Erna Brodber and Velma Pollard, two sister-writers born and raised in Jamaica, re-create imagined and lived homelands in their literature by commemorating the history, culture, and religion of the Caribbean. Velma Pollard was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica. By the time she was three, her parents had moved to Woodside, St. Mary, in northeast Jamaica, where her sister, Erna, was born. Even though they both travel widely and often, the sisters both still live in Jamaica. The sisters write about their homeland as a series of memories and stories in their many works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They center on their home village of Woodside in St. Mary Parish, Jamaica, occasionally moving the settings of their fiction and poetry to other regions of Jamaica and various Caribbean islands, as well as other parts of the diaspora in the United States, Canada, and England. The role of women in the patriarchal society of Jamaica and much of the Caribbean is also a subject of the sisters’ writing. Growing up in what Brodber calls the kumbla, the protective but restrictive environment of many women in the Anglo-Caribbean, is an important theme in their fiction. In her fiction, Pollard discusses the gender gaps in employment and the demands of marriage and the special contributions of women to family and community.Many scholars have also explored the significance of spirit in Brodber’s work, including the topics of "spirit theft," "spirit possession," and spirits existing through time, from Africa to the present. Brodber’s narratives also show communication between the living and the dead, from Jane and Louisa (1980) to Nothing’s Mat (2014). Yet, few scholars have examined Brodber’s work on par with her sister’s writing. Drawing upon interviews with the authors, this is the first book to give Brodber and Pollard their due and study the sisters’ important contributions.
Erna Brodber and Velma Pollard, two sister-writers born and raised in Jamaica, re-create imagined and lived homelands in their literature by commemorating the history, culture, and religion of the Caribbean. Velma Pollard was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica. By the time she was three, her parents had moved to Woodside, St. Mary, in northeast Jamaica, where her sister, Erna, was born. Even though they both travel widely and often, the sisters both still live in Jamaica. The sisters write about their homeland as a series of memories and stories in their many works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They center on their home village of Woodside in St. Mary Parish, Jamaica, occasionally moving the settings of their fiction and poetry to other regions of Jamaica and various Caribbean islands, as well as other parts of the diaspora in the United States, Canada, and England. The role of women in the patriarchal society of Jamaica and much of the Caribbean is also a subject of the sisters’ writing. Growing up in what Brodber calls the kumbla, the protective but restrictive environment of many women in the Anglo-Caribbean, is an important theme in their fiction. In her fiction, Pollard discusses the gender gaps in employment and the demands of marriage and the special contributions of women to family and community.Many scholars have also explored the significance of spirit in Brodber’s work, including the topics of "spirit theft," "spirit possession," and spirits existing through time, from Africa to the present. Brodber’s narratives also show communication between the living and the dead, from Jane and Louisa (1980) to Nothing’s Mat (2014). Yet, few scholars have examined Brodber’s work on par with her sister’s writing. Drawing upon interviews with the authors, this is the first book to give Brodber and Pollard their due and study the sisters’ important contributions.
I wrote this book to document a beginners' path towards healing and Self Mastery under the tutelage of the Ascended Masters. Guide Lights - Attune to Your Angels & Spirit Guides' takes us through the elementary steps to experience relationships with our Angels and Spirit Guides, opening ourselves to magical adventures in life. In this book you will learn how to: Discover the names of your guardian angel and spirit guide. Incorporate angelic assistance into your daily activities. Develop your intuition and recognize the signs and suggestions of your spirit guides. Use a pendulum to confirm your insights and hunches. Use your dreams as a life course correction tool. Learn to meditate and achieve liberation through forgiveness. Whether you're searching for purpose, love or forgiveness this book offers a brilliant guiding light on your journey to soul self-discovery and a pathway to Self-Mastery.
The purpose of this book is to offer the public an introductory education on what a Demon is and the occurrence of Demonic Spirit attachment and possession that afflicts a large portion of humanity selectively. It is also an instructional manual on how to Repel forces of darkness as we learn to raise our vibrations in Light.Rise' Harrington previously published books to assist those who were requiring removal's or exorcisms of demon entities. This is the final update and publishing of the one book that we have found that alleviates or eradicates all areas related to Demon darkness in our world.
The purpose of this book is to offer the public a new understanding of the subject of reincarnation based on the authors' personal experience, discovery and the teachings of the Ascended Masters. We consider Reincarnation theories: Womb and post birth entity attachments, memories of astral travel through the akashic records, the occurrence of 'Walk In' lifetimes and more. The series is intended to offer the public easy access to an education on the specific subject that interests or troubles them with new understandings and proposed solutions.
Todd is a simple desert toad searching for a little moisture. He finds a lot more than moisture and its, mostly terrible. Todd and his epic journey are the creation of seven students at Penmaenrhos Education Centre and author/illustrator Jeff Gill. Through a unique project called Finding Your Voice, they invented Todd and told his story as a group. The illustration work was divided among the creators. Each one interpreted Todd's adventures in their own way. The result is this unique comic story told in many visual styles but with one collective voice.
