Download or read book The Shadow of the Sun written by Ryszard Kapuscinski and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving portrait of Africa from Poland's most celebrated foreign correspondent - a masterpiece from a modern master. Famous for being in the wrong places at just the right times, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa in 1957, at the beginning of the end of colonial rule - the "sometimes dramatic and painful, sometimes enjoyable and jubilant" rebirth of a continent. The Shadow of the Sun sums up the author's experiences ("the record of a 40-year marriage") in this place that became the central obsession of his remarkable career. From the hopeful years of independence through the bloody disintegration of places like Nigeria, Rwanda and Angola, Kapuscinski recounts great social and political changes through the prism of the ordinary African. He examines the rough-and-ready physical world and identifies the true geography of Africa: a little-understood spiritual universe, an African way of being. He looks also at Africa in the wake of two epoch-making changes: the arrival of AIDS and the definitive departure of the white man. Kapuscinski's rare humanity invests his subjects with a grandeur and a dignity unmatched by any other writer on the Third World, and his unique ability to discern the universal in the particular has never been more powerfully displayed than in this work.

Download or read book Shadow Sun Survival written by Dave Willmarth and published by Dave Willmarth. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How well would you fare if the apocalypse fell upon you? Could you survive more than a few days? Would you be able to feed yourself? Find clean water? Safe shelter? Heal your wounds? Allistor is a gamer geek who has spent most of his life indoors, playing virtual reality MMORPGS and reading classic LitRPG books. But when Earth is seized by an ancient race wielding incredibly advanced tech, who transport the entire planet to a new location with twin suns, he finds himself fighting to survive in real life. The human race is declared a contaminant, and the new overlords decree that 90% of us will be exterminated. Creatures out of myth and legend are sent to do the killing. Dragons, titans, alien creatures big and small, all with a hunger for human flesh. Humans who survive the first year will be rewarded.After seeing his family killed in the first week, Allistor leads a small group of survivors in their struggle to stay alive. Not satisfied with simple survival, he strives to make himself and his people stronger. The new 'magic' RPG system that now governs the planet is something he can work with, and teach others to exploit. Thrust into a leadership position, and with vengeance in his heart, Allistor aims to establish a stronghold, then take the fight to the monsters who seek to enslave his people.

Download or read book In Sunlight and in Shadow written by Mark Helprin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning home after serving World War II to run his family business in New York, a paratrooper falls in love with a young heiress and actress he meets on the State Island ferry.

Download or read book From Shadows to Sunlight written by Maurleen Davidson and published by Universe Solutions LLC . This book was released on 2024-03-20 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “From Shadows to Sunlight” is a powerful memoir documenting the extraordinary journey of Maurleen Davidson from a childhood marred by darkness to a life illuminated by strength and resilience. In this deeply personal narrative, Maurleen courageously shares her experiences of enduring trauma and adversity, from despair to ultimately finding hope and purpose. From the earliest recollections of hardship and pain to navigating the complexities of adulthood, Maurleen candidly explores the emotional toll of her struggles and the profound impact they had on her mental and emotional well-being. Through candid accounts of her darkest moments and coping strategies, Maurleen invites readers into her world, offering insights and lessons learned. As the narrative unfolds, readers witness Maurleen’s transformation from a place of despair and hopelessness to one of empowerment and self-discovery. With unwavering determination, she confronts and faces her demons, finding the strength to persevere and emerge stronger than ever. With the help of Maurleen’s story, readers are inspired to find their light in the darkest moments and embrace life with courage, gratitude, and resilience. This poignant narrative serves as a beacon of hope for anyone grappling with adversity, reminding us that sunlight can always be found even in the depths of darkness.

Download or read book Shadows to Sunlight written by B. J. Condrey and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prudentia, an eight-year-old girl, suddenly awakens in a dim cave only to discover that she cannot move her head to the right or left. After being suddenly freed from the chains, she turns around to discover that there is much more to reality than the shadows. Through a series of events, she eventually finds her way out of the cave and discovers reality in its purest form through a series of whimsical events. Although she longs to stay, she realizes that she must return and help others go free. This story is intended to introduce young children to Plato's Allegory of the Cave, one of the most famous pieces in Western Philosophy. In this Allegory which is located in Book VII of The Republic, Plato sets forth both his metaphysics (the study of the nature of reality) and epistemology (the study of knowledge). This is the first book in a series, and the overall intent is to introduce kids to the great world of Western Philosophy in narrative form.

