Download or read book Crying with Cockroaches written by Marianne Du Toit and published by Liendi Pub. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South African born Marianne Du Toit makes an amazing journey from Argentina to New York City on horseback.

Download or read book Cockroaches written by Scholastique Mukasonga and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mukasonga unsparingly resurrects the horrors of the Rwandan geocide while lyrically recording the quieter moments of daily life with her family—a moving tribute to all those who are displaced, who suffer. Mukasonga’s extraordinary, lyrical, and heartbreaking book … is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about the endurance of the human spirit and who hopes for a better world. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Los Angeles Review of Books Scholastique Mukasonga’s Cockroaches is a compelling chronicle of the author’s childhood in the years leading up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In a spare and penetrating tone, Mukasonga brings to life the scenes of her family’s forced displacement from Rwanda to neighboring Burundi. With a view made lucid through time and pain, Mukasonga erodes the distance between her present and her past, resurrecting and paying homage to her family members who were massacred in the genocide, but also, in movingly simple language, the beauty present in quiet, daily moments with her loved ones. As lyrical as it is tragic, Cockroaches is Mukasonga’s tribute to her family’s suffering and to the lingering grip of the dead on the living.

Download or read book Crying For Tears The Sasha Pierce Story written by Saleem Little and published by Mitanni Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2024-02-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every woman faces her own individual heartache at some point or another in her life. Whether it is dealing with the jaded feelings of lost love, the misuse of an abusive man, the disappointment, and embarrassment of divorce, or the financial woes of being a single mother; all women must survive some personal tragedy in their lives. In this gripping tale of lost souls, misguided teens, rapists, bastardized children, disease, human trafficking, and abuse; three women s lives are tested, nearly torn apart, and then tied together by one motivating force...their wills to survive. See how six degrees of separation ties the lives of these three women together in this spell-bounding novel.

Download or read book Rebirth written by Jimi Ojikutu and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebirth is a collection of short stories that gives the reader African story telling from an entirely different never before explored perspective. I was looking at telling stories unique universal stories in African settings like they have never been told before, delving into genres that other African writers are yet to explore, from Horror, to Sci-fi, Fantasy, the stories take you on a journey that are both magical and sometimes scary, from places that can only exist in the imagination and myths to places we see everyday. This is not just a collection of stories, it is a journey that will excite you and make you ask for more with each turn of the pages. Once you are done reading, you would have been taken through a visual road trip, with vivid enlivened characters and settings that jump right out of the pages of the book, Rebirth plays in your head almost like a movie

Download or read book This Hoe Got Roaches In Her Crib written by Quan Millz and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austin Watkins, 35 and a single father, finds himself in a precarious situation. Currently locked up in Chicago's Cook County Jail, he knows that Fredquisha, the trifling mother of his only daughter, is a despicable, careless and reckless THOT who is the antithesis of caring, loving black motherhood.Wanting to see her son gain full redemption from his current situation, Delores Watkins, better known as Mrs. Watkins, is also hellbent on rescuing Austin's six-year-old daughter, Myyah, from the clutches of relentless psychological, emotional and physical abuse she suffers at the hands of Fredquisha. Hoping her son works hard to change the course of his life for the betterment of his daughter, Mrs. Watkins explores the possibility of challenging Fredquisha's custody of Myyah. But as she navigates the complex, red-tape filled bureaucracy of child welfare services, Mrs. Watkins decides to take things in her own hand and is willing to put her life on the line for the salvation of her granddaughter. Fredquisha Pierce, a native of the dangerous Englewood, Chicago, could give a two sh!ts about the welfare of her daughter. Her mission in life is simple. Get money, smoke good weed and ride bomb d--k. Nothing more, nothing less. After meeting a potential new bae, Fredquisha needs to make some lifestyle changes so she can upgrade her section 8 squalor living situation. However, a looming pregnancy threatens to unravel her plans for a big come up.This book is another episodic chronicle born out of the dark, gritty, social drama storytelling talent of urban fiction mastermind QUAN MILLZ. THIS HOE GOT ROACHES IN HER CRIB will deliver a gut-punching blow to those who don't understand the many trials and tribulations single fathers go through to rescue their children from manipulative ratchet women who use the family court system to their advantage.-This is a work of satirical fiction that could be described as a dark comedy combined with social commentary. In no way do the descriptions of the characters reflect my personal feelings or beliefs in regards to those of African descent, particularly Black women. The stereotypes employed in the book are deliberate in that I attempt to cast a light on the state of contemporary urban pulp fiction.

Download or read book Cockroaches in the Bilge written by Mitchell Perry and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young lad comes across his great-grandfather he never knew existed, only to find out he served on a pirate ship for years with Captain Robert Farrow, also known as Bloodthirsty Bob. The adventure for Benjamin starts with his great-grandfather's encouragement. He discovers the recorded treasure maps and goes to find the treasures that were never recovered.

