappearances of young women of the Clans of the DrummGrissa. But late that night, before a plan of action can be agreed, a local guest-house becomes a raging inferno. All within perish; amongst them Harane, a Princess of a powerful clan and a Priestess of the Goddess Lute who was travelling to Hazek. Is there a conspiracy at work, one that extends into the highest echelons of both the Clans and the Temples? Digging too deeply might set the whole of the Kalion Islands alight with civil war. One man, it seems, is the key to everything--Edrun's old enemy Halgar Rassvorea, who's determined to finish Edrun off once and for all.

The Development of Religion, the Religion of Development
The Development of Religion, the Religion of Development

Author: Ananta Kumar Giri

Publisher: Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9059720385

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Development is a key concept for thinking about the global relations between nations, in particular between North and South. But what exactly does it entail and in which forms do development practices manifest themselves? Are we dealing with aid or with co-operation, or perhaps with encounter? And which motives, philosophies of life and ideas about the course of nations and other human communities are lurking behind the programs of actual development? Why has the concept become so popular, that it seems to have become a substitute for the concept of history? Could it be that development programs which are usually rationally conceived, evaluated and managed, betray hegemonic practices, despite the good intentions of donor nations and development agencies? Or are development programs aiming at integration of the South into a global market? If so, could it be that the belief in development is some kind of a secular, quasi-religious view on the ways nations and people must develop? We know after all that religion often is a motivating source for many people involved in development practices. These questions are addressed in short essays by eminent experts in the fields of development studies, cultural anthropology, development policy and social philosophy. They critically analyse the discourses used in development practices. The ultimate focus of the essays is on the ways in which political and development agencies deal with morality, religion and spirituality. The authors come from Great Britain, India, Indonesia and the Netherlands. This volume will be attractive to those working in the fields of development cooperation, missionary work and faith-based international solidarity. Book jacket.

An Intimate War
An Intimate War

Author: Mike Martin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 019023802X

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An Intimate War tells the story of the last thirty-four years of conflict in Helmand Province, Afghani- stan as seen through the eyes of the Helmandis. In the West, this period is often defined through different lenses - the Soviet intervention, the civil war, the Taliban, and the post-2001 nation-building era. Yet, as experienced by local inhabitants, the Helmand conflict is a perennial one, involving the same individuals, families and groups, and driven by the same arguments over land, water and power. This book - based on both military and re- search experience in Helmand and 150 inter- views in Pashto - offers a very different view of Helmand from those in the media. It demonstrates how outsiders have most often misunderstood the ongoing struggle in Helmand and how, in doing so, they have exacerbated the conflict, perpetuated it and made it more violent - precisely the opposite of what was intended when their interventions were launched. Mike Martin's oral history of Helmand under- scores the absolute imperative of understanding the highly local, personal, and non-ideological nature of internal conflict in much of the 'third' world.

Reformist Muslims in Yagyakarta Village
Reformist Muslims in Yagyakarta Village

Author: Hyung-Jun Kim

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1920942351

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This study examines the religious life of reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta village. The foci of this discussion are on Muslim villagers' construction, with the help of the reformist paradigm, of the image of the 'good Muslim' and 'Muslim-ness', on their efforts to incorporate an (reformist) Islamic framework to question taken-for-granted practices and ideas, on the position of traditional practices and ideas and their relation to reformist Islam, and on the interplay of villagers who show a strong commitment to reformist Islam with those who do not. Another topic investigated in this study is the interactions between Muslim and Christian villagers and the impacts of Christian presence on the process by which Muslims define themselves, their neighbours, their religion and their religious community.