Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1407085433 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 272
Book Description
Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born the fifth child of his father's third wife, in a family that includes twenty-four children born to four different mothers. He spent his 1930s childhood as the apple of his mother's eye, before attending school to slake what is considered a bizarre thirst for learning. As he grows up, the wider political and social changes occurring in Kenya begin to impinge on the boy's life in both inspiring and frightening ways. Through the story of his grandparents and parents, and his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, Ngugi deftly etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war.
Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1407085433 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 272
Book Description
Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born the fifth child of his father's third wife, in a family that includes twenty-four children born to four different mothers. He spent his 1930s childhood as the apple of his mother's eye, before attending school to slake what is considered a bizarre thirst for learning. As he grows up, the wider political and social changes occurring in Kenya begin to impinge on the boy's life in both inspiring and frightening ways. Through the story of his grandparents and parents, and his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, Ngugi deftly etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war.
Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Publisher: Pantheon ISBN: 0307378837 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
Recounts the story of the author's childhood, covering his early years in World War II-era Kenya as the fifth child of a third wife, his thirst for learning that singled him out, and the political struggles that shaped his life.
Author: Carac Allison Publisher: Black Rose Writing ISBN: 1684334063 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 291
Book Description
1986, San Diego. When his father returns from a submarine deployment, Christian’s family splinters apart. The boy’s evangelical mother demands a divorce. His older sister announces that she has dropped out of college and is moving to LA with her guitarist boyfriend. And then Christian discovers that there are surveillance microphones in their home. He and his hacker friends are investigating the situation when suited government agents with strange mask-like faces appear on the naval base. Dad thought he had more time, but he must tell his son the truth now: Christian was born with special abilities—the Navy has been monitoring his development because he is destined to become a Dream Telepath. He must learn how to enter the dreams of others and control the ancient monsters of the deep. His powers are essential to defeating the Soviets and preventing nuclear war. But is Christian ready?
Author: Yeo Hui Xuan Publisher: TCZ Studio Pte Ltd ISBN: Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 123
Book Description
Ever since “The Wheel” led their Shapeshifter Boumas to start a war with the Superior Court of Dreams, the Dreamscape became the battleground of a four-way war. Asides from cutting down the red Boumas’s increasing numbers, The Dream Walkers must also fight against the destruction caused by the unknown creature – “Nightmare”. Two years later, Yume finally showed up and returned to the battlefield, is she capable enough to deal with this current war?
Author: William Joyce Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442430540 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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When Pitch and Katherine go missing, the Man in the Moon recruits the sleepy but clever Sandman to aid the Guardians' cause in an adventure that finds them struggling to convince their new member to accept a more optimistic perspective. By the creator of the best-selling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.
Author: Pamela Ball Publisher: Arcturus Publishing ISBN: 1788284526 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
The most authoritative and comprehensive book available on dreams and dreaming. Enter the fascinating world of dreams, their mysteries, their meanings: to dream of a bird flying freely represents hopes and aspirations; to dream of winter means a time in life that is not fruitful; to be visited by someone in a dream can mean that there is information, warmth, or love available; to be searching in a dream is an attempt to find an answer to a problem. These are just a few of the 10,000 dream images and interpretations contained in this volume, a book that can bring insight, clarification, and guidance.
Author: Eric Vermetten Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1493971484 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 424
Book Description
There are few clinical problems in the sleep medicine field that are more challenging than the sleep difficulties experienced by individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This book offers a unique, complete resource addressing all the basic concepts and clinical applications in sleep medicine in settings where combat-related PTSD is commonplace. Authored by leading international experts in the field of sleep/military medicine, Sleep and Combat-Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is organized in six sections and provides a broad perspective of the field, from the established theories to the most recent developments in research, including the latest neuroscientific perspectives surrounding sleep and PTSD. The result is a full assessment of sleep in relation to combat-related PTSD and a gold standard volume that is the first of its kind. This comprehensive title will be of great interest to a wide range of clinicians -- from academics and clinicians working within or in partnership with the military health care system to veteran hospital physicians and all health personnel who work with war veterans.
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