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Author : Ayuba Mshelia
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1438970447
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)
Download or read book The Village Boy written by Ayuba Mshelia and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Oloya Uma
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434998894
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)
Download or read book The Village Boy written by Oloya Uma and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Xosé Neira Vilas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789543841189
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of a Village Boy written by Xosé Neira Vilas and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are three bestsellers of Galician literature: The Carpenter's Pencil by Manuel Rivas, a love story set in the Spanish Civil War; Winter Letters by Agustín Fernández Paz, about a man who decides to find out if a haunted house is really haunted (this title is also available from Small Stations Press); and perhaps most famously of all Memoirs of a Village Boy by Xosé Neira Vilas. This book, according to Wikipedia, is the most published work of Galician literature and has sold 700,000 copies in the Galician language. Now this work is being made available in an English translation by John Rutherford, founder of the Centre for Galician Studies at Oxford University and translator of Don Quixote and La Regenta for Penguin Classics. The book is a diary kept by Balbino, a village boy, 'in other words a nobody'. In the first chapter, he describes the village as 'a mixture of mud and smoke, where the dogs howl and the people die "when God sees fit"'. He would like to see the world, to go over seas and lands he doesn't know. He was born and brought up in the village, but now it feels small, cramped, as if he was living in a beehive. Behind the detailed description of village life, there is a fierce indictment of the iniquities of Galicia's feudal system, which is remarkable in a book first published in 1961, at the height of Franco's rule. Memoirs of a Village Boy paints a picture of the hardships and hard-won joys of life in a Galician village in the middle of the twentieth century, a life that was once common, but is now distant from our technology-dominated lives. It is a book to relish as one is transported by the richness of the language to another place and time.
Author : Babatunde Solarin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789781429477
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (294 download)
Download or read book Kunle the Village Boy written by Babatunde Solarin and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kunle, who lives in the village with his parents, is happy about the simple way of life there. He especially enjoys the time he spends with his friends and the adventures he gets from the colourful yearly festivals."--
Author : Anietie Usen
Publisher : Parresia Publishers Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789789831074
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Village Boy written by Anietie Usen and published by Parresia Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thrilling, funny, irresistible and full of suspense, Village Boy is not just a real-life saga of a poverty-stricken boy who overcame incredible obstacles and prevailed against all odds. It is the inimitable and absorbing adventure into the village life in southern Nigeria, especially AkwaCross States. For adults, it is a nostalgia to relish. For the younger generation, this is not just a breezy window to the 60s and 7Os, but the veritable binoculars to trace the footsteps of their parents and grandparents, in the proverbial good old days. And for teachers and students in secondary and tertiary institutions, this is a study in creative writing. Unputdownable.
Author : Chris Dunning
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1783064846
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book About a Village Boy written by Chris Dunning and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Once I had polio I could no longer run and I could no longer play tennis. I tried other hobbies: walking, swimming, gardening, photography, beekeeping. And then I tried sailing.’ Chris Dunning overcame the after-effects of polio to win some of the world's biggest ocean racing competitions, including captaining the British Admiral Cup team to victory in 1977. Throughout his life, Chris has suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune while literally sailing through a sea of troubles, all of which is captured perfectly in About A Village Boy. ‘It’s not all been plain sailing...’ From the rural innocence of the post-war British countryside to the greed and corruption of the 1980s, with thrilling anecdotes of sailing horrors and heroics, this book contains first-hand accounts of the devastating storm that hit the Fastnet race of 1979, but also the brilliant Admiral’s Cup victory two years earlier. It is also a personal tale of how Chris lost his mother at a young age and contracted polio in his teens. His passion for life saw him not only succeed in sailing, but also in the business world – he grew one of the leading shopfitting businesses in the country, only to see it crumble before his eyes. About A Village Boy captures the highs and lows of his extraordinary life.
