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Download or read book The Islands of Akamula written by Joe Conceicao and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Islands of Akamula is a story about how a distant primitive tribe is forced by war to sail across the sea to found a new home. They arrive at a little archipelago, a group of five small islands dominated by a volcanic isle. Satirical hints about the exiles adventure, relating to an out-of-this-world influence, are present early in the story. But these end up in the discovery that an alien presence has actually taken up residence in the volcanic isle. Akamula develops into a well-guarded and prosperous trading enclave. A small elite band is drawn into contact with the aliens. But the newcomers on Earth not only bring power to the Akamula community but also evil intention. Another band of Akamulans are determined to fight the aliens who have already killed some Akamulans who defied them. Desperate, despite their growing supporters worldwide, the fighters on behalf of Earths safety find that good Aliens make it known they are ready to come to the aid of the world threatened by evil aliens. The crisis that occurs ends in the destruction of the aliens. But elsewhere on Earth, the aliens are tempting a certain intellectual human being in a prolonged dream. Baileys dream or dreams has an apocalyptic element of prophecy. A wise woman from Akamula attempts to interpret what Baileys dreams may portend.
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Download or read book The Bandit on the Billiard Table written by Alan Ross and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1954 as South to Sardinia, this account of a summer journey in the early 1950s sees Alan Ross alternating the past and present of a strange island whose interior, especially, had been only rarely visited at that point. His descriptions of the landscape and local customs and mores (including billiards, 'one of the great Sardinian occupations') are interspersed with tales of a cast of characters who might have come out of Boccaccio, adding up to a memorable evocation. 'An alert and sensitive travel book... Alan Ross has an exceptional descriptive gift.' Listener 'So closely packed with good writing that it requires to be read slowly, as Mr Ross travelled.' Time and Tide 'He is a specialist in the vin triste... a delightful offbeat.' Cyril Connolly, Sunday Times 'An exceptionally good book by any standard.' TLS 'A work of art and imagination.' Times
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