Author: Omene Sun Omena
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453535594
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
“This funny and witty play by Omene suggests layers of deep conflict laced with intense wisecracks. Reminiscent of what the ‘Warri boys’ are known for—great humor”—Collective Writers’ Forum. Odafe is educated in western ways and feels that his mother and his father’s relations are not in sync with present realities. He defies them and marries Omazoba. What follows is a cocktail of betrayal, deceit, and intrigues that brings the whole society to the brink of catastrophy. Set in the deep traditions and culture of Urhobo cosmology, Odafe and Otakpobunor tackle the crucial discourse on the theme of marriage and tradition from a perspective that deals with man’s battle for understanding.
The Bite of an Ancestor
Author: Omene Sun Omena
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453535594
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
“This funny and witty play by Omene suggests layers of deep conflict laced with intense wisecracks. Reminiscent of what the ‘Warri boys’ are known for—great humor”—Collective Writers’ Forum. Odafe is educated in western ways and feels that his mother and his father’s relations are not in sync with present realities. He defies them and marries Omazoba. What follows is a cocktail of betrayal, deceit, and intrigues that brings the whole society to the brink of catastrophy. Set in the deep traditions and culture of Urhobo cosmology, Odafe and Otakpobunor tackle the crucial discourse on the theme of marriage and tradition from a perspective that deals with man’s battle for understanding.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453535594
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
“This funny and witty play by Omene suggests layers of deep conflict laced with intense wisecracks. Reminiscent of what the ‘Warri boys’ are known for—great humor”—Collective Writers’ Forum. Odafe is educated in western ways and feels that his mother and his father’s relations are not in sync with present realities. He defies them and marries Omazoba. What follows is a cocktail of betrayal, deceit, and intrigues that brings the whole society to the brink of catastrophy. Set in the deep traditions and culture of Urhobo cosmology, Odafe and Otakpobunor tackle the crucial discourse on the theme of marriage and tradition from a perspective that deals with man’s battle for understanding.
Ancestor
Author: Scott Sigler
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307589358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
“The ancestors are out there…you have to believe me.” From acclaimed author Scott Sigler—New York Times bestselling creator of Infected and Contagious—comes a tale of genetic experimentation’s worst nightmare come true. Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a heart, a liver, a kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee ... and imagine what a company would do to get a monopoly on that technology. On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create humankind’s common ancestor. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, and with no chance of transplant rejection. There's just one problem: these ancestors are not the docile herd animals that Colding's team envisioned. Instead, Colding’s work has given birth to something big, something evil. With these killer creatures on the prowl, Colding and the woman he loves must fight to survive — even as government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research proves to have its own cold-blooded agenda. As the creators become the prey in the ultimate battle for survival, Scott Sigler takes readers on the ultimate thrill-ride—and offers a chilling cautionary account of what can happen when hubris, greed, and madness drive scientific experimentation past the brink of reason.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307589358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
“The ancestors are out there…you have to believe me.” From acclaimed author Scott Sigler—New York Times bestselling creator of Infected and Contagious—comes a tale of genetic experimentation’s worst nightmare come true. Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a heart, a liver, a kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee ... and imagine what a company would do to get a monopoly on that technology. On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create humankind’s common ancestor. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, and with no chance of transplant rejection. There's just one problem: these ancestors are not the docile herd animals that Colding's team envisioned. Instead, Colding’s work has given birth to something big, something evil. With these killer creatures on the prowl, Colding and the woman he loves must fight to survive — even as government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research proves to have its own cold-blooded agenda. As the creators become the prey in the ultimate battle for survival, Scott Sigler takes readers on the ultimate thrill-ride—and offers a chilling cautionary account of what can happen when hubris, greed, and madness drive scientific experimentation past the brink of reason.
Evolution's Bite
Author: Peter S. Ungar
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691182833
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution’s Bite, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in understanding human evolution with new approaches to uncovering dietary clues from fossil teeth. The result is a remarkable investigation into the ways that teeth—their shape, chemistry, and wear—reveal how we came to be. Traveling the four corners of the globe and combining scientific breakthroughs with vivid narrative, Evolution’s Bite presents a unique dental perspective on our astonishing human development.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691182833
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution’s Bite, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in understanding human evolution with new approaches to uncovering dietary clues from fossil teeth. The result is a remarkable investigation into the ways that teeth—their shape, chemistry, and wear—reveal how we came to be. Traveling the four corners of the globe and combining scientific breakthroughs with vivid narrative, Evolution’s Bite presents a unique dental perspective on our astonishing human development.
