Author: DAVID ANDERSON L. IREGBU Publisher: DAVID ANDERSON L. IREGBU ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 201
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Cultures and traditions are the ways of life for Africa. Some of the cultures are rooted in a belief founded by the antecedents in their quest for God. The founding fathers of the African cultures and traditions bore a longing for the divine being, searching with open mind to know the person about whose creation speaks of his supremacy, wonders and existence, the creator of everything: chukwu okike or chukwu abiama. Although, naïve and ignorant of his person and statutes they were deceitfully exposed to mysticism and unnatural powers of dark forces that present themselves, as god the creator. These occupied, diverted and ended their quest to discover the true person of the true creator. Handling them beliefs, some of which gave birth to the way of life and worship of the ancients. These beliefs became tradition while its practices depicts it fetish. In this epic drama, you will find the way of life of the people of eziala ukwu: the sights of mermaids, Burying the priest with ten human heads and the act of the bloodline kissing the corpse, Were all common fetish belief. Furthermore, all that was threatened by the strange belief of the church represented by the catechist And his family. Ezinne, a maiden of akwakariri, the daughter of the catechist of Catholic Church was confined in the middle of this play in action. She was covenanted and betrothed to the osimiri, the god of eziala ukwu by her antecedent. Her antecedent saw it a common available option and a bigger offer to acquire what she needed mostly at the time, With no knowledge of the fierce battle, horrific terror and experience it will confine and expose the innocent maiden to. It is a common way of life for parents to engage their children unborn into such marriage covenant. Hence, it was common to engage a child unborn to a deity, but it is uncommon for that child to emerge Akpakirika the goddess, in eziala ukwu. Though it was common, but will it still be common when the child engaged is of a different way of Life, belief and religion that threatens the common tradition? Against all odds in reality, osimiri the god of eziala ukwu rises to claim his betrothed. Why don’t you discover how Its all going to play out in the sequence of this play. This play sure draws attention to a real possibility of the same battle raging in the lives of many Africans, Asians and westerners. Culture and tradition is our way of life, but we ought to draw attention to the source of it, practices, and checkmate its effects in our lives, spiritual and physical. Find out what becomes of Ezinne in this epic battle of the supernatural, mysticism,
Author: Lucy Atkins Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1848663218 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 497
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'A gripping page-turner' Sunday Times 'Beautifully written and compelling' Sabine Durrant 'Satisfyingly creepy' Sunday Mirror The loss of her mother has left Kali McKenzie with too many unanswered questions. But while clearing out Elena's art studio, she finds a drawer packed with postcard each bearing an identical one-line message from a Canadian gallery owner called Susannah Gillespie: thinking of you. Who is this woman and what does she know about Elena's hidden past? Desperate to find out, Kali travels with her toddler, Finn, to Susannah's isolated home on a remote British Columbian island, a place of killer whales and storms. But as bad weather closes in, Kali quickly realises she has made a big mistake. The enigmatic Susannah refuses to talk about the past, and as Kali struggles to piece together what happened back in the 1970s, Susannah's behaviour grows more and more erratic. Most worrying of all, Susannah is becoming increasingly preoccupied with little Finn . . . PRAISE FOR LUCY ATKINS 'Wonderfully skilled' Sarah Perry 'Sly, witty and gripping' Naomi Alderman 'Wholly beguiling' Mick Herron 'Highly intelligent' Sarah Vaughan 'Beguiling, brilliantly creepy' Claire Fuller
Author: Mary Robinette Kowal Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1429987286 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 335
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Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence. This magic comes in the form of glamour, which allows talented users to form practically any illusion they can imagine. Shades debuted to great acclaim and left readers eagerly awaiting its sequel. Glamour in Glass continues following the lives of beloved main characters Jane and Vincent, with a much deeper vein of drama and intrigue. In the tumultuous months after Napoleon abdicates his throne, Jane and Vincent go to Belgium for their honeymoon. While there, the deposed emperor escapes his exile in Elba, throwing the continent into turmoil. With no easy way back to England, Jane and Vincent's concerns turn from enjoying their honeymoon...to escaping it. Left with no outward salvation, Jane must persevere over her trying personal circumstances and use her glamour to rescue her husband from prison . . . and hopefully prevent her newly built marriage from getting stranded on the shoals of another country's war. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Adam Nicholls Publisher: ISBN: 9781916352148 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 300
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The clock is ticking. They're still missing. After handing in his detective badge, Mason Black now lives a stable life as a private investigator. But when the bodies of two children are discovered with messages written in blood, the pattern of a familiar killer emerges. Now, the Carter twins are missing, and only Mason can help. With his unique knowledge of the killer, he has an advantage over the San Francisco Police Department. While his marriage falls apart, he must choose between repairing his life or opening doors that were meant to stay closed. There's just one problem; neither solution will restore his faith in humanity. The Lullaby Killer is on the hunt, and Mason Black is always a step behind. As the trail reveals shocking secrets and surprising twists, you'll be holding your breath for the entirety of this gut-wrenching detective thriller.
