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Out of Darkness, Shining Light

Author : Petina Gappah
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982110341
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Out of Darkness, Shining Light written by Petina Gappah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful, moving, and revelatory novel set in nineteenth-century Africa--the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried the body of explorer and missionary David Livingstone from Zambia to Zanzibar so that his remains could be returned home to England. Dawn, 1 May 1873, on the outskirts of Chitambo's village, near Lake Bangweulu in modern-day Zambia. The Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone has died. He had been heading south in the African interior on an increasingly maniacal mission to penetrate the greatest secret of Victorian exploration. He wanted to find the source of the world's longest river, the Nile. Instead, on an isolated and swampy floodplain, Dr. Livingstone found his death. How Livingstone is to be buried will be decided by his African companions, a group of sixty-nine men, women, and children. They decide that come what may, Livingstone, his papers and maps, must all be carried to England. They bury his heart and other organs under a tree and dry his flesh like jerky in the sun. Over nine months, battling severe illness and hunger, hostile chiefs and unknown terrain, all while taking a tortuous route of more than 1,000 miles to the coast to avoid marauding slave traders, they march with Livingstone's body and the evidence of his explorations. Their journey has been called "the most extraordinary story in African exploration." In this novel, their story is retold anew in the distinct, indelible voices of Livingstone's sharp-tongued female cook, Halima; a repressed, formerly enslaved African missionary named Jacob Wainwright; and the collective voice of the retainers. The result is a profound and tragic journey--an epic like no other--that encompasses all of the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization while celebrating resilience, loyalty, and love. In Out of Darkness, Shining Light, Petina Gappah has created an ambitious and artful masterpiece.

An Elegy for Easterly

Author : Petina Gappah
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429920270
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book An Elegy for Easterly written by Petina Gappah and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman in a township in Zimbabwe is surrounded by throngs of dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his new job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlor brings unexpected riches; a politician's widow stands quietly by at her husband's funeral, watching his colleagues bury an empty casket. Petina Gappah's characters may have ordinary hopes and dreams, but they are living in a world where a loaf of bread costs half a million dollars, where wives can't trust even their husbands for fear of AIDS, and where people know exactly what will be printed in the one and only daily newspaper because the news is always, always good. In her spirited debut collection, the Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah brings us the resilience and inventiveness of the people who struggle to live under Robert Mugabe's regime. She takes us across the city of Harare, from the townships beset by power cuts to the manicured lawns of privilege and corruption, where wealthy husbands keep their first wives in the "big houses" while their unofficial second wives wait in the "small houses," hoping for a promotion. Despite their circumstances, the characters in An Elegy for Easterly are more than victims—they are all too human, with as much capacity to inflict pain as to endure it. They struggle with the larger issues common to all people everywhere: failed promises, unfulfilled dreams, and the yearning for something to anchor them to life.

The Book of Memory

Author : Petina Gappah
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374714886
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Memory written by Petina Gappah and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story that you have asked me to tell you does not begin with the pitiful ugliness of Lloyd’s death. It begins on a long-ago day in August when the sun seared my blistered face and I was nine years old and my father and mother sold me to a strange man. Memory, the narrator of Petina Gappah’s The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, after being sentenced for murder. As part of her appeal, her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, and Memory is, both literally and metaphorically, writing for her life. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father. But who was Lloyd Hendricks? Why does Memory feel no remorse for his death? And did everything happen exactly as she remembers? Moving between the townships of the poor and the suburbs of the rich, and between past and present, the 2009 Guardian First Book Award–winning writer Petina Gappah weaves a compelling tale of love, obsession, the relentlessness of fate, and the treachery of memory.

Rotten Row

Author : Petina Gappah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571324194
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Rotten Row written by Petina Gappah and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petina Gappah returns with another collection of stories, exploring modern Zimbabwe.

Shining Through the Darkness

Author : Michael D. Wuchter
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788024825
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Shining Through the Darkness written by Michael D. Wuchter and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their recurrent themes of "waiting" and "traveling on a journey," these 12 imaginative messages are especially appropriate for the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany seasons -- yet their ecumenically oriented expressions of Christian faith, hope, and love also make them relevant for any time of the year. Wuchter's keen eye for the telling detail and his ability to connect scripture with familiar things in our lives make Shining Through the Darkness compelling reading for anyone who wants a deeper appreciation of God's grace and the Gospel of Christ. Michael Wuchter's sermons weave together the ancient texts of the Bible with modern insights. His careful historical research and winsome stories combine for a rich tapestry of gospel proclamation. These sermons stretching from Advent through Epiphany form a sort of mosaic for the beginning of the church year -- each story, each illustration, each wonderful tangent serving as tiles for a larger, clearer view for the one who came among us as the Word Made Flesh. John D. Morris, Pastor Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Dublin, Ohio Michael Wuchter was a master of the English language and an excellent, excellent preacher. Jerry L. Schmalenberger, Former President Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary In this remarkable collection of sermons, Wuchter fully acknowledges a world rampant with violence and injustice that millions experience today. Against this backdrop of pain, he weaves with poetic creativity and sensitivity the acts of waiting, grieving, and hoping within and among personal, familial, and communal relationships. Long, cold winters are made shorter and warmer with these Christ-centered sermons in hand. Daniel F. Martensen, Ecumenical Research Fellow Washington (D.C.) Theological Consortium Former Director, Dept. of Ecumenical Affairs, ELCA Michael D. Wuchter is the author of Uplifting Christ Through Autumn (CSS). He served as the senior pastor of First Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minnesota, as university pastor at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and as the pastor of Resurrection Lutheran Church in Hamilton Square, New Jersey.