His hand extended, palm upturned, he wiggled his fingers, and she settled hers in it, rising at his tug. He didn't bother to close the car door, but walked her into the light of his headlamps and drew her into his arms. Swaying, he sang a tune from his younger years, but what had been done on a stage in a cloud of cigarette smoke in front of people who didn't care about the words held a new meaning spoken to her. She gazed at him briefly, then dropped her cheek to his chest, and something happened in his heart that he couldn't stop. She burnt a place there, a hollow shaped exactly like her, and he determined to somehow make it stay. Though she grew up with her hippy mom on the west coast, Pepper Dupree has always been close to her billionaire dad, which made moving home to nurse him through a horrible illness an easy choice. But from the start, something isn't normal. He's uneasy, unsettled. A late night drive to scope out a possible multimillion-dollar sale lands real-estate mogul, Bryon Spelding, at Pepper's door, and instantly, there are sparks. Yet, she's the first woman to interest him since he straightened up his life, and he's not sure how to behave. Especially given the secret he's kept from everyone. A secret that takes on new weight when Pepper's dad gives her his entire estate. It's money she would have inherited anyway, so why now? The truth will rock the Billionaire Boys Club and force Bryon's hidden life to the forefront where the woman he's fallen for might not like what she sees. Book 6 in the BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS.
Tracking Bryon A Historical Novel A handicapped boy learns how dangerous insane asylums are in the 1850s but after escaping from that darkness, Bryon finds a world of excitement in the new sport of baseball. For the first time in his life Bryon feels accepted until his rising fame brings his handicap to light. His notoriety also puts him into the path of an old enemy who destroyed his family and is now threatening not only his survival but also ruining his chance with the girl he loves.
Allan J. Pinkerton (25 August 1819 - 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.Allan Pinkerton was born in Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, to William Pinkerton and his wife, Isobel McQueen, on August 25, 1819. He left school at the age of 10 after his father's death. Pinkerton read voraciously and was largely self-educated. A cooper by trade, Pinkerton was active in the Scottish Chartist movement as a young man. He secretly married Joan Carfrae (1822-1887) from Duddinston, then a singer, in Glasgow on 13 March 1842.Pinkerton emigrated to the United States in 1842.
Conceptually, a database consists of objects and relationships. Object Relationship Notation (ORN) is a simple notation that more precisely defines relationships by combining UML multiplicities with uniquely defined referential actions. This book shows how ORN can be used in UML class diagrams and database definition languages (DDLs) to better model and implement relationships and thus more productively develop database applications. For the database developer, it presents many examples of relationships modeled using ORN-extended class diagrams and shows how these relationships are easily mapped to an ORN-extended SQL or Object DDL. For the DBMS developer, it presents the specifications and algorithms needed to implement ORN in a relational and object DBMS. This book also describes tools that can be downloaded or accessed via the Web. These tools allow databases to be modeled using ORN and implemented using automatic code generation that adds ORN support to Microsoft SQL Server and Progress Object Store. Object Relationship Notation (ORN) for Database Applications: Enhancing the Modeling and Implementation of Associations is written for research scientists, research libraries, professionals, and advanced-level students in computer science.
Well known English/ Australian entertainers, Patti and Dennis Price, are contracted to appear at the popular La Boit, in Limassol on the island of Cyprus. Their contract in this internationally famous tourist mecca is exended and they invite their beautiful daughter, Tianne, to join them from London where she has been studying to be an actress. Tianne meets the handsome and charasmaic, Rashid, a fellow actor and model who claims to come from Iran, is also an Islamic freedom fighter with strong ties to the PLO. They fall in love and marry in Athens despite Rashid already being married with a family. But being a Muslim he claims his marriage is over and he can have more than one wife but the other compelling reason is that Rashid doesn't have a passport and he desperately wants to get into Australia and can now travel on his new wife's passport. However the marriage becomes very stormy after only a few months with many episodes of domestic violence. After they settle in Australia, Tianne decides to leave Rashid but as he is very jealous and controlling this is not easy for her. Eventually, Tianne's battered and strangled body is discovered on a Gold Coast golf course and a murder warrant is issued for Rashid and he is arrested in Melbourne attempting to flee Austalia under a false name. He is extradited to Brisbane and the ensuing investigation and court cases make Australian legal history. Not in the Public Interest is an intriguing new theory based on a true story as recalled by Tianne's mother, Patti, in her struggle to bring her daughter's murderer to justice but it appears that hidden forces are at work to prevent this from happening.
Funny, touching, sad, with a light of hope at the end of the tunnel.There are thousands of working actors in this country and only a handful will ever make it as rich and famous International Stars. This story is not about one of the handful.This is the tragicomedy memoir of a Stage and Television star of the 70s and 80s who is forced to abandon his career when his beloved wife, Marie, suffers a massive stroke which leaves her physically disabled. As her full time carer and with approaching old age he reviews their life together and resorts to his sense of humor and writing to enable him to cope with the restrictions of his new found, unexpected way of life and to satisfy his driving creative inclinations.The story reveals the author's comic reaction to his career and encroaching old age intertwined with a touching love story that eventually questions his spiritual beliefs and makes him into the man he has become. As he says, "Not a trip for the faint hearted."
Clinical hypnotherapist, PeterMahoney, has his training and beliefs shattered when he is confronted by an elderly client, John, who claims to be suffering from depression and anxiety attacks. However on reaching the deep Theta state of hypnosis, John suddenly starts relating incidents that appear to be from a vast range of periods stretching back hundreds of years. As a confirmed atheist, Peter refuses to accept past life regression believing John's imagination is attempting to cover his true symptoms but the stories, which Peter researches, have a disturbing ring of authenticity which he cannot logically explain. Parallel to this, Peter is having his own personal problems with the breakdown of his marriage and gradually the two situations seem to become entwined and Peter begins to question if the therapist is treating the patient or if the patient is treating the therapist? A staggering paranormal revelation unfolds the truth which forces Peter into a mental and spiritual epiphany which will change his life forever.
