In the gritty 1960's streets of Queens in New York City, a young girl and her older brother forge an alliance against their cold and indifferent parents. But when their home becomes unbearable, he flees, leaving her to face the neglect alone. Seeking freedom and a fresh start, she escapes to Greenwich Village at eighteen, hopeful for a brighter future through college. However, the allure of the Village's bohemian culture ensnares her, plunging her into a harrowing spiral of temptations and pitfalls. Through encounters with a diverse cast of characters, she learns profound lessons as she finds her way back from the brink. In this poignant tale of survival, growth, and self-discovery, she weaves a tapestry of personal triumphs and tribulations, trying to finding her way in a world that once seemed impossibly bleak.
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and language, culture Linguistics has long shied away from claiming any link between a language and the culture of its speakers: too much simplistic (even bigoted) chatter about the romance of Italian and the goose-stepping orderliness of German has made serious thinkers wary of the entire subject. But now, acclaimed linguist Guy Deutscher has dared to reopen the issue. Can culture influence language—and vice versa? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? Could our experience of the world depend on whether our language has a word for "blue"? Challenging the consensus that the fundaments of language are hard-wired in our genes and thus universal, Deutscher argues that the answer to all these questions is—yes. In thrilling fashion, he takes us from Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water—a "she"—becomes a "he" once you dip a tea bag into her, demonstrating that language does in fact reflect culture in ways that are anything but trivial. Audacious, delightful, and field-changing, Through the Language Glass is a classic of intellectual discovery.
Sarah Lotz, internationally acclaimed author of The Three, and Day Four, describes The Mark as: "An entrancing, truly original novel packed with twists you won't see coming and a heroine that breaks the mould. Unputdownable." In the future, the world has flipped. Ravaged by the Conflagration, the State of Mangeria is a harsh place where the sun beats down, people's lives are run by a heartless elite and law is brutally enforced. A mark at the base of the spine controls each person's destiny. The Machine decides what work you will do and who your life partner will be. Juliet Seven - "Ettie" - will soon turn 15 and her life as a drudge will begin, her fate-mate mate will be chosen. Like everyone else, her future is marked by the numbers on her spine. But Ettie decides to challenge her destiny. And in so doing, she fulfills the prophecy that was spoken of before she even existed.
Billy is one of four teens chosen as the finalists in a competition to spend a long weekend in the Kruger Park. But on their first night in the bushveld, they run into a group of rhino poachers and land in grave danger. Who is the mysterious boy, and the anonymous "Hornblower"? Will they help the four friends expose the villains and save the rhino?
For the first time, the 92-metre frieze of the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, one of the largest historical narratives in marble, has been made the subject of a book. The pictorial narrative of the Boer pioneers who conquered South Africa’s interior during the 'Great Trek' (1835-52) represents a crucial period of South Africa’s past. Conceptualising the frieze both reflected on and contributed to the country’s socio-political debates in the 1930s and 1940s when it was made. The book considers the active role the Monument played in the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and the development of apartheid, as well as its place in post-apartheid heritage. The frieze is unique in that it provides rare evidence of the complex processes followed in creating a major monument. Based on unpublished documents, drawings and models, these processes are unfolded step by step, from the earliest discussions of the purpose and content of the frieze, through all the stages of its design, to its shipping to post-war Italy to be copied into marble from Monte Altissimo, up to its final installation in the Monument. The book examines how visual representation transforms historical memory in what it chooses to recount, and the forms in which it is depicted. The second volume expands on the first, by investigating each of the twenty-seven scenes of the frieze in depth, providing new insights into not only the frieze, but also South Africa’s history. François van Schalkwyk of African Minds, co-publisher with De Gruyter writes: From Memory to Marble is an open access monograph in the true sense of the word. Both volumes of the digital version of the book are available in full and free of charge from the date of publication. This approach to publishing democratises access to the latest scholarly publications across the globe. At the same time, a book such as From Memory to Marble, with its unique and exquisite photographs of the frieze as well as its wealth of reproduced archival materials, demands reception of a more traditional kind, that is, on the printed page. For this reason, the book is likewise available in print as two separate volumes. The printed and digital books should not be seen as separate incarnations; each brings its own advantages, working together to extend the reach and utility of From Memory to Marble to a range of interested readers.
High schools are jungles. And there are rules for surviving. All teenagers need to know these rules. They're pretty simple: never let your mom drive you to school in her dressing-gown. Never let her comment on your Facebook page. Never let her choose your clothes. Especially not your underwear. Common sense, right? Thirteen-year-old Ben Smith, flying under the radar at St David's, a rugby-worshipping school, knew all the rules. His mom knew them, too. That's why he trusted her to be cool. But then Ben broke the most important rule of all: never tell your mom stuff. First, he spilled the beans, then she did. And all hell broke loose. Ben wasn't Ben, Benno, Ben-dude anymore. He was the rat, the weasel, the sneak. He was Snitch.Snitch is the award-winning book of the 2017 M.E.R Prize for the best English or Afrikaans youth novel.
Journey to Jubilee, an adventure into God's rest is a fifty-day journal of bible-based poetry, scriptures and words of encouragement experienced during some of the most precious and intimate moments I have spent in fellowship with the Holy Spirit. As you read these experiences, I pray that you too will find joy in knowing you can live free from fear, worry and any other deceiving spirit, while experiencing liberty as you realize that every gift of God that you desire has already been placed within you. Rejoice and celebrate your own personal jubilee and discover how to enjoy the best of God while entering into the rest of God. SAMANTHA P. MEADE is a Christian author/poet and native of Virginia. She enjoys studying the word of God and translating it into poetry for the purpose of encouraging and edifying the body of Christ. At an early age she developed a passion for writing, but did not recognize the gift God had placed within her until she received Christ in 1992. She continues to write books, poems and essays that focus on the process Christians go through in our quest to imitate Christ and remain in God's perfect will.Samantha is currently a wife and mother of two and resides in the Washington DC area, where she continues to be obedient to the assignment from God to be used as a willing vessel to minister to the body of Christ through poetry."
Things should be great for Janie - she has graduated from high school and is spending her summer with Cabel, the guy she's totally in love with. But deep down she's panicking about how she's going to survive her future when getting sucked into other people's dreams is really starting to take its toll. Things get even more complicated when she meets her father for the very first time -and he's in a coma. As Janie uncovers his secret past, she begins to realize that the choice she thought she had has more dire consequences than she ever imagined.
Where did the real Jack the Ripper live? Which pub in London has been used more than any other by serial killers picking up their victims? Where was the capital's Gladiators’ Arena? Where in London did Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer, live as a child? Jack The Ripper (and 15 other London serial killers!), the Krays, Aleister Crowley, Ruth Ellis, Doctor John Dee, Sach and Walters the baby farmers – all these characters and more are covered in Bloody London, a unique and terrifying walk through the dark, gore-drenched streets of the capital. A must-have for fans of crime, horror, the supernatural and the simply bizarre, Bloody London will also show you: • Sites of executions and unsolved murders • London’s creepiest cemeteries • Where famous horror authors lived and worked • Where the Plague originated • A haunted church and many other locations… London’s dark and shocking secrets are laid bare in this compendium of true stories. We dare you to look inside…