Download or read book Shadows in the Sun written by Gayathri Ramprasad and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young girl in Bangalore, Gayathri was surrounded by the fragrance of jasmine and flickering oil lamps, her family protected by gods and goddesses. But as she grew older, demons came forth from dark corners of her idyllic kingdom—with the scariest creatures lurking within her tortured mind. Shadows in the Sun traces Gayathri’s courageous battle with debilitating depression that consumed her from adolescence through marriage and a move to the United States. Her inspiring memoir provides a first-of-its-kind cross-cultural view of mental illness—how it is regarded in India and in America, and how she drew on both her rich Hindu heritage and Western medicine to find healing.

Download or read book Shadows in the Sun written by Wade Davis and published by Shearwater. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wade Davis has been called "a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life's diversity." In Shadows in the Sun, he brings all of those gifts to bear on a fascinating examination of indigenous cultures and the interactions between human societies and the natural world. Ranging from the British Columbian wilderness to the jungles of the Amazon and the polar ice of the Arctic Circle, Shadows in the Sun is a testament to a world where spirits still stalk the land and seize the human heart. Its essays and stories, though distilled from travels in widely separated parts of the world, are fundamentally about landscape and character, the wisdom of lives drawn directly from the land, the hunger of those who seek to rediscover such understanding, and the consequences of failure. As Davis explains, "To know that other, vastly different cultures exist is to remember that our world does not exist in some absolute sense but rather is just one model of reality. The Penan in the forests of Borneo, the Vodoun acolytes in Haiti, the jaguar Shaman of Venezuela, teach us that there are other options, other possibilities, other ways of thinking and interacting with the earth." Shadows in the Sun considers those possibilities, and explores their implications for our world.

Download or read book Shadows in the Sun written by Chad Oliver and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologist Paul Ellery discovers that the small Texas town of Jefferson Springs is actually an imitation of small-town America created by the aliens who now offer him a chance to explore the universe.

Download or read book Shadow Sun Unification written by Dave Willmarth and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allistor just wants to restore the human race. He's doing his best with the resources he's gathered to locate other survivors around the world and unite them. His intentions are good, and he pushes hard. The drake eggs are hatching, and his people have dreams of both a murder chicken cavalry and a drake-mounted air force. A small army of class trainers are helping to make his citizens stronger than ever, better able to survive the hazards of their new reality. But fate, and the aliens who keep throwing stronger and more deadly challenges at him, are working against Allistor. The threat of vengeance from the Fomorian Matron, the machinations of Loki and Hel, and the jealousy of a fellow human with a lesser noble title, all add to the pressure.When seeming good fortune turns to tragic loss, Allistor must push through and remain strong in order to face the very beings responsible for the apocalypse on earth. The murderers of humanity. And in this confrontation, even victory has dire consequences.

Download or read book Shadows in the Sun written by Betty Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadows in the Sun covers the immediate, short- and long-term responses and subsequent generational effects of sibling bereavement and discusses sibling responses in the context of the variables which influence them. The final chapter synthesizes all that has gone before into a comprehensive model of sibling bereavement. Practical guidelines are offered for those who seek to help grieving siblings, children, and families.