From Darkness to Light

Author :
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1619962225
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book From Darkness to Light written by and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Witness for the Persecution

Author : E. J. Copperman
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1448308100
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Witness for the Persecution written by E. J. Copperman and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Movie premiers, murder charges and celebrity shenanigans? It's all in a day's work for New Jersey prosecutor turned LA family lawyer Sandy Moss. "Copperman knows how to entertain" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review Former New Jersey prosecutor Sandy Moss moved to a prestigious Los Angeles law firm to make a new start as a family lawyer. So it seems a little unfair that Seaton, Taylor have created a criminal law division specifically for her. Just because she's successfully defended two murder trials, it doesn't mean she likes them! But when abrasive Hollywood movie director Robert Reeves is accused of murdering a stuntman on set, Sandy finds she can't say no when he demands her help. Robert might be an unpleasant, egotistical liar, but something tells Sandy that he's innocent - even if no one else can see it. At least this time, she reassures herself, her charismatic, adorable, and oh so annoying TV star boyfriend Patrick McNabb isn't involved in the case. He isn't . . . right? The third in the fast-paced, funny legal mystery series starring pitch-perfect heroine Sandy Moss, who "could give Perry Mason a run for his money" (Kirkus Reviews), is a great pick for fans of cozy mysteries, legal dramas and anyone who likes to laugh!

From Darkness to Light

Author : Jeffrey C. Fenholt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780892747306
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book From Darkness to Light written by Jeffrey C. Fenholt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Fenholt's life as a rock star was taken up with music, drugs and fast-lane pursuits. The story of his salvation and deliverance is a dramatic testimony of God's love and power which will bring hope to any believer.

A Light Shining in the Darkness

Author : Karen A. Cooper
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781478745709
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book A Light Shining in the Darkness written by Karen A. Cooper and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You're stupid and no one will ever love you." These were the words Karen Cooper grew up with. While classmates took college prep courses, Karen carefully chose a skill that would allow her to escape her abusive father and her hometown in upstate New York. But despite surviving a childhood of fear, pain, and shame, Karen's low self-esteem brought a multitude of problems, mirroring the terrors of her past, and at 19 she found herself pregnant and on her own. Rejected by the father, Karen entered a home for unwed mothers and then placed the infant up for adoption; two years later she was pregnant again by the same man and looking for an illegal abortion. Failing and feeling worthless, she married the child's father, but the baby died of SIDS at nine weeks. This double trauma led to years of upheaval and secrets...until she finally married the man God had chosen for her. Through hard work and counseling, Karen fought her demons and overcame her past. She enjoyed professional success, found the peace of God's unconditional love, and even earned a college degree. A Light Shining in the Darkness is a painfully honest yet eloquent account of a life that seemed predestined for failure. But with God's love in her life, Karen was able to find beauty in ashes and light where there was only darkness before. Her memoir will inspire others who are struggling to hold on to hope and find the healing and restoration God has in store for us all.

Out of Darkness, Shining Light

Author : Petina Gappah
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 198211035X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Out of Darkness, Shining Light written by Petina Gappah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Engrossing, beautiful, and deeply imaginative” (Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing), this epic novel about the explorer David Livingstone and the extraordinary group of Africans who carry his body across impossible terrain “illuminates the agonies of colonialism and blind loyalty” (O, The Oprah Magazine). “This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of...David Livingstone, so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own land.” So begins Petina Gappah’s “searing…poignant” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) novel of exploration and adventure in 19th-century Africa—the captivating story of the African men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone’s body, papers, and maps, fifteen hundred miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there. Narrated by Halima, the doctor’s sharp-tongued cook, and Jacob Wainwright, his rigidly pious secretary, this is a “powerful novel, beautifully told” (Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing) that encompasses all of the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization—the hypocrisy of humanity—while celebrating resilience, loyalty, and love.

