Hangman
'A gripping tale of homecoming and loss... ruthlessly honest and startlingly beautiful... profound and unforgettable' Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King 'Daring, intellectually rich, and unsettlingly hilarious. We have a powerful new...
Hangman
National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize Long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, and the Dublin Literary Award Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Vulture, and BBC An enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond. In the morning, I received a phone call and was told to board a flight. The arrangements had been made on my behalf. I packed no clothes, because my clothes had been packed for me. A car arrived to pick me up. A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone recognizes him, a man who calls him brother--setting him on a quest to find his real brother, who is dying. In Hangman, Maya Binyam tells the story of that search, and of the phantoms, guides, tricksters, bureaucrats,
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Forest of Kings
The mystique of the pre-Columbian Maya has prompted much speculation about the nature of this sophisticated people. With the breaking of their elaborate hieroglyphic code, Schele and Freidel, Mayan scholars of note, provide a new look at the Maya....
Maya
A mysterious novel by the author of the international bestseller SOPHIE'S WORLD.A chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of John Spooke, an English author w...
Maya
A mysterious novel by the author of the international bestseller SOPHIE'S WORLD. A chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of John Spooke, an English author ...
Maya
The definitive history of the Maya, fully updated with the latest archaeological studies. The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the ancient Maya on the market today. This classic book has been updated by dis...
Maya
Who were the Maya? Where did they live? Why did they build tall stone temples? Beginner readers can discover the answers to these questions and lots of other fascinating facts about the Maya in this engaging information book. With simple text, detailed illustrations and stunning photographs, plus internet links to specially selected websites.
Vinyan
Ett ungt amerikanskt par söker efter sitt försvunna barn i Tsunamins efterdyningar. Jakten för dem till det farofyllda territoriet mellan Thailand och Burma. Men ju längre de tränger in i den täta vegetationen, desto mer inser de att det finns värre faror att frukta än regnskogens djurliv eller gränspatruller som skjuter för att döda. Någonting fasansfullt gömmer sig i hjärtat av den okända djungeln. Frågan hur långt en människa kan gå för att rädda sitt barn?
Minyan
OBS! Import. Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.Eric Steel co-writes and directs this gay-themed drama set in 1980s Brooklyn, New York. Based on the short story by David Bezmozgis, the film follows 17-year-old Russian Jew David (Samuel H. Levine) as he begins to explore his homosexuality despite the constraints placed upon him by his repressive family and their conservative immigrant community. When he moves in with his elderly grandfather Josef (Ron Rifkin), David befriends an East Village bartender and discovers the works of writer James Baldwin as the AIDS epidemic begins to sweep across the country.Typ: DVD
Bantam
Jackie Kays first collection as Scottish Makar is a book about the fighting spirit one, the poet argues, that we need now more than ever. Bantam brings three generations into sharp focus Kays own, her fathers, and his own fathers to show us how th...
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Daily Life in Maya Civilization
Experience daily life in Maya civilization, from its earliest beginnings to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Narrative chapters describe Mayan political life, economy, social structure, religion, writing, warfare, and scientific methods. ...
Bingham Ryan: Ryan Bingham Live
Bingham Ryan: Ryan Bingham Live [2 Vinyl LP]
Bingham Ryan: Ryan Bingham Live
Bingham Ryan: Ryan Bingham Live [CD]
Tommy Na Obere Mkp?r? Ah?
Jiri 'Tommy Na Obere Mkpụrụ Ahụ' zụlite ọṅụ nke okike. Akụkọ a mara mma na-akpọ ndị na-agụ akwụkwọ na-eto eto, ndị dị afọ 0 ruo 5, n'ime ụwa ebe Tommy, nwa nwoke na-achọ ịmata ihe, na-achọpụta anwansi dị n'ịkụ obere mkpụrụ na ịhụ mgbanwe ya na-akpali akpali ịghọ okooko osisi mara mma. N'iji ihe atụ mara mma, ọ bụ mmeghe zuru oke maka ihe okike ịtụnanya maka obere nwa gị.
Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World
The ancient Mayan civilization of southern Mexico and northern Central America has long been described as "mysterious," even though scholars have been studying this culture for hundreds of years. Our view of the Maya has changed dramatic...
Unsettled Borders
In Unsettled Borders Felicity Amaya Schaeffer examines the ongoing settler colonial war over the US-Mexico border from the perspective of Apache, Tohono O'odham, and Maya who fight to protect their sacred land. Schaeffer traces the scientific and ...
Maya Mythology
The Mayan people were natural storytellers, and their imagination knew no bounds. They took the traditional Mesoamerican versions of creation and the gods of the universe and molded them ...