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Filled with laughs and giggles, this memoir presents the authors spirited and light-hearted approach to living all over the world along with a husband, four young sons, three dogs, and two cats. The koi fish had to be left behind. From growing up during the black-and-white apartheid years of South Africa to suntanning topless on the silvery beaches and azure seas of the Greek Isles; from walking like an Egyptian around the earthy tones of the pyramids to savouring pearlescent beads of the finest caviar harvested from the neon waters of the Caspian Sea; from reminiscing with six-foot-four transvestites wearing shocking-pink nails to enjoying the freedom of riding chromed Harleys in the Karoo; each chapter is in itself a singular story, but when put together, they make up the multi-coloured mosaic of a kaleidoscopic life. Take a trip to the USA, Kazakhstan, Holland, Austria, and many other countries through the eyes of a woman who most certainly is not colour-blind.
"Explosive." - Readers' Favorite The demon hunting duo of Johann Gunter and Robert Durling are enjoying the warm weather at Johann's home in Mesa, AZ. After going to sleep, Robert has a vision. He receives a call for help. He goes to Johann's room and not only tells Johann of his vision, but that they must leave for Minnesota...now. After arriving in Minnesota, the duo find out that several people have gone missing lately. All the incidents were witnessed by children who claim their toys came to life and committed the heinous acts. Their investigation leads them to the local toy store, where Johann talks to the owner while Robert examines all the toys. Johann notices a sign on the wall, and it sends chills up his spine. It leaves no doubt in his mind that a demon is to blame. The demon hunters leave the store, only to return that night. They question Charles Swanson, and find that the only thing he is truly guilty of is wanting a better life for himself and his family. With no options left, he took on a partner in the form of a demon The only problem was that the price the demon wanted was too high. Charles needed the deal badly, so he quickly came up with an alternative offer. That was when people started to vanish from the town. Johann and Robert force Charles to take them to his "business partner", and soon discover that they don't have much time left. They have to act fast if they are going to save the missing people. When they finally confront the demon, both Johann and Robert discover things about their past. One of them discovers something that will change his life forever.
Joshua Ali Quare wakes in 2109 at the age of 140 in a strong youthful body with no memory of his past, to find he is at the center of a vast and deadly conspiracy. The only clues to his identity are the records he has left--messages from the man he once was... As Quare journeys through his past, he discovers he has been a key figure in the history of a turbulent, violent century--soldier, criminal, assassin, spy. A century filled with killing plagues and warring cults, ruthless corporations and dying nations. A century where treachery is often the only way to survive. Now someone is looking for him. Someone from his past. And Quare must learn the terrifying secret of his history before it unleashed devastating consequences for the future of the human race. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
We each have a story to tell and a unique perspective from which to tell it. The same event becomes a thousand different realities when sung by a host of crescendoing voices. Yet, ironically, the sweeping scope of each perspective is equaled only by its familiar undercurrent of commonality. It is this idea of humanity's sameness that is the basis for this book. Kaleidoscope: A Collection of Writings contains a wonderfully diverse body of work from many different authors, yet one essential message comes shining through: that only in a kaleidoscope of being and blending does our life take on purpose and validation. We cannot experience or extend healing in a state of fragmentation. Indeed, transformation comes only to the whole. And of all man's most worthy aims, transformation must be the zenith of tomorrow's horizon.
An astounding new feat of storytelling from Brian Selznick, the award-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck. A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader. Kaleidoscope is a feat of storytelling that illuminates how even the wildest tales can help us in the hardest times.
A curse covered soul is found wandering the glee filled grounds of a small town fair. A map to an alien relic that could determine the destiny of a futuristic world is in the possession of a societal outcast. An ancient darkness is uncovered by members of a society overrun by centuries of peaceful tranquility. A pair of runaways are left to endure these and other such tales after stealing away into the night and stowing away in the dank confines of a locomotive freight car. Expecting to be alone for the duration of their passage, the young couple are stunned to find that they have to undertake this journey in the company of a mysterious stranger who may not be what he seems. Kaleidoscope pulls out of the station and moves along rails that carry it from the darkest depths of the netherworld to the wildest wonders in the heavens above, never forgetting to make a few scheduled stops along the way.
Next to the incomparable Mrs. Pollifax, Dorothy Gilman’s best-loved character is the mysterious Madame Karitska, who is blessed with a powerful gift of clairvoyance that attracts to her a stream of men and women craving help with their misfortunes, desperate to know what the future holds. . . . When a brilliant young violinist dies in a horrific accident, Madame Karitska has only to hold the victim’s instrument in her hands to perceive the shocking truth. But when an insecure wife asks whether her husband will abandon her to join a sinister cult, Madame Karitska–as wise as she is lovely–chooses not to reveal all that she foresees. And when an attaché case is suddenly dropped into her lap by a man fleeing a crowded subway, she knows it’s time to consult her good friend Detective-Lieutenant Pruden. A nine-year-old accused of murder, a man dying a slow death by witchcraft– for the hunted and the haunted, Madame Karitska’s shabby downtown apartment becomes a haven, where brilliant patterns of violence, greed, passion, and strange obsessions mix and disintegrate with stunning, kaleidoscopic beauty. Once again Dorothy Gilman exercises her own uncanny power to render readers spellbound.
When a beautiful young Frenchwoman and a brilliant American actor meet in wartime Paris, their love begins like a fairy tale but ends in tragedy. Suddenly orphaned, their three children are cruelly separated. Megan, the baby, adopted by a family of comfortable means, becomes a doctor in the rural Appalachia. Alexandra, raised in lavish wealth, marries a powerful man whose pride is in his pedigree and who assumes that Alexandra is her parents' natural offspring. Neither of them has the remotest suspicion that she is adopted, or what turbulent tragedy lurks in her past. And Hilary, oldest of the Walker children, remembers them all, and the grief that tore them apart and cast them into separate lives. Feeling the loss throughout her life, and unable to find her sisters, she builds an extraordinary career and has no personal life. When John Chapman, lawyer and prestigious private investigator, is asked to find these three women, he wonders why. Their parents' only friend, he did nothing to keep them together as children and has been haunted by remorse all his life. The investigator follows a trail that leads from chic New York to Boston slums, from elegant Parisian salons to the Appalachian hills, to the place where the three sisters face each other and one more final, devastating truth before they can move on.
A Kaleidoscope of China is an advanced Chinese-language textbook that gives students a greater command of Chinese while deepening their understanding of the social and cultural issues facing China today. Geared to the unique needs of students with two or more years of instruction in modern Chinese, this book features a stimulating selection of articles and essays from major newspapers and periodicals in China, offering a revealing look at contemporary Chinese society. Topics include: buying a home versus having a child; consumer exports to America; depression; online dating; cell phones; empty-nest syndrome; fast food; the Virginia Tech massacre; medicine; the 2008 Sichuan earthquake; and global warming. Every selection is accompanied by a vocabulary list, exercises, and grammar notes. No other Chinese-language textbook so effectively helps advanced students expand their language skills while immersing them in what is truly a kaleidoscope of today's China. Teaches advanced Chinese while providing a window into contemporary China Features selections from actual Chinese newspapers and periodicals Includes vocabulary lists, exercises, and grammar notes Ideal for students with two or more years of instruction in modern Chinese