Cultural Heritage category: 3433 books

The author promises to revolutionize storytelling in this powerful story about three college students, one Christian and the others Muslim, who find themselves unlikely roommates at a small, private American university.After a fight with her roommate, Tamika is forced to move out of her room...

War and chaos are no match for an American immigrant bent on keeping a promise... Sequel to the award-winning Black Tom: Terror on the Hudson, Her Morning Shadow tells of a young Jewish Ukrainian immigrant, caught up in the aftershock of World War One. Private 'Abie' Ashansky is trying to build a...

The 12-year-old grandson of an American soldier serving in the Vietnam War is sent by his Vietnamese grandmother to find his grandfather in the U.S.----Unknowingly, Eric is put on the wrong boat and ends up in Guatemala, alone and homeless. He is rescued from a dismal future by an American woman, who...

An after-school job in the extraordinary collection of a peculiar Antiquarian takes a startling turn for Carlos and Sage. In a terrifying moment, they become part of the history surrounding them. It is 1692 and the stakes are high, very high, as a conquering army’s march threatens to bring genocide...

Because she was the first to expose the appalling treatment of the natives of Peru, Clorinda Matto de Turner was excommunicated from the Catholic church, burned in effigy, and forced to emigrate to Argentina. She gained her notoriety with this book, which has been compared to Uncle Toms Cabin for its...

Orakwe has the keys to his good friend's luxury pad in at the Astors, in Sandton Johannesburg. One day, believing that his friend Obiora is away to Cape Town, Orakwe intends to hang out, at the pad with his girlfriend Kanyisile Kosh. When he gets there, he stumbles into a most bizarre occult ritual....

At last Khanum, the beautiful mistress of her own eventful world, is able to return to her beloved country. As she unfolds the stories of her adventurous life, some of which are ethereal and joyous, some a black nightmare of agony, we are given vivid insights into how traumatic events can suddenly...

À la découverte des traditions et de la culture de la Turquie. La production littérature turque contemporaine est telle que le choix de cinq nouvelles à présenter au lecteur français ne pouvait se faire sans une part revendiquée de subjectivité. Il s'agissait de rendre hommage à des...

Paths of Error is 3 views through the same window of time, more a triptych than a trilogy.The first was Undeclared War, which saw rebel-born Tom Newson, known as Newt, fighting his way out of Paignton, into the army, through Cyprus and out of the army.... Blue, in Constant Change, begins however as...

"Be fruitful," advises Judeo-Christian Scripture, “and multiply, and replenish the earth." Eight centuries BCE global population is inferred to have been roughly five millions, soaring to between 50 and 60 millions when Julius Caesar fell, and escalating in the mid-17th century to...

jennifer and purnima were as different as eggs and quiche. one was an orphan villager who lost her entire family in a mudslide that destroyed her village. threatened with honor killing for marrying a man from her village, the couple flee to a major city and blend in there. purnima had never stepped...

Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, lights, the baby Jesus, and, of course, presents. Instantly, well known Christmas carols ring in your ears, or maybe you even picture nutcrackers or Scrooge and Tiny Tim. Christmas...

This book is dedicated to helping to create a better world through the application of imagination and hope through reason, while acknowledging that there is good or evil in our deeds and thoughts but as importantly, there are intended and unintended consequences that can stem from both that can change...

Turkey, the historic bridge between Europe and the East, excites the imagination. In a collection of ten short stories Rob Walters provides a fascinating glimpse into the culture and characters of this special country. The tales embrace everything from ants to fireflies, ferocious dogs to rutting...