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Fifteen year old Krisi Bodan is brought to Ghana from Scotland by her doctor father after her parents separate. While trying to cope with missing her mum and failing to forgive her dad; a new friend, local head trader Gifty needs her help. Then Krisi becomes dangerously mired in much more than just old Ghanaian practices. A new country, a new culture and on discovering the scary activities of some of her new friends...new enemies of the criminal and not so criminal kind.
This is the story of a man and his family who lived in Atlantic City, NJ. These people grew up and spent most of their lives there. The story begins in the Prohibition days and goes through the Gold Rush days of casino development. Names have been changed to protect the author.
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Today Robert Burns is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and people all over the world annually celebrate Burns Night on 25 January. Famous now for Auld Lang Syne, Scots Wha Hae, and A Man's A Man for A' That, Rabbie inspires Scots to be proud of Scotland. When he arrived in Edinburgh in November 1786 Burns was unknown, but within days the 'Ploughman Poet' was the talk of the capital, mixing in a circle of wealthy and important new friends. Edinburgh was changing quickly and it was the time of the Scottish Enlightenment, a period of great intellectual and scientific achievement. Burns' experiences during his stay in Edinburgh, including love affairs and fathering illegitimate ...