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"After her mother, Mirella, abandoned her family to reclaim her roots in the Dominican Republic, Penelope Grand moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father. When she receives a postcard from Mirella seeking reconciliation, old wounds are reopened, secrets revealed, and a journey across an ocean of sacrifice and self-discovery begins"--
'What's Mine and Yours is a book about parents who try and fail and then try again. An extraordinary cast of characters, nuanced and full of insight. Read this book.' -ANGIE CRUZ, author of Dominicana In the Piedmont of North Carolina, two families' paths become unexpectedly intertwined over twenty years. Jade and Lacey May are two mothers determined to give their children the opportunities they never had. After a harrowing loss, Jade wants to hand down the tools her son, Gee, will need to survive in America as a sensitive young Black man. Meanwhile, Lacey May, having left the husband she loves, strives to protect her three half-Latina daughters from their charming father's influence. When a...
Both for the reader who knows Perveen Shakir as well as the one who does not, the poems in this volume offer a glimpse into the full breadth of her work. Between the chilling piece that opens the collection, and the troubling finale, many poems here will surprise even those who are already familiar with her work in Urdu. There is the beguilingly titled 'Tomato Ketchup' which marches steadily on to its startling conclusion, and the endlessly nuanced 'Those with the Memory of Camels', which unveils a new shade upon every reading. Also included in this collection are some insightful and astutely observed portraits of ordinary men and women in society as well as well-known figures. Rendered with...
This Volume Aspires To Be A Handy Reference Work For Users Whose Interest Is Not Limited To One Or Two Indian Language Literatures But Spreads Over Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali And The Prakrit As Well As To Asimiya, Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Sindhi, Telugu And Urdu. Starting With The Vedas And The Upanishads, The Coverage Spans Several Centuries Up To The Year 1850.
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Poet's Elixir is a collection of poems designed for the reader to mentally consume and internalize for any daily struggle. This book was created to help people see different points of view ranging from racism, church, drugs, politics, sex, love, violence and more. These poems are a divine blessing that I love to share with others. You will see a dynamic difference between the poems. It is my hope that you will enjoy Poet's Elixir.
The second book of the Horror Stories Series features thirty scary tales like the first book, The Revenge. This short story collection is more fearful than the previous short story collection. Some are disturbing. Some are terrifying. Horror Stories 2: The Fear Is Back appeals to adult readers with an interest in horror fiction anthologies. Pizza: When people eat pizza in a town in the United States of America, they turn into werewolves. As a young girl tries to investigate the cause, she discovers she could protect everyone from a psycho who is in love with her, by accepting his proposal to marry him. Will she accept his proposal to protect thousands of people? Black Magic: Somewhere in a small town of India, when a fifty-five-year-old lady, Priyanka, forces a young boy named Oscar to fall in love with her using black magic skills, she proceeds toward her own destruction. Construction Area: When some friends reach a construction area to celebrate their friend’s birthday, some vampires attack them. Now they must struggle to escape before it’s too late. Dive into the scary collection of thirty horror short tales, The Fear Is Back by Jaydeep Shah.
A personal story of the author reflecting on her journey of life with references to quotes from the Qur'an, Hadith and contemporary thinkers.
The ghost of a girl returns to take vengeance from her murderers (Haunted Ship - THE REVENGE). Pizza suddenly turns people into werewolves (Pizza - THE FEAR IS BACK). A wedding function gets disrupted by blood-curdling zombies (Wedding Function - KNOCK OF DEATH). Three books box set of HORROR STORIES series contains ninety hair-raising stories for adults. Dive into chilling stories to encounter all paranormal moments, only if you are a daredevil.
Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. African American Studies. CLIMBING POETREE is the combined force of two boundary-breaking soul sisters who have sharpened their art as a tool to expose injustice, channel hope into vision, and make a better future visible, immediate, and irresistible. With roots in Colombia and Haiti, Alixa and Naima reside in Brooklyn and track footprints across the country and globe, weaving together their voices to tell powerful stories that expose injustice, dissolve apathy with hope, and help heal our inner trauma so that we may begin to cope with the issues facing our communities. Since their debut as a duo in 2003, CLIMBING POETREE has organized 25 national and internati...