Author: Shiloh Walker Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780425224380 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 324
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From the national bestselling author whose sexy stories ?you will not soon forget?(Romance Review) comes a brand-new, sinfully sexy romantic suspense novel. Her psychic gift drove away the man she loved? and years later has drawn him back to her? As a teenager, Taige Branch hated her psychic gift. No one could understand?except for Cullen Morgan, the boy who stole her heart. He did his best to accept her, until his mother was brutally murdered?and he couldn?t forgive Taige for not preventing it. Now a widowed father, Cullen Morgan has never forgotten Taige. But what brings her back into his life is another tragedy. His beloved little girl has been kidnapped, and Taige is his only hope of finding her. Working together against the clock, Cullen and Taige can?t help but wonder whether?if they find his daughter in time?it isn?t too late for the overpowering love that still burns between them?
Author: Becky Citra Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 1554693462 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 184
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When Thea's father gets a job at a guest ranch in the Cariboo, Thea earns the trust of an abused horse, solves an old mystery and makes a new friend.
Author: Jasper Fforde Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101476001 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 323
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the sixth novel of the renowned Thursday Next series, “geeky humor jostles with genuine insight” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) as Thursday embarks on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England. [One of Our Thursdays Is Missing] is jam-packed with spot-on parody, puns, and wry observations about words and genres that will delight literary-minded fans.”—Los Angeles Times Thursday Next is back! . . . Or at least one of her is. It is a time of unrest in the BookWorld. Only ace literary detective Thursday Next can avert a devastating genre war. Then, a week before the peace talks, Thursday vanishes. But all is not yet lost. Living at the quiet end of speculative fiction is the written Thursday Next, who labors to keep her own small series from the grim specter of being remaindered. Now she must answer the call, save the BookWorld, evade capture, and find the actual Thursday! With her clockwork butler Sprockett and her Designated Love Interest Whitby Jet in tow, written Thursday reluctantly agrees to undertake an investigation for Jurisfiction—only to realize that she must journey up the mysterious Metaphoric River and visit the RealWorld to find the answers. Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT
Author: Jerry S. Eicher Publisher: Harvest House Publishers ISBN: 0736942440 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 275
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Readers will delight in this heartfelt novel by bestselling author Jerry Eicher, a former Amishman, who writes with authenticity and compassion about the people he grew up with. When Susan Hostetler has a falling out with her boyfriend, Thomas Stoll, she leaves her Amish community and moves to Asbury Park to experiment in English life. There she learns to drive a car, takes her GED test, and falls in love with young and handsome Duane Bower. Back home, her parents are devastated and miss their daughter terribly. But what can they do? Susan has a mind of her own. Just as Susan is enjoying her new life, her plans are interrupted. She meets Teresa Long, a young, unwed, expectant mother who asks Susan to help her have her baby adopted by an Amish family. As Susan is drawn into the young woman's life, she also finds herself drawn back to her Amish roots. But can she truly leave her life behind...and Duane?
Author: Chris Riccomini Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN: 1718501846 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 194
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Key concepts and best practices for new software engineers — stuff critical to your workplace success that you weren’t taught in school. For new software engineers, knowing how to program is only half the battle. You’ll quickly find that many of the skills and processes key to your success are not taught in any school or bootcamp. The Missing README fills in that gap—a distillation of workplace lessons, best practices, and engineering fundamentals that the authors have taught rookie developers at top companies for more than a decade. Early chapters explain what to expect when you begin your career at a company. The book’s middle section expands your technical education, teaching you how to work with existing codebases, address and prevent technical debt, write production-grade software, manage dependencies, test effectively, do code reviews, safely deploy software, design evolvable architectures, and handle incidents when you’re on-call. Additional chapters cover planning and interpersonal skills such as Agile planning, working effectively with your manager, and growing to senior levels and beyond. You’ll learn: How to use the legacy code change algorithm, and leave code cleaner than you found it How to write operable code with logging, metrics, configuration, and defensive programming How to write deterministic tests, submit code reviews, and give feedback on other people’s code The technical design process, including experiments, problem definition, documentation, and collaboration What to do when you are on-call, and how to navigate production incidents Architectural techniques that make code change easier Agile development practices like sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives This is the book your tech lead wishes every new engineer would read before they start. By the end, you’ll know what it takes to transition into the workplace–from CS classes or bootcamps to professional software engineering.
Author: DAVID ANDERSON L. IREGBU
Author: Lucy Atkins
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Author: Jerry S. Eicher
Author: Chris Riccomini