The book that inspired the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life - an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. He is still revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country.Īfter his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter century of imprisonment, Mandela was at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting.both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it" ( Washington Post ).
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Read the brand-new novel from husband and wife writing team, Zane & Jenna Michaelson.įor men, their advancing years can mean many things–eyebrows that grow together, an ever-expanding waistline, thinning hair, or worst of all, a low hanging scrotum.įor women, their advancing years can mean only one thing–the curse of dry vagina.Īffluent beauty salon owner, Michelle Cooper-Brown is suffering such symptoms and declaring enough is enough, she makes an appointment to visit her GP desperate for help. My husband and I have a number of co-writes coming over the next six months and this is the one we are most excited for you all to read is The Curse of Dry Vagina īy Zane Michaelson & Jenna Michaelson Author Books that feature religion and devout Christians always give me pause, but I’ve always liked this author. New York Times best-selling author Tamara Ireland Stone deftly crafts a moving portrait of faith, love, and friendship. In alternating chapters, a skeptic and a believer piece together the story of their complex relationship and the boy caught somewhere in the middle. But when a devastating secret about Hannah and Emory’s argument ultimately comes to light, they must all reexamine the things they hold true. In the aftermath of the accident, all three struggle to understand what happened in their own ways. Until their paths cross unexpectedly when, one night, Hannah finds Luke doubled over in his car outside her house. No matter how much Hannah and Emory desperately want to bridge the thirty-six steps between their bedroom windows, they can’t. Meanwhile, Hannah’s strong faith is shaken when her family’s financial problems come to light, and she finds herself turning to unexpected places-and people-for answers to the difficult questions she’s suddenly facing. Now, Emory is fine-tuning her UCLA performing arts application and trying to make the most of the months she has left with her boyfriend, Luke, before they head off to separate colleges. Not since the fight-the one where they said things they couldn’t take back. Next-door neighbors and ex-best friends Hannah and Emory haven’t spoken in months. Rating: Little did I know how much I’d enjoy this one Little Do We Know, by Tamara Ireland Stone Goldfish Ghost is an enigmatic hero is he lonely, or just fussy? but Snicket's portrayal of the lighthouse keeper's intuitive kindness and Brown's subdued, moonlit landscapes resolve the story with moments of magic. At last, at the top of a supposedly haunted lighthouse, he finds "very good company" in the ghost of the lighthouse keeper. Even among the ghosts of other sea creatures, he doesn't feel at home. Brown packs her watercolor-and-ink spreads with activity as families enjoy the salt air and seagulls wheel, yet none of it calls to Goldfish Ghost. No one notices the ghost as he drifts over a seaside village and beach, looking for someone to talk to. The boys room was pleasant and familiar, but Goldfish Ghost wanted company, so he set out to find a friend. Brown (The Airport Book) draws Goldfish Ghost in black and white, surrounded by a world of color he floats through the air upside-down, as any dead fish should. print Lemony Snicket illustrated by Lisa Brown Goldfish Ghost was born on the surface of the water in the bowl on a dresser in a boys room. "Goldfish Ghost was born on the surface of the water in a bowl on the dresser in a boy's room," writes Snicket (The Dark) at the outset of this melancholic looking-for-friendship story, using the fish's off-screen death as a new beginning. And, finally, how all that survives now of those sex-and-drug-soaked times are Una's unspooling memories as she sits outside in the Margate sunshine, and Dan himself, whose role in the story becomes stranger and more sinister. How the squat appears to be haunted by vindictive ghosts who eat away at the sanity of all who live there. How a young and overweight Una finds herself living in a hippie squat in Kilburn in the early 1970s. How Dots, the mother, becomes a call girl in 1950s Soho. How the parents are exiled from a small Irish village and end up living the hard immigrant life in England. From Dan's anarchic account, we gradually piece together the story of the Fogarty family. Dan Fogarty, an Irishman living in England, is looking after his sister Una, now seventy and suffering from dementia in a care home in Margate. The memories, symbolized by each old patch of fabric, are quite literally stitched together into a blanket and keep him warm, emotionally and physically. Each patch evokes a specific memory in Thomas that he reflects upon as he unwinds and prepares for bed at the end of his night shift. The quilt is not merely a garment, but an embodied assemblage of Thomas' family's shared history and symbol of their enduring bond. Here was Rose’s coat from the early days of their marriage, blue-gray and thin now, but still bearing the fateful shape of her as she walked away from him, then stopped, turned, and smiled, looking at him from under the brim of a midnight-blue cloche hat, daring him to love her. These jackets had surged through fields, down icy hills, wrestled with dogs, and been left behind when they took city work. Here were the boys' padded plaid wool jackets, ripped and worn. It had been made from a trade wool blanket and to a blanket it had returned. It was a quilt of patches left over from the woolen coats that had passed through the family. I have rules, but Lennix Hunter is the exception to every one of them. At odds with my father, I’m determined to build my own empire. My path takes me far from home and paints me as the black sheep. In a world of haves and have nots, my family has it all, and I want nothing to do with it. Raised to rule, bred to lead and weaned on a diet of ruthless ambition. RITA® Award-winning author Kennedy Ryan delivers the epic first installment of the All the King’s Men Duet. Shen, USA Today bestselling author All The King’s Men Duet, an all-new powerful and emotional duet from RITA ® Award winning author Kennedy Ryan, is coming October 28th, and we have the first sneak peek! A round of applause for one of the best books of 2019.” - L.J. “A dazzling, thought-provoking, layered romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat. He is the author of sixteen published books, both historical fiction and non-fiction. Maier's areas of interest include the Ancient Near East Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Christianity and the Roman Empire and the Reformation Era. He received his Ph.D., summa cum laude, in 1957. At Basel, Maier studied under scholars Karl Barth and Oscar Cullmann. On a Fulbright Scholarship, Maier studied at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Basel, Switzerland. He is a graduate of Harvard University (M.A., 1954) and Concordia Seminary, St. Maier (1893–1950), founder and long time speaker of The Lutheran Hour. He is also a historical novelist, and serves as Second Vice President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. He retains the title of professor emeritus in the Department of History at Western Michigan University. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University. Maier, born May 31, 1930, was the Russell H. Soon Hugh knows that as surely as he'd fight a thousand battles to win her.the best way to love Lillias means breaking his own heart. About Hugh's stunning gentleness, depth, and courage. Hugh's proposal salvages Lillias's honor but kills their dreams for their futures.until they arrive at a plan that could honorably set them free.īut unraveling their entanglement inadvertently uncovers enthralling truths: about Lillias's wounded, tender heart and fierce spirit. And the inevitable indiscretion? Soul-searing-and the ruination of them both. Nothing can stop Hugh Cassidy's drive to build an American empire.unless it's his new nemesis, the arrogant, beautiful, too-clever-by-half Lady Lillias Vaughn. Their worlds could only collide in a boardinghouse by the London docks.and when they do, the sparks would ignite all of England. She's the sheltered, blue-blooded darling of the London broadsheets, destined to marry a duke. He's the battle-hardened son of a bastard, raised in the wilds of New York. USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long continues her Palace of Rogues series with a brand-new romance about an ambitious American and a headstrong British heiress. But when Norra intercepts Wedge Antilles’s urgent distress call, she realizes her time as a freedom fighter is not yet over. Meanwhile, on the planet’s surface, former rebel fighter Norra Wexley has returned to her native world-war weary, ready to reunite with her estranged son, and eager to build a new life in some distant place. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but he’s taken captive before he can report back to the New Republic leaders. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy’s strength is unfolding. As the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance-now a fledgling New Republic-presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy’s scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. |