Download or read book How To Hold a Cockroach A Book for Those who are Free and Don t Know it written by Matthew Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You always have a choice..." A heartbroken and miserable boy begins a life-changing journey when a menacing guest disturbs him at dinner. Confronted one-by-one by the sources of his torment, the boy is forced to consider some of life's key questions: What makes one thing vile and another sacred? How can I be at peace with a broken heart, a bruising childhood, or a critical illness? What decides how I experience life? What am I? With a surprising and simple message, How to Hold a Cockroach is a moving love letter to humankind, a book for all who are free and don't know it... yet. 42 Beautiful Illustrations The hardcover edition is 7x10 inches and contains full-color illustrations. The paperback edition is 6x9 inches and contains black-and-white illustrations. The Kindle edition contains full-color illustrations (or black-and-white if color is not supported on your device). For All Ages A children's book for adults, How to Hold a Cockroach may be enjoyed by everyone.

Download or read book Cry in a Long Night written by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra and published by Darf Publishers Ltd.. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jabra’s debut novel, first published in 1955 and called by Edward Said “one of the principal successes of Arabic artistic prose and drama,” introduced stream of consciousness, flashback and interior monologue to the Arabic novel and set the stage for the outpouring of excellent modern Arabic prose in the decades that followed. In the first novel by the Palestinian author Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Amin Samaa walks the length of his native city on a portentous night. Amin is headed to the house of Inayat Yasser, an aristocratic heiress who has hired him to help her write a book on the history of her Ottoman family, now fallen on hard times. On his way there, Amin recalls his childhood in a nearby village and the city slum his family had to flee to after his father died. Old friends, thieves and madames attempt to waylay him. And the haunting atmosphere of the city gives rise to memories of Amin’s wife Sumaya, whose sudden disappearance two years before has left him at a loss. Sumaya’s sudden reappearance forces Amin into a decision that will change his life forever. In a novel written just two years before the 1948 Palestinian Nakba, the events and characters lead to a momentous conclusion. Jabra brought modernist techniques into modern Arabic literature: the reminiscences of D. H. Lawrence, the introspective wanderer of James Joyce, and the acerbic wit and country-house feel of early Aldous Huxley. This classic of Arabic literature is not to be missed.

Download or read book I Tried Not To Cry written by Michael Beattie and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rear Book Cover An incredible true story of one man’s rise from poverty to feed the hungry. After overcoming severe medical complications, and fighting to walk again, a promise was made to help mankind. After selling his home for funding, sixty-seven-year-old veteran Michael Beattie embarked on a life-changing mission to feed hungry veterans and their families, never realizing that his promise would change his way of thinking forever. And maybe, this incredible story will also change how you see others.

Download or read book Can Crocodiles Cry written by Paul Heiney and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Can Crocodiles Cry? Paul Heiney unravels further science behind those things we take for granted, and explains just why the world and its contents are the way they are. Drawing on questions asked by the public, this book brings some of the finest scientific minds to bear on how the laws of science apply to everyday life.It is the perfect present for the insatiably curious, provocative poseurs, quizaholics and science addicts everywhere.

Download or read book Me and Sam Sam Handle the Apocalypse written by Susan Vaught and published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Edgar-winning Vaught, a neuropsychologist, has both personal and professional experience to draw on in crafting a narrator who is admirably smart and resilient despite an ‘itchy’ brain and a compulsion to count things.” —Booklist (starred review) “Deeply smart and considerate.” —BCCB “An absorbing mystery.” —Kirkus Reviews “A strong addition to help diversify realistic fiction collections to include neuroatypical characters and heroines.” —School Library Journal Jesse is on the case when money goes missing from the library and her dad is looking like the #1 suspect in Edgar Award­–winning author Susan Vaught’s latest middle grade mystery. I could see the big inside of my Sam-Sam. I had been training him for 252 days with mini tennis balls and pieces of bacon, just to prove to Dad and Mom and Aunt Gus and the whole world that a tiny, fluffy dog could do big things if he wanted to. I think my little dog always knew he could be a hero. I just wonder if he knew about me. When the cops show up at Jesse’s house and arrest her dad, she figures out in a hurry that he’s the #1 suspect in the missing library fund money case. With the help of her (first and only) friend Springer, she rounds up suspects (leading to a nasty confrontation with three notorious school bullies) and asks a lot of questions. But she can’t shake the feeling that she isn’t exactly cut out for being a crime-solving hero. Jesse has a neuro-processing disorder, which means that she’s “on the spectrum or whatever.” As she explains it, “I get stuck on lots of stuff, like words and phrases and numbers and smells and pictures and song lines and what time stuff is supposed to happen.” But when a tornado strikes her small town, Jesse is given the opportunity to show what she's really made of—and help her dad. Told with the true-as-life voice Susan Vaught is known for, this mystery will have you rooting for Jesse and her trusty Pomeranian, Sam-Sam.

