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Gates to tangier When the father of the Benzimra family dies, he leaves a will informing his family of an illegitimate son he fathered with a Muslim woman in Morocco. To receive the inheritance, the family is instructed do everything possible to find that son. They embark on a journey to Tetouan, Morocco, from places as far-flung as Jerusalem, Madrid, New York and Paris. They are in search of their lost brother; a journey that will bring them face-to-face with their Moroccan roots and with their Judaism, a journey that will force them to think about their identities. After this experience ...

Señor Jesús es sin duda el más grande maestro de todos los tiempos. Instruyó a sus discípulos; Dio conferencias en las sinagogas; Dijo parábolas a las multitudes. Sus actividades y enseñanzas dieron origen a una nueva religión, el cristianismo, que cambió el mundo. ¿Qué tipo de enseñanzas nos dio? Si ha leído el Nuevo Testamento o asiste a la iglesia regularmente, asumo que conoce las enseñanzas de Jesús. A Jesús le encantaba usar ilustraciones y comparaciones para enseñar a sus oyentes verdades asombrosas. Citó secciones de los textos sagrados. Usó parábolas para ...

Malin och Tanja träffas på en nyårsfest och ingår en pakt. Inom ett år ska de uppfylla alla drömmar de någonsin haft. Ingenting är för pinsamt, läskigt eller svårt. De ger sig ut på en resa som kommer att förändra dem för alltid.

A Note by the Translators One may ask why we have chosen to write about Zhaleh and translate her work into the English language at a moment when the women's movement and resistance against patriarchal power structures have come of age in many parts of the world. What makes us interested in her work is the universality of the themes and emotions permeating her voice - a resistance against injustice and a call for equality and justice as an inborn right of every human being. In refusing to be defined as an object of desire in a society bound by power relations that privileged and entrenched ...

Tony has always had tremendous respect for the thousands of people who live on Chicago's streets. Regardless of their pasts that have landed them in their current situations, he realizes that every unhoused person struggles greatly to survive every new day. The day comes when Tony experiences how stressful and challenging it is to survive on the street as he becomes one of the city's 75,000 persons without a permanent residence. At any given time, a thousand of these struggling survivors, including Tony for a time, actually lives on the city's streets all day and all night. Tony is well ...

In 1945, a German Christian family fears death from the Allies’ hasty advance, so they flee on a journey to the United States. There are many obstacles that challenge them along the way. World War II fighting has not ended, so a mother and her son must pretend to be a French family in order to escape an uncertain future. They take a cargo ship to New York City and hide out in an Amish town. In 1969, while her son is studying at a university, his mother passes away. Her son, Hans, decides to build a shrine to honor his German SS father, but he goes too far. His German meetings are his only...

When a used car salesman in Peru becomes king of a small European country called Bostria, life is never the same for the new monarch or his country. Some people are betting that King Edward doesn’t even show up to claim the job, and when he’s actually in the palace, he learns that his father was killed by an errant UFO and that the crown he should have is locked up without a key. Later, after failing to find a suitable queen, the king returns to his dusty Peruvian roots in search of true love. A novelette of 10,800 words.

En vuxen människas bekännelser är David Wibergs första roman för vuxna. Han har tidigare givit ut två kritikerrosade ungdomsromaner.

Victor Svensson har stora planer för Alderheims konsthandel, vägen till makt och inflytande går via konsthandlarens dotter Jenny en försynt, ung kvinna som älskar expressionismen mer än något annat. Den afrikanske medicinmannen Ole Mbatian har länge önskat sig en son. Till hans stora glädje dimper det ner en nästan fullvuxen sådan framför hans fötter bokstavligt talat och helt rimligt för den med tillräckligt stark gudstro. Under en midsommarfest med grannarna föds en affärsidé i Hugo Hamlins hjärna.

Lady Seomoon Bin ha un segreto: è nata con la capacità di vedere gli spiriti e sentirne le voci, un'abilità estremamente potente, ma altrettanto pericolosa sia per lei sia per coloro che la circondano. Ciò che Bin desidera di più al mondo è liberarsi di questo fardello e poter finalmente condurre un'esistenza normale, ma c'è un solo modo per cambiare il suo destino: diventare una byeoksa, una Cacciatrice di Spiriti, e collezionare 108 Perle, una per ogni nemico che riuscirà a uccidere.