When Descendants Become Ancestors
Author: David A. Kendall PhD
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452520232
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
An Excerpt from When Descendants Become Ancestors "Congratulationsyoure going to be an ancestor (someday). You cannot escape it. Nor can I. Nor can anyone else. Thats not necessarily a bad thing, depending on your beliefs about an afterlife, but each body ultimately ceases to exist. We all know that. From the moment of birth, each of us begins a journey that must ultimately conclude with our entrance into ancestry. As we research our own ancestors and mourn the lack of information available to us, we forget that we are the future ancestors of our descendants. And if we dont leave to them the kinds of information about our lives that we crave to know about our own forefathers, then we are merely perpetuating the problem." How often have you regretted your failure to engage the elder generations of your family for information about their lives and memories? How many times have you wanted just one more hour with a deceased relative who could answer that one burning question that you suddenly thought about, and that no one else can answer? Perhaps you remember a time when an older acquaintance wanted to share with you some stories about the good old days, but you couldnt be bothered. Most of us have had regrets like these, as will our descendantsunless we seek to record and preserve some stories for their use. Whether our stories are short and simple or long and complex matters not, but these stories will become part of their heritage and can certainly influence their lives. Though our contributions may not be recognized for decades, our lives matter to future generations and our stories should be told. The rest is up to each of us.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452520232
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
An Excerpt from When Descendants Become Ancestors "Congratulationsyoure going to be an ancestor (someday). You cannot escape it. Nor can I. Nor can anyone else. Thats not necessarily a bad thing, depending on your beliefs about an afterlife, but each body ultimately ceases to exist. We all know that. From the moment of birth, each of us begins a journey that must ultimately conclude with our entrance into ancestry. As we research our own ancestors and mourn the lack of information available to us, we forget that we are the future ancestors of our descendants. And if we dont leave to them the kinds of information about our lives that we crave to know about our own forefathers, then we are merely perpetuating the problem." How often have you regretted your failure to engage the elder generations of your family for information about their lives and memories? How many times have you wanted just one more hour with a deceased relative who could answer that one burning question that you suddenly thought about, and that no one else can answer? Perhaps you remember a time when an older acquaintance wanted to share with you some stories about the good old days, but you couldnt be bothered. Most of us have had regrets like these, as will our descendantsunless we seek to record and preserve some stories for their use. Whether our stories are short and simple or long and complex matters not, but these stories will become part of their heritage and can certainly influence their lives. Though our contributions may not be recognized for decades, our lives matter to future generations and our stories should be told. The rest is up to each of us.
The Ancestor's Tale
Author: Richard Dawkins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618619160
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, and genetics.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618619160
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, and genetics.
The Ancestor 1
Author: Teuvo Virén
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN: 9528083390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Archaeologists Constance Arca and Leann Ito, along with their most trusted subordinate, Halmar Getzin, received an invitation to meet with the director of the world's largest company. After their previous mission ended in a predicted failure, the sidelined trio was offered the opportunity of a lifetime. Arca, Ito, and Getzin have the opportunity to express their wishes for their upcoming archaeological find. They each choose a site and receive a map that leads them close to it. The soon-to-arrive guide will lead each expedition to the destina-tion chosen by its leader. None of the trio believes that anyone could know the locations of the sites they are seeking, which were lost thousands of years ago. Expeditions sent over the past few centuries had uniformly failed, and Arca, Ito, and Getzin knew that their fate would be the same. However, it was a small price to pay for the chance to choose their own destinations in two months and start exploring them.
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN: 9528083390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Archaeologists Constance Arca and Leann Ito, along with their most trusted subordinate, Halmar Getzin, received an invitation to meet with the director of the world's largest company. After their previous mission ended in a predicted failure, the sidelined trio was offered the opportunity of a lifetime. Arca, Ito, and Getzin have the opportunity to express their wishes for their upcoming archaeological find. They each choose a site and receive a map that leads them close to it. The soon-to-arrive guide will lead each expedition to the destina-tion chosen by its leader. None of the trio believes that anyone could know the locations of the sites they are seeking, which were lost thousands of years ago. Expeditions sent over the past few centuries had uniformly failed, and Arca, Ito, and Getzin knew that their fate would be the same. However, it was a small price to pay for the chance to choose their own destinations in two months and start exploring them.
