From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes a longawaited memoir about coming of age with a fragile new nation, then watching it torn asunder in a tragic civil warThe defining experience of Chinua Achebe’s life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970. The conflict was infamous for its savage impact on the Biafran people, Chinua Achebe’s people, many of whom were starved to death after the Nigerian government blockaded their borders. By then, Chinua Achebe was already a world-renowned novelist, with a young family to protect. He took the Biafran side in the conflict and served his government as a roving cultural ambassador, from which vantage he absorbed the war’s full horror. Immediately after, Achebe took refuge in an academic post in the United States, and for more than forty years he has maintained a considered silence on the events of those terrible years, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Now, decades in the making, comes a towering reckoning with one of modern Africa’s most fateful events, from a writer whose words and courage have left an enduring stamp on world literature.Achebe masterfully relates his experience, bothas he lived it and how he has come to understand it. He begins his story with Nigeria’s birth pangs and the story of his own upbringing as a man and as a writer so that we might come to understand the country’s promise, which turned to horror when the hot winds of hatred began to stir. To read There Was a Country is to be powerfully reminded that artists have a particular obligation, especially during a time of war. All writers, Achebe argues, should be committed writers—they should speak for their history, their beliefs, and their people.Marrying history and memoir, poetry and prose, There Was a Country is a distillation of vivid firsthand observation and forty years of research and reflection. Wise, humane, and authoritative, it will stand as definitive and reinforce Achebe’s place as one of the most vital literary and moral voices of our age.From BookforumAchebe's story is broken into four parts that cover, roughly, the personal and political arc of his life story. [He] is addressing his people, his country, the world; he's taking on the role of statesman rather than storyteller. —Victor Lavalle Review"Achebe writes in a characteristically modest fashion. It is without restraint but not without tact that his body of work has protested mediocrity in its various forms, from the British colonial apparatus, to the world’s ignorance of African literatures, to the corrosive mismanagement that has plagued Nigeria. Like much of Achebe’s other work, this book about the progress of war and the presence of violence has a universal quality. In a world where sectarian hatreds augmented by political mediocrity have fractured Syria and threaten to bring Israel and Iran to blows, There Was a Country is a valuable account of how the suffering caused by war is both unnecessary and formative."—*Newsweek*"Memoir and history are brought together by a master storyteller."—The GuardianAdvance Praise:"Chinua Achebe's history of Biafra is a meditation on the condition of freedom. It has the tense narrative grip of the best fiction. It is also a revelatory entry into the intimate character of the writer's brilliant mind and bold spirit. Achebe has created here a new genre of literature in which politico-historical evidence, the power of storytelling, and revelations from the depths of the human subconscious are one. The event of a new work by Chinua Achebe is always extraordinary; this one exceeds all expectation."—Nadine Gordimer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Views: 69
An uplifting Christmas tale, set in the Alaskan wilderness, about finding love where it's least expected—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author who's one of America's most beloved storytellers. Before beginning her dream job as sous chef in one of Seattle's hottest new restaurants, Josie Avery takes a summer position cooking at a lakeside lodge in the remote Alaskan town of Ponder. Josie falls for the rustic charms of the local community—including Jack Corcoran, the crotchety keeper of Ponder's famed sourdough starter, and, in particular, the quiet and intense Palmer Saxon, a famed master swordsmith. Josie and Palmer become close during the long Alaskan summer days, but Josie knows that, come fall, she'll be returning to reality and the career she's worked so hard for. Palmer, on the other hand, would like nothing better than to make Josie his wife and to keep her in Ponder. But Josie can't imagine abandoning her mother back in the Emerald... Views: 69
Fall in love with Bones Whiskey in WICKED WHISKEY LOVE, an emotionally riveting, sexy new standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster. A magnificent love story for those who enjoy fiercely loyal and insanely sexy alpha heroes, smart, sassy heroines, families, bikers, babies, and more!In WICKED WHISKEY LOVE...After escaping abusive parents and, later, an abusive relationship, Sarah Beckley has spent a lifetime watching snakes shed their skin. With two small children to care for and another on the way, she's finally found a home in Peaceful Harbor with the brother she hasn't seen in more than a decade. She's still searching for her sister, but life is good. If only she could stop thinking about the sinfully sexy doctor/biker who has taken to her children like a loving uncle-and to her like a hungry man.Trust doesn't come easily for Sarah, but Bones Whiskey is patient and protective, amazing with her children, and... Views: 69
Gracious Living plunges into the excesses of the 1980s. Adrian Dadswell, an entrepreneur, is the owner of a holiday resort that boasts everything from an indoor golf range to a fake rain forest. Adrian has a former wife and a disabled daughter who, together with their friends, live very differently from Adrian and his white-shoe brigade. It is these women—young and old, married and single, lesbians and mothers—who come to dominate the novel. The book explores the value of diversity, while at the same time presenting a harshly witty examination of materialism. Views: 69
Nick McCarty's Unholy Trio crew and John Harding's Monsters continue forging the new City of Hope with refugees formerly tearing the UK apart. Ripped from Islam, the people find hope through force of arms, freedom, and independence. The City of Hope's social site revelations of progress begin turning the Islamic world upside down.
After Harding and McCarty's crews return home from mission once again, repercussions from the shadowy Sharia Law financiers hit with a vengeance. Hell bent on destroying the force providing an alternative to Islam's Death Cult, they run headlong into their worst nightmare. The teams cruise to Vancouver for a confrontation with Amir Mohammed Kostler.
Interrogation of Kostler reveals a treasonous connection in the Senate, complicating matters at home. Sonny’s parents again become involved in a political morass, threatening their lives. As Nick’s wife, Rachel, states, Sonny must have been stolen from a hospital by Phil and Clarice. Nick must figure a way to keep them alive, as the Senators and billionaire backer they betrayed, decide Sonny’s con artist parents are too much of a liability to live. Views: 69
It was just business. And then she got pregnant... Anna Langford is ready to be CEO of the family business, but her brother won't give up control. When she sees the opportunity for a major deal, she goes for it--even though it means working with Jacob Lin, her brother's former best friend, the guy she's never quite gotten over--the man her brother now despises. A successful venture capitalist