From the Preface: This short, promotional book is meant as a comfort and a “Thank you” for your generosity of supplying the financial support to me by way of its purchase. Your support will continue my efforts in bringing you much more of the same found in these pages as well as fictional adventures. The 41 works of poetry found in this promotional book are drawn from the upcoming book "Life in a Rhyme", as well as other writings of mine from the past. All works herein draw from nature. I hope you enjoy the writings herein and that they bring you comfort, take your mind to nature for a ...

One day, recovering from a heart attack in his Daytona Beach apartment, Facundo Walsh Ocampo discovers that his identity has been stolen and decides to cross the border into Mexico to meet his replacement. In the search for the forger, he will discover a larger forgery, his own. The ruthless competition for economic success has turned the protagonist into a highly effective robot, without memory and without its own identity. In the same way, the robots equipped with artificial intelligence that he himself sells in Asia replace not only sex but also the love and understanding of their owner ...

In the realm of Whispering Leaves, poets become weavers of the universe's secrets, crafting a tapestry that stretches across the vastness of space and time. Their words are the threads that connect the whispers of the natural world to the grand chorus of existence. This collection is a sanctuary for the soul that grieves, offering solace in the form of whispered songs that resonate with the spirit of nature. It is a testament to the boundless creativity of the human mind, pondering the mysteries of life and the wonders of the universe. Readers will find themselves immersed in a world where ...

Este libro es un recorrido poético y lúcido por las zonas más intensas de la vida y obra de Arthur Rimbaud. Cada capítulo lo sigue desde la infancia hasta su silencio final, pasando por sus cartas, su amor explosivo con Verlaine, su descenso al infierno, sus visiones en Iluminaciones y su partida definitiva. Incluye fragmentos originales de sus poemas más importantes: El Barco Ebrio, Aurora, Después del Diluvio, Una temporada en el infierno y otros textos esenciales de Rimbaud.

A young, boring, drugstore manager meets a girl for dinner who turns out to be a stripper. He tries to entertain her with things he saw on Google the night before including Sicilian mummies. His sister entices him into becoming a high-fashion model at one show. He hates modeling. He overcomes his boring nature by going to work for a non-profit dedicated to the arts. Over his life, he changes from the unsure drugstore manager to one of the most successful people in South Florida.

The Labasques aren’t like other families. Living in a shack out in the swamps, they made do by hunting down alligators and other animals. To the good people of Jacknife, Louisiana, they are troublemakers and outcasts, the kind of people you wouldn’t want in your community. So, when Cutter Labasque is found face down in the muddy swamp, no one seems to care, not even her two brothers. The only person who questions the official verdict of suicide is Cutter’s childhood friend, Loyal May, who has just returned home to care for her mother.

Equal parts funny and tender, What Will People Think? is a heart-bursting exploration of what it means to discover and embrace the hidden parts of yourself, and how love in all forms can make you whole.

London-based Georgia Carter, professional lie-detector and body-language savant, has long been estranged from her infuriating, close-minded, wealthy South Carolina family. After a falling-out years ago, the chasm runs deep between the black sheep - Georgia and her gay, alcoholic brother - and their parents and elder siblings. But when their father dies suddenly, Georgia returns to the States for the funeral ... where she comes face-to-face with Sam Penny, her brother's AA sponsor.

Thomas Higgins works for the state of California in the Climate Agency. Numerous complications interrupt his relatively happy life. Foremost among them is his recurring dream that is set in the Middle East. Also high on the complication list is one of Thomas’ rules: he should never become intimate with a co-worker. However, sleeping with a woman prevents the dream from recurring. With that as a solution, he relents and takes a co-worker, Christie, as a roommate. Like Thomas, Christie is a bike-riding enthusiast. Aside from that shared interest she poses numerous challenges to his personal...

Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he’s got left; his body is failing him and his quiet existence is only broken up by the daily visits from his home care team. His hands soon too weak to open the precious jar housing the scarf of his Alzheimer-stricken wife Frederika, which still bears her scent. Fortunately he still has his beloved dog Sixten for company, only now his son insists upon taking the dog away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up.