A fictionalized account of the author's experiences growing up in a culturally and racially diverse world on a university campus in Nigeria. Includes glossary.
She heard a voice seemingly coming from far away. Was it talking to her? What did it want? No! She couldn't do this again! She couldn't face feelings! She couldn't face the pain of reality. It hurt too much. The distant voice was asking too much! She flailed at the on-lookers, wobbled to her feet and desperately made her way out the door.
The closest he will ever come to happiness is when he's hurting her. Will she let him? A beautiful and twisted story of first love and innocence lost -- written when the author was just eighteen. Sphinxie and Cadence. Promised to each other in childhood. Drawn together again as teens. Sphinxie is sweet, compassionate, and plain. Cadence is brilliant, charismatic. Damaged. And diseased. When they were kids, he scarred her with a knife. Now, as his illness progresses, he becomes increasingly demanding. She wants to be loyal -- but fears for her life. Only the ultimate sacrifice will give this love an ending.
Deep in East Texas, the O'Shea family discovers the true meaning of fear, love and acceptance while searching for a "parcel" of land to call their own. The land is hostile and begrudging and only accepts those who have earned the right to stay. As they trudge west, the O'Sheas are asked to pay a price beyond imagination in pursuit of their illusive quest. Angels, ghosts and haunting dreams of the past intertwine their family's lives as they deal with their yesterdays and search for new tomorrows.
"Chasing the Sun" is a guide to Western fiction with more than 1,350 entries, including 59 reviews of the author's personal favorites, organized around theme.
The words of her father echo in a young girl's head: Never want what you can never have. Born on the day of the Mexican Goddess of Grass, Malinalli, she takes that name until 1519 when she begins her new Christian life as Marina, one of twenty slaves given to Conquistador Hernán Cortés after he defeats the natives of Tabasco. Having been sold into slavery by a wicked stepfather, Malinalli has learned Mayan as well as her native tongue Nahuatl. When Cortés discovers she can speak two languages, he makes her his interpreter and keeps her constantly at his side. His soldiers admire her and give her the respectful title of Don?a Marina (Lady Marina). Later, as she learns Spanish and becomes trilingual, she helps Cortés form alliances among Nahuatl speakers who hate Moctezuma II, a tyrant who has waged wars on neighboring tribes to obtain captives for human sacrifice. Cortés and his coalition of Spanish conquistadors and Tlaxcalan warriors lead a fierce attack upon the Aztec empire, conquer Moctezuma II, and thus change the fate of Mexico and Spain forever. Although Cortés comes to love Marina, and she brings out his best qualities, he allows her to marry a hidalgo lover for her future protection. Yet Cortés and Malinalli (also called La Malinche) become a team that rebuilds a devastated nation, shapes its Christian destiny, and leaves a proud legacy for two nations that enriched each other even as they tried to destroy each other.
The New York Times–bestselling author’s classic guide to astrology: “What makes Sun Signs different is that much of the writing is done with humor” (The Boston Globe). Before 1968, astrology as we know it had a very limited following in the United States and around the world. The publication of Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs changed that forever. Newspapers began running astrology columns, and soon, an increasing number of people knew their sign (as well as yours) and began to study astrological tendencies. Linda Goodman’s Sun Signs quickly established itself as the worldwide introductory bible to astrology for beginner and expert alike. The book’s simple organizational technique made it easy for everyone to follow and understand themselves and others, sign-by-sign. This updated edition of the groundbreaking classic is an enjoyable way to discover the world of astrology today.
Alright, listen up, folks. Let me spin you a yarn, a love story that will melt your butter and have you cheering for these star-crossed sweethearts like they're at the Olympics. Now, imagine Paris, see? Sun setting like a fiery tango dancer, painting the sky in shades of orange and longing. There's this girl, Chloé, eyes like sapphires and a spirit as sharp as a well-honed blade. In her hand, a crumpled letter, whispering promises turned to dust, signed with the very name that sends shivers down her spine – Benjamin. Distance, they thought, would be a whisper between their hearts. More like a chasm, right? Letters, supposed to be bridges, turned into tombstones of silence. The meadows they shared, filled with laughter and sun, now echoed with an emptiness that gnawed at her soul. But Chloé, she ain't built for wilting. That glint in her eyes, that's not tears, that's defiance. This ain't over, not by a long shot. This is just a tangled knot in their tapestry, waiting to be unraveled. Meanwhile, across the salty ocean, under a sky that's more green than blue, Benjamin wrestles with his own demons. His letters, once lifelines, are swallowed by the void, unanswered, unloved. His heart, a field where their love once bloomed, feels fallow now, haunted by phantoms of betrayal. But just like the stubborn weeds that push through concrete, hope refuses to die. He sees Chloé everywhere, not in the missing letters, but in the sunlight dappling leaves, in the rain singing on his windowpane. Her spirit, a whisper woven into his very being, won't be silenced. So, you see, their story, even though it's stretched thin by miles and deceit, it's still playing out in harmony. Chloé, in the concrete jungle, unravels the threads of lies, her love a compass guiding her in the dark. Benjamin, under the sun, cultivates his dreams, his success a silent serenade to the love that still burns bright within him.
A passage between the stars, the moon and the thoughts caught within all of us. The different emotions we hide sometimes when left staring at the sun feeling the moon within your mind. For all the people and chances that have gone before. Of all the times we felt so much alive and the regrets we hold like the dark side of the moon. Knowing the journey will lead us within the sun; changing our views. Feeling a step within life is just a change within our minds. Now feel the journey within one mind; take the time to ponder all the thoughts and feelings felt within one sun and the mood of this life and how it can lift you higher and take you down when you lose the focus of the road that lies ahead and people who move like ghosts within your trail. Knowing one day you will unite the Sun and the Moon and find a distant peace within your heart. This may take time and Journey will have many falls. But the road is just a reflection within the memories of our minds.