Download or read book Lord Please Don t Let Her See Me Cry written by Steve Heine and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A story of courage and triumph." "It is a story of human suffering, but ultimately a God-given triumph."

Download or read book The Woman Who Flew written by Nasreen Jahan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Philips Literary Award in Bangladesh The Woman Who Flew (Urukkoo) tells the story of Nina, a young woman who moves from small-town Bangladesh to the megacity of Dhaka, where she soon finds herself divorced, bereaved of her newborn and trapped in a mundane existence. Hungry for fresh air, Nina strikes up a friendship with her mother’s handsome ex-lover, Irfan, who encourages her to paint again. But as Nina tugs at her chains, her sexually confused ex-husband, Rezaul, insinuates himself back into her life, leaving her pregnant . . . Intense, edgy and tinged with rage, The Woman Who Flew lays bare the inner world of a woman beating her wings against a hostile, conservative landscape.

Download or read book It s OK to Cry in the Garden written by Nanditta Colbear and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is not about the destination but about the journey. The path is not always smooth?there are obstacles and potholes. It?s OK to Cry in the Garden is a true story of a couple navigating the trials and tribulations that life throws out. It is about trading the rigours of a city lifestyle for the challenges of country living. It is about choices and decisions?some good, some bad. They grow in their relationship as each starts to understand what is truly important to them. As they make discoveries, alter paths, and learn from nature, they realize that the lows raise them to new heights.

Download or read book Cry for Tomorrow written by Dianna Hunter and published by Devine Destinies. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time is running out for the survivors of the Great War. If Halie does not find a way to sort truth from lie‹Earth and Tereus, the second world that has been trapped in earth�s gravitational pull, will collide and leave mankind at the not-so-tender mercies of the ghouls and phantoms‹the invasion has already begun. The order has been given‹to locate and acquire the psychics or psis as they are commonly known‹willing or not. Black ops agents of both factions are scouring the streets and labyrinth of the abandoned buildings of the inner cities, kidnapping any of the competent psis they can reach. Desperate to preserve their freedom, Halie and her talented friends are barely a step ahead of the acquisition teams, but they cannot escape the hordes of ghouls and phantoms already haunting their world. Fearing for their safety and freedom, Halie and her friends have been very secretive about their abilities. As the most powerful and talented of the group, Halie now finds herself the focus of the attentions of two handsome agents, one of the alternate dimension, Tereus, the other of her own Over-world, each begging for the help only she can give to avert the impending disaster, each believing his own need is greater. Both court Halie�s love‹but which sees the woman he professes to love, and which sees a means to an end? The fate of two worlds hangs on Halie�s choice.

Download or read book The Summoner s Cry written by Ana C. Reis and published by Ana C. Reis. This book was released on 2021-10-16 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the show 'Supernatural' and 'Howl's Moving Castle', The Summoner's Cry is a nerve-racking dark fantasy tale rooted in modern times with razor-sharp dialogues, vibrant descriptions, and dark cottagecore aesthetics. The perfect read for fans of the reluctant hero, found-family, and enemies-to-allies-to-lovers tropes. A powerless Summoner. A cursed Witch Lord. A clash of demons and magic. After a failed coup against Witch Queen Lilith, rogue witches Lau and Adam have no choice but to flee and hide. Crushed and surrounded by enemies, the pair arrives at Latis, a peculiar island brimming with strange tales of the supernatural, where they hope to find Adam's long-lost grimoire -- their only shield against Lilith's wrath. Rendered powerless after sealing a dragon Spirit in Adam's flesh to save his life, Lau struggles with loneliness and resentment. Helpless and doomed to live forever in a child's body, Adam seeks to make peace with a spell he has no strength nor skill to undo. Once allies in an ancient war, Lau and Adam start drifting apart. But when a dangerous visitor sets foot on Latis and the grimoire is nowhere to be found, the two estranged Witches must work together if they want to save themselves and the lives of the townsfolk they've come to love. Trigger warnings: Graphic violence, strong language, alcohol consumption & alcohol abuse, blood, death, and discrimination.

Download or read book People Who Cry Wolf written by Shierin Abu-Seir and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People Who Cry Wolf By: Shierin Abu-Seir On a given day we don’t realize the questions that live idly in our subconscious. Only a fraction surfaces and make it past our vocal cords. As human beings we are quick to judge, quick to form opinions, quick to misunderstand and misrepresent. Is that human nature? What differentiates and classifies us as human beings or as people? - Humanity? Compassion? Thought? How do we get the answers to questions unasked? What makes us afraid of the knowledge we will obtain from the answers? – Understanding? Acceptance? What makes us afraid of being ourselves? People Who Cry Wolf may not have the answers, but the courage to get us started.