Download or read book Shadows of the New Sun written by J. E. Mooney and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-star tribute to Gene Wolfe, featuring the work of Neil Gaiman, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and others Perhaps no living author of imaginative fiction has earned the awards, accolades, respect, and literary reputation of Gene Wolfe. His prose has been called subtle and brilliant, inspiring not just lovers of fantasy and science fiction, but readers of every stripe, transcending genre and defying preconceptions. In this volume, a select group of Wolfe's fellow authors pay tribute to the award-winning creator of The Book of the New Sun, The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Soldier of the Mist, The Wizard Knight and many others, with entirely new stories written specifically to honor the writer hailed by The Washington Post as "one of America's finest." Shadows of the New Sun features contributions by Neil Gaiman, David Brin, David Drake, Nancy Kress, and many others, plus two new short stories by Gene Wolfe himself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Sunlight and Shadow written by Cameron Dokey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mina was born on the longest night of the darkest month of the year. When her father looked at her, all he saw was what he feared: By birth, by name, by nature, she belonged to the Dark. So when Mina turned sixteen, her father took her away from shadow and brought her into sunlight. In retaliation, her mother lured a handsome prince into a deadly agreement: If he frees Mina, he can claim her as his bride. Now Mina and her prince must endure deadly trials -- of love and fate and family -- before they can truly live happily ever after....

Download or read book Book of Shadows Light written by Lucy Cavendish and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created by renowned author and witch Lucy Cavendish, this deluxe illustrated journal is full of profound and magickal wisdom about the lunar cycles, the Wheel of the Year, and the time-honoured traditions of witchcraft. A Book of Shadows and Light is your own sacred journal. For hundreds of years, wise ones, magicians, witches and lightworkers of all kinds have kept personal journals in which they have recorded their soul-questing. Be it through meditation, inner exploration, mystic adventure, spiritual travels, magickal manifestation or blessed spellcrafting and casting, the uncovering of each individual enchanted path is full of unique wisdom. Now you can join these magickal practitioners in the quest to realise your soul's energy as it is meant to manifest within the world. Through many inspired quotes and musings, Lucy imparts her extraordinary experience and knowledge to assist you in connecting with your divine wisdom, self-knowledge and natural gifts of intuition. This deluxe soft cover journal features 220 pages of cream-coloured premium quality wood-free paper, with a combination of lined and unlined pages to accommodate all facets of your self-expression--you may like to write, doodle, paint or draw. It also includes 44 full-page, color artwork reproductions by Lucy Cavendish to inspire your creative expression.

Download or read book The Book of the New Sun written by Gene Wolfe and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ? This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.

Download or read book Sunlight Shadows written by M. Y. Ghorpade and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition brings together a fascinating collection of black and white photographs taken by one of India's leading wildlife photographers. Interspersed with the pictures are anecdotes culled from Tthe author's diaries.

Download or read book The Day I Met My Shadow written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a little boy goes outside to play, he discovers something mysterious, which he can't seem to get away from, no matter how hard he tries.

Download or read book The Symphony of Shadows and Light Verses of the Cosmos and Soul written by William Gomes and published by William Gomes. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a poetic odyssey with William Gomes's "The Symphony of Shadows and Light: Verses of the Cosmos and Soul," a collection that weaves together the vastness of the cosmos with the depths of the human spirit. This anthology is a celebration of the beauty found in life's contrasts and contradictions, a journey that spans from the starlit expanses of the universe to the intimate corners of the human heart. With each verse, Gomes crafts a tapestry that reflects the intricate dance of light and shadow defining our existence. The poems serve as explorations of the tangible and ethereal, the visible and invisible, capturing the whispers of the cosmos alongside the silences of the soul. This collection mirrors the universe's infinite mysteries and awe-inspiring beauty, paralleling the depths of human emotion and the quest for meaning, connection, and understanding. "The Symphony of Shadows and Light" invites readers to traverse landscapes of love and loss, hope and despair, and growth and rebirth. It is an invitation to explore the varied terrains of nature and the human experience, to discover the bonds uniting us with the world beyond our reach. This collection is meant to be experienced, to resonate, comfort, and inspire awe. It is an offering to all who seek beauty in the universe's ballet, to hear the stars' silent songs, and to recognize the shared heartbeat of the universe and ourselves. Dive into "The Symphony of Shadows and Light" and let the cadence of Gomes's words guide you through moments of profound connection and reflection. This book is a journey through the dualities that shape our existence and the symphony arising when we embrace the full spectrum of light and shadow. Welcome to a world where every word is a step on the path to uncovering the boundless landscapes within us and around us.