Darkness to Light

Author : Lamar Odom
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1948836203
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Darkness to Light written by Lamar Odom and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller Fame. Sex. Pain. Drugs. Death. Booze. Money. Addiction. Redemption. Dizzying heights. Rock-bottom depths. Desperation and elation—sometimes in the same hour. Not to mention power . . . and the struggle for it. The world knows Lamar Odom as a two-time NBA world champion who rocketed to uncharted heights of fame thanks to being a member of both the storied Los Angeles Lakers and the ubiquitous Kardashian empire. But who is Lamar, really? Fans have long praised his accessibility and genuine everyman quality—he is a blinding talent who has suffered a series of heartaches, setback, and loss. But until now, his most candid moments have remained behind closed doors . . . sometimes face-down on the floor. In Darkness to Light, Lamar gives readers an intimate look into his life like never before. His exclusive and revealing memoir recounts the highs and lows of fame and his struggle with his demons along the way to self-discovery and redemption. From the pain of his unraveled marriage to Khloé Kardashian to the harmful vices he used to cope—and the near-death experience that made him rethink everything about his life—this is Lamar as you have never before seen him. Lamar brings basketball fans directly into the action of a game during the Lakers championship years. He shares his personal account of the lifelong passion that started as one shining light in a childhood marked by loss and led to his international fame as one of the most extraordinary athletes of all time. In this profoundly honest book, Lamar invites you to walk with him through the good times and bad, while looking ahead to a brighter future.

Light in My Darkness

Author : Rachel Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735758206
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Light in My Darkness written by Rachel Williams and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is Christian Non - Fiction. In 2006 I experienced the darkest season of my life - depression and mania. The Light In My Darkness is about the the two year journey I endured which was a battle that I was able to overcome through Jesus Christ. This book is about hope, faith, unconditional love and healing.

Overcoming the Darkness

Author : Eric Weaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578755717
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Overcoming the Darkness written by Eric Weaver and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sgt. Eric Weaver (Ret.) lives with mental illness and struggled with the issue of suicide on numerous occasions, including multiple hospitalizations, while serving as a police sergeant, pastor, and training consultant. Now he is a nationally recognized expert, speaker, instructor, and advocate on law enforcement mental health issues, including officer wellness and Crisis Intervention Team training. In Overcoming the Darkness, he gives a raw accounting of his own experiences coupled with knowledge and pragmatic advice gained from 20 years of instructing literally thousands in law enforcement about mental illness, cumulative stress, trauma, substance use, PTSD, and suicide. As he explains: "I wrote this book for my fellow colleagues in all walks of law enforcement, from patrol to corrections, as well as for their loved ones. These are the people who keep our world safe and often pay a high price for fulfilling their duty. We often think of that price in terms of physical loss, but what has been very clear to me over the years is that the price is equally steep, if not even more so, both mentally and emotionally."

Navigate Your Stars

Author : Jesmyn Ward
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1982131322
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Navigate Your Stars written by Jesmyn Ward and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated meditation on dedication, hard work, and the power of perseverance from the beloved, New York Times bestselling, and two-time National Book Award–winning Jesmyn Ward. For Tulane University’s 2018 commencement, Jesmyn Ward delivered a stirring speech about the value of hard work and the importance of respect for oneself and others. Speaking about the challenges she and her family overcame, Ward inspired everyone in the audience with her meditation on tenacity in the face of hardship. Ward’s moving words will inspire readers as they prepare for the next chapter in their lives, whether, like Ward, they are the first in their families to graduate from college or are preceded by generations, or whether they are embarking on a different kind of journey later in life. Beautifully illustrated in full color by Gina Triplett, this gorgeous and profound book will charm a generation of students—and their parents. Ward’s inimitable voice shines through as she shares her experience as a Southern black woman and addresses the themes of grit, adversity, and the importance of family bonds. Navigate Your Stars is a perfect gift for anyone in need of inspiration from the author of Salvage the Bones, Men We Reaped, and Sing, Unburied, Sing.

The Left Hand of Darkness

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0441478123
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book The Left Hand of Darkness written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1987-03-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE JANE ANDERS Ursula K. Le Guin’s groundbreaking work of science fiction—winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters... Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.

When God Made Light

Author : Matthew Paul Turner
Publisher : Convergent Books
ISBN 13 : 1601429215
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book When God Made Light written by Matthew Paul Turner and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author and illustrator of the best-selling When God Made You comes a new illuminating message about God's design affirming young readers. 'Let there be light!' that's what God said. And light began shining and then started to spread." Wild and creative illustrations from top children's illustrator David Catrow pair with Matthew Paul Turner's lyrical verse in this message of a God-made light that cuts through darkness to bring vision and hope to all young readers. This light radiates, chasing away the shadows, providing the wonder and fun of stargazing or firefly chasing. Most important, this light appears in each child--an inner God-given spark that grows and will be used to change the world.

A Ray of Light Shattering the Darkness

Author : Sara Marie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781651512241
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book A Ray of Light Shattering the Darkness written by Sara Marie and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is my second poetry book. My first book is titled, "Just a Flame Flickering in the Dark". This book showcases poems of triumph, love, resilience, and dreams. I am very passionate about writing poetry and letting my creative voice be heard. I hope to inspire people with my words, and feel less alone in such a big world. If you love my book and want to get to know me more please check out my youtube channel named MissSara2487. You are all amazing and I really appreciate all the love and support. God Bless.