Download or read book The Story Gleaner written by Leonard Hendershott and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Story Gleaner ... offers the ardent researcher a genealogical project managment perspective: setting objectives and boundaries around the undertaking. It discusses 'rules of evidence, ''proof of arguments' and the probabilities of discovered facts being correct."--Back cover
Download or read book Betty White 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life written by Ray Richmond and published by Becker & Mayer. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life is a photography-rich retrospective of the most significant events and achievements of one of America’s most loved and endearing stars.
Download or read book Every Second Counts written by Lance Armstrong and published by Broadway. This book was released on 2004 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing where "It's Not About the Bike" left off, recounts Armstrong's life after cancer, his relationship with the French, disproved accusations of doping, and his work restoring a chapel in Spain.
Download or read book That s A Good Idea written by Amina Blackwood Meeks Ph. D. and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnny is never shy of asking questions or exploring his roots to the motherland Africa. He finds the perfect answers in his Grandpa's story of Great Spirit and Mongoose, and their quest to create the last animal on earth. Incorporating catchy rhymes, Jamaican folklore and that all-purpose Jamaican coffee, Johnny follows Grandpa and Mongoose along a journey of discovery. Great Spirit and Mongoose, Grandpa and Johnny are all contented with the final creation that celebrates our heritage and moves Great Spirit to declare, "Black people pretty, sah!"
Download or read book A Brief History of Seven Killings written by Marlon James and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.
Download or read book Turn Back Blow written by Roger Williams and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-03-07 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not just a story about animal cruelty; this is a story about friendship. After two men attempt to capture a wild crocodile from a Jamaican river using nothing but a mongrel dog as bait, all animals from the community of Iron Bridge band together to revolt. But the introduction of a wild crocodile is just the beginning of the terror that runs through Iron Bridge. Just as the excitement over the crocodile starts to die down, an even more horrific incident has shattered the Iron Bridge animal community. Realizing they are defenseless against the calamity that has fallen upon them, the helpless animals must enlist the help of Clifton, a ten-year-old handicapped boy that possesses the unique gift of talking with animals. Now, the young boy and the motley crew of animals must race against time before the community of Iron Bridge is devoid of animal life forever.
Download or read book Gleaner Or Gladiator the Struggle to Create written by Peter G Marshall and published by Gleaner or Gladiator. This book was released on 2007 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gleaner and Gladiator is written with candour, clarity and energy to inspire others on a similar creative path. The author is a practicing artist who is able to describe the creative process in a way that authenticates her experiences while directing the reader towards new ways of thinking.
Download or read book The Story of the Gleaner written by Linda D. Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bad Girls in School written by Gwyneth Harold and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. Three girls are on the brink of expulsion from the respected Redeemer College: 'Failure to complete term assignments, ... using foul language ... stealing another student's cell phone ... persistent lateness for English classes. Breaching the behaviour code ...' Katreena, Ta Jeeka and Caledonia are about to be written off. This insightful book unsentimentally exposes the fault lines through society, and the deep effects they have on individuals. It describes the choices people make and the decisions they feel forced in to. Maturing into young adulthood, these girls each have to make, or lose, their way, in their own way. What difference can one teacher make?
Download or read book The Little Gleaner written by June Isle and published by . This book was released on 186? with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kingston Noir written by Colin Channer and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Subverts the simplistic sunshine/reggae/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . with a rich interplay of geographies and themes.” —Los Angeles Times From Trench Town to Half Way Tree to Norbrook to Portmore and beyond, the stories of Kingston Noir shine light into the darkest corners of this fabled city. Joining award-winning Jamaican authors such as Marlon James, Leone Ross, and Thomas Glave are two “special guest” writers with no Jamaican lineage: Nigerian-born Chris Abani and British writer Ian Thomson. The menacing tone that runs through some of these stories is counterbalanced by the clever humor in others, such as Kei Miller’s “White Gyal with a Camera,” who softens even the hardest of August Town’s gangsters; and Mr. Brown, the private investigator in Kwame Dawes’s story, who explains why his girth works to his advantage: “In Jamaica a woman like a big man. She can see he is prosperous, and that he can be in charge.” Together—with more contributions from Patricia Powell, Colin Channer, Marcia Douglas, and Christopher John Farley—the outstanding tales in Kingston Noir comprise the best volume of short fiction ever to arise from the literary wellspring that is Jamaica. “Thoroughly well-written stories . . . fans of noir will enjoy this batch of sordid tales set in the sweltering heat of the tropics.” —Publishers Weekly “An eclectic and gritty mélange of tales that sears the imagination . . . Kingston Noir proves its worth as a quintessential piece of West Indian literature—rich, artistic, timeless, and above all, draped in unmistakable realism.” —The Gleaner (Jamaica)
Download or read book Heart of Revenge 2 written by Richie Drenz and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Added to the drama of Leelia Lexings dealing with how much further she will go to save her brother, her older sister Pinky, is tied up in a relationship with the new don of the community, who must overcome forgiving his father killers in order to love Pinky's son, Perry, who is the grandson of Finaral's father killer. Will Finaral ever love is step child? The grandson of his father's killer? How far will Leelia go to save her brother, or will he go to save himself. Find out now.