Author : Dr. Hanif Gulmahamad
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453516050
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)
Download or read book Stories & Poems by a Guyanese Village Boy written by Dr. Hanif Gulmahamad and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-02-20 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Description This book is a compilation of 27 short stories and 17 poems written by Dr. Hanif Gulmahamad who was born in 1945 on Springlands Sugar Estate, Corentyne, Berbice in what was then the colonial territory of British Guiana. The stories in this book are based on real incidences and events that took place in the 1950’s and early 1960’s while the author was a young lad residing at No. 73 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, Guyana. The characters mentioned in the stories were real people though most of them are probably now deceased. This book was written in 2008 and it is based on the author’s best recollections of events which occurred over 45 years ago. Due to the fact that four and a half decades elapsed between the actual occurrence of these events and the time they were written, these stories may not be completely accurate. It is not the intention of the author to portray anyone in these stories in a negative light. Real names were mentioned in the stories in an attempt to be as pragmatic as possible. Great consideration, effort, and time were expended in order to keep these stories as realistic and accurate as possible. The 1950’s and 1960’s was an idyllic and carefree time for a young lad growing up in a far away village in British Guiana. The country was still under colonial rule at that time and there were laws and rules and there was the rule of law. It was a safe and secure place to grow up as a young boy. Most people in the villages were poor but there were ample opportunities to hunt, fish, farm, and eke out a living. For a lad of my age at the time, every day was an adventure. All you had to do was walk across the road and enter the farmlands and an adventure began. Life was simple and even though people worked hard for a living they were, for the most part, a happy lot. Wealth and material possessions were not necessary ingredients for a happy and fulfilling life. People accepted their lot in life and did not aspire to unachievable ideals and goals. You made do with what you had and you were grateful for what little you had. The stories in this book cover a wide variety of events and situations some of which are humorous. Children in Guyana, particularly those who live away from the cities, will find these stories fascinating. It is the author’s hope that children in Guyana, who can most relate to these stories, are afforded an opportunity to read this book. Back in the day when the author was a young boy in Guiana, books were very scarce commodities and anything and everything in print were read with great relish. Books told the author things and took him places he could only imagine at the time. In those days there were only two radio stations in the entire country and there was no television. Two movies theatres were located at Skeldon and the cost of one shilling to attend a movie there was often cost prohibitive to many people. The events in these stories were set in a place and time that is now gone and most probably lost forever. One of the major goals of the author was to record these stories for posterity. The poems in this book cover diverse times, topics, and places. The author currently lives in southern California and works in Los Angeles. Some of these poems reflect great nostalgia and longing for a life, place, and time that is gone. For example, the poems, I am not from here, I still have my memories, and it was supposed to be a temporary thing, convey great yearning for what the author perceives as things that he has lost having left Guyana and migrated to the United States. The contents of this book cast some light on the author’s life story which is a remarkable one. Born to functionally illiterate parents on a British sugar plantation in a faraway place in Guyana, the author went on to obtain a PhD degree from the University of California, Riverside. He has written and published over 60 technical and scientific papers including two chapters in books. It is important
Author : Dr N Bhaskara Rao
Publisher : Authorsupfront Publishing Services P L
ISBN 13 : 9384439584
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (844 download)
Download or read book Chronicles of a village boy in New Delhi written by Dr N Bhaskara Rao and published by Authorsupfront Publishing Services P L. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles of a village boy in New Delhi is a first person account of the transition that most youth are experiencing today: from one age to another, one place to another and one value system to another. The book elucidates what factors influence that process and unleash the potential in individuals (even those without a godfather!), with thoughts that inspire and direct destinies. Written in an unconventional style, the book has insights for the youth of today to understand their elders and be sensitive to generational transition without succumbing to gene factors and not falling prey to the lures of the emerging times. The chronicles subtly hint at the dilemma of today in public space, points at contradictions and suggests introspection for proactive initiatives. The book profiles ten different important public movements in the country with concern and perspective. The author being a pioneer in applied social research, the book is a treasure for social analysts.
Author : W. Pawoo Sr.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465318011
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Potupo Ju: an Autobiography of ''The Village Boy'' I Must Finish 8Th Grade written by W. Pawoo Sr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of my life in my tribal village of Butikon, Liberia, West Africa is an account of a cultural experience with my people in Potupo District, River Gee County, Liberia, and West Africa. Because of its secrecy, mystery, or concealment, I am not in the position to explain the detailed secrets of my traditional society, but only to explain that I left my tribe at a very early age to live with another tribe so as to attend school. Yes, I am an African, Liberian, Tribal, and a village boy who speak my tribal dialect.
Author : William Kamkwamba
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101637420
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind written by William Kamkwamba and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.
Author : Sayyid Qutb
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815608071
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)
Download or read book A Child From the Village written by Sayyid Qutb and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well known throughout the Islamic world as the foundational thinker for a significant portion of the contemporary Muslim intelligentsia, Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966) was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and was jailed by Gamal Abdul Nasser’s government in 1954. He became one of the most uncompromising voices of the movement we now call Islamism and is perhaps best known for his book, Ma`lam fi al-tariq. A Child from the Village was written just prior to Qutb’s conversion to the Islamist cause and reflects his concerns for social justice. Interst in Qutb’s writing has increased in the West since Islamism has emerged as a power on the world scene. In this memoir, Qutb recalls his childhood in the village of Musha in Upper Egypt. He chronicles the period between 1912 and 1918, a time immensely influential in the creation of modern Egypt. Written with much tenderness toward childhood memories, it has become a classic in modern Arabic autobiography. Qutb offers a clear picture of Egyptian village life in the early twentieth century, its customs and lore, educational system, religious festivals, relations with the central government, and the struggle to modernize and retain its identity. Translators John Calvert and William Shepard capture the beauty and intensity of Qutb’s prose.