Eternal War Songs
Author: Wu XinZhiYang
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648845835
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The war deities of this generation were all sealed for no reason. They watched as their country was destroyed in front of their eyes. After a thousand years, he finally broke through the seal and began his cruel path of revenge. The eternal horn, the eternal war song, seethed with endless hot blood. Close]
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648845835
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The war deities of this generation were all sealed for no reason. They watched as their country was destroyed in front of their eyes. After a thousand years, he finally broke through the seal and began his cruel path of revenge. The eternal horn, the eternal war song, seethed with endless hot blood. Close]
Yana Dictionary
Author: Edward Sapir
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520092198
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520092198
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description
Ancient Earth and the First Ancestors: A Cultural and Geological Journey
Author: Ron Morton
Publisher: Rockflower Press LLC
ISBN: 0978599861
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
In this sequel to the award winning Talking Rocks an earth scientist and an Ojibwe elder travel across Minnesota exploring the ancient rocks that make up a large part of that state.As the geologist describes how these rocks formed and brings to life the ancient worlds they created, the elder, through Native American stories, oral history, culture, and science illustrates how his people had an intimate understanding of,and respect for, these ancient rocks and the land they gave shape to.Traveling from Ely, Grand Portage, Gunflint Lake, and Isle Royale in the northern part of the state south to Jeffers, Mor¬ton, and Blue Mounds State Park the two find themselves discussing such diverse topics as the nature of science, holistic geology, mining, science and spirituality, the legacy of the furtrade, significance of the Little Spirit Tree, and much more. Ancient Earth and the First Ancestors not only tells a fascinating story that spans billions of years, but is also a wonderful chronicle of two people from different cultural and scientific heritages learning to understand, appreciate,and see the value and importance in each other’s way of viewing this land and the planet we all call home.
Publisher: Rockflower Press LLC
ISBN: 0978599861
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
In this sequel to the award winning Talking Rocks an earth scientist and an Ojibwe elder travel across Minnesota exploring the ancient rocks that make up a large part of that state.As the geologist describes how these rocks formed and brings to life the ancient worlds they created, the elder, through Native American stories, oral history, culture, and science illustrates how his people had an intimate understanding of,and respect for, these ancient rocks and the land they gave shape to.Traveling from Ely, Grand Portage, Gunflint Lake, and Isle Royale in the northern part of the state south to Jeffers, Mor¬ton, and Blue Mounds State Park the two find themselves discussing such diverse topics as the nature of science, holistic geology, mining, science and spirituality, the legacy of the furtrade, significance of the Little Spirit Tree, and much more. Ancient Earth and the First Ancestors not only tells a fascinating story that spans billions of years, but is also a wonderful chronicle of two people from different cultural and scientific heritages learning to understand, appreciate,and see the value and importance in each other’s way of viewing this land and the planet we all call home.
Erotic Books of Our Naughty Ancestors vol.15
Author: Igor Boyko
Publisher: Aegitas
ISBN: 0369410769
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
We are proud to present the next book of a 20-volume edition of classics of the erotic genre published before World War II. A total of 104 titles are included, most of them from the pen of authors who, for obvious reasons, wished to conceal their real names. This approach, on the other hand, allowed them to give free reins to their unbridled imagination and go wild, so that the eroticism in their works is at times over the top, remaining the benchmark for the authors of contemporary obscene books. Just do not try to repeat the described feats at home. Well, not all of them. We've warned you. =================================== Suburban Souls: The Erotic Psychology of a Man and a Maid (by Anonymous – Jacky S) The Confessions of Nemesis Hunt (by George Reginald Baccus) The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival, The Belle of the Delaware (written by herself) Birch in the Boudoir (by Anonymous)
Publisher: Aegitas
ISBN: 0369410769
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 789
Book Description
We are proud to present the next book of a 20-volume edition of classics of the erotic genre published before World War II. A total of 104 titles are included, most of them from the pen of authors who, for obvious reasons, wished to conceal their real names. This approach, on the other hand, allowed them to give free reins to their unbridled imagination and go wild, so that the eroticism in their works is at times over the top, remaining the benchmark for the authors of contemporary obscene books. Just do not try to repeat the described feats at home. Well, not all of them. We've warned you. =================================== Suburban Souls: The Erotic Psychology of a Man and a Maid (by Anonymous – Jacky S) The Confessions of Nemesis Hunt (by George Reginald Baccus) The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival, The Belle of the Delaware (written by herself) Birch in the Boudoir (by Anonymous)