Download or read book Jane s Career written by H. G. de Lisser and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane’s Career: A Story of Jamaica (1913) is a novel by H. G. de Lisser. Born and raised in Jamaica, H. G. de Lisser was one of the leading Caribbean writers of the early twentieth century. Concerned with issues of race, urban life, and modernization, de Lisser dedicated his career to representing the lives and concerns of poor and middle-class Jamaicans. In Jane’s Career: A Story of Jamaica, the first West Indian novel to feature a Black protagonist, de Lisser captures the hope and struggle of a young woman leaving home for the first time. “‘Jane,’ he continued impressively after a pause, ‘Kingston is a very big an’ wicked city, an’ a young girl like you, who de Lord has blessed wid a good figure an’ a face, must be careful not to keep bad company.’” Preparing to send young Jane off to the Jamaican capital, village elder Daddy Buckram attempts to offer her advice on how to keep herself safe from Satan and sinners alike. Despite his serious tone and gloomy portrait of urban life, all Jane can think of is the wonder and excitement waiting for her in Kingston. Raised in the countryside, brought up in a conservative Christian family, Jane sees her new job as a means of achieving independence and establishing her own identity as a proud black woman, of forging her own path in a new, modern Jamaica. In spite of her dreams, however, Jane finds herself subjected to the cruelties of her employer Mrs. Mason, who threatens to send a letter to her parents alleging all sorts of imagined misdeeds. Through it all, she tries to maintain a sense of pride, hopeful that hard work—and even romance—will set her free. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of H. G. de Lisser’s Jane’s Career: A Story of Jamaica is a classic of Jamaican literature reimagined for modern readers.
Download or read book The Pain Tree written by Olive Senior and published by Cormorant Books. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pain Tree tells stories that speak to all aspects of Jamaican life. Among the characters we hear from are: poor folk making the best of past hardships (“Coal”); rich folk plotting future selfishness (“The Goodness of My Heart”); an old man, familiar with darkness, who discovers in foreign capitalism a force even he cannot control (“Boxed-In”); a young girl, uprooted to a new country, forced to shoulder her mother’s unspoken burdens in addition to her own (“Lollipop”). Bookending these are two powerful stories about the inextricability of home and history: in “The Pain Tree,” the protagonist comes to realize the love she has abandoned, and the pain she has left behind; in “Flying,” the lead character, searching for that which has been missing most of his life, comes home for good. Senior navigates the hills and valleys of narrative with natural ease, interweaving thick strands of emotion and insight yet never losing sight of a story’s ebb and flow. Her Pain Tree is an engaging, thought-provoking read that transports readers fully to another place, where the unfamiliar and exciting clash and commingle with the universal.
Download or read book Gleaner Tales written by Robert Sellar and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glance at the map shows the southwestern extremity of the province of Quebec to be a wedge-shaped bit of territory; the St. Lawrence on one side, the United States on the other. All that is related is associated with this corner of Canada. The book's name comes from the newspaper in which most of the tales first appeared. The book attempts to convey, in a readable form, an idea of an era in the life of Canada which has passed—that of its first settlement by emigrants from the British Isles—and to give an account of two striking episodes in its history, the invasion under Hampton and the year of the ship fever. These are historically correct; the briefer tales are based on actual incidents in the lives of early settlers in the old county of Huntingdon.
Download or read book Danny The Donkey and the Coconut Man A Book to Aid Language Development written by Petrina Francis Taylor and published by Petrina Francis Taylor and Tracey Rattray-Neil. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danny, The Donkey and the Coconut Man is set in Jamaica, an island in the Caribbean. This story is written to aid in language development. The language used is geared towards children acquiring early phrases and sentences as well as gestalt language learners. Danny, a four-year-old boy, loves coconut water and his favourite animal is the donkey. He looks forward to Saturday mornings when the Coconut Man passes his house so he can buy his coconut water and interact with his favourite animal- the Donkey. Danny is in for a big surprise as one Saturday morning, Winston decided that he would do things differently. Explore with us as we take you on an exciting journey with Danny, The Donkey and the Coconut Man.
Download or read book Stories from Yard written by Alecia McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