Author : DILI Nwankwo
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (935 download)
Download or read book The Ambitious Village Boy written by DILI Nwankwo and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obinna's desire to reap where he did not sow moves him to sow the wind. Will he avoid the inevitable consequence, reaping the whirlwind? Obinna's uncle proposes a way out of poverty but the township wolves promise an easier way. The two options dangle before Obinna like red carrots. And his choice....
Author : Batou Saidy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781087084107
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (841 download)
Download or read book The Village Boy written by Batou Saidy and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Village Boy" is a spectacular explosion of comic daring, cultural provocation, thought provocation; step-parentage and orphanage. A brilliant and hilarious prose which fits a best-selling novel ever to be produced from The Gambia. Mr. Saidy, a science student, betrays silence in the way he writes as his talent supersedes his field of study. For such a novel which sets its plot in Sukuta, coastal Gambia as Saikou the protagonist has been employed by the author to attract reader's attention; shows how rich the Gambian literature is.
Author : Nyankun Thomas
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480999970
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Odyssey of a Liberian Village Boy written by Nyankun Thomas and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odyssey of a Liberian Village Boy By: Nyankun Thomas Odyssey of a Liberian Village Boy is the journey of Nyankun Thomas as a person and also his adventure through childhood, from Liberia to the United States, all of his trials and tribulations. Readers can hopefully learn from his experiences and make better choices in their own lives. Life is about falling down and getting back up. One should never be afraid of failure.
Author : Nelson Mandela
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 9780759521049
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Long Walk to Freedom written by Nelson Mandela and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life--an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.
Author : Ayuba Mshelia
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467850365
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)
Download or read book The Village Boy written by Ayuba Mshelia and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-06-12 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story Village Boy is about the social and familial upheavals and confl icts caused by the introduction, in the early 20th century, by a group of Christian missionaries, of Western cultural traditions among an erstwhile peaceful and selfsuffi cient agricultural sedentary people. These cultural incursions led to the annihilation of the peoples native traditions and cultures, including those of Kachiya and Mbwarhatha(circumcision and grind room- the only place where on a daily basis young men could meet and fl irt with young women in the evenings) which were the sole socialization instruments of the tribe. The fulcrums of our culture and traditions that have sustained us for all these years can now no longer hold, commented the tribal elder, Tapchi, to a boyhood friend, Aji, fi ve years after the coming of the missionaries; everything is different and in a sorry chaos! This breakdowns led to the mass exodus of the youth to the distant emerging cities of Kano, Jos, Kaduna ,and, yes, even Lagos. These new immigrants, however, faced steep competition for jobs both from the citys residents and from other migrants who had converged on the cities from all corners of the countryside. Their meager education forced them into menial jobs, such as house boys or store clerks; few were able to secure even low-level government jobs. The social confl ict and upheaval was partially resolved, to some minimally acceptable levels, by the regular annual visits of those who had left the land, bringing with them gifts of tea, sugar, bread, and items of clothing which were generously and lavishly shared with relatives and neighbours. Some few who had made it, in the city even came with their own mettika (cars). But things are not always as gloomy as is refl ected in the lives of Madu, Dalla, and, to some extent, Hassana in the stories that follow. Some of the tribes migrant sons and daughters to the cities (like Madu in the story) took to politics and became active, relevant and prominent during the early years of self-rule and eventual Independence. Education has been, and continues to be, the social instrument of mobility for the children of the migrants and for those who remained on the land, as for example, Dalla. They can now be found in all sectors of the Nigerian society, as educators, business men, politicians and high cadre civil servants.
Author : SHELTON A. GUNARATNE
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477142428
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)
Download or read book From Village Boy to Global Citizen (Volume 1): The Life Journey of a Journalist written by SHELTON A. GUNARATNE and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Village Boy to Global Citizen (Volume 1): The Journey of a Journalist is the first of an autobiographical trilogy that tells the story of a rustic lad born and raised in the southern tip of the British colony of Ceylon (now independent Sri Lanka) but left his country at the age of 26 on a geographical “conquest” of the world that turned him metaphorically into a global citizen. Starting his professional career as a journalist for the Daily News, Ceylon’s premier English-language daily, he became a journalism teacher at the age of 32, when he received a doctorate in mass communication. However, he continued practicing journalism as a free-lancer throughout his teaching career in Malaysia, Australia and the United States. Volume 1 unfolds the transition of the author’s life from a village kid to a global journalist and educator. It dramatizes the obstacles he had to overcome, as well as the support he received from his benefactors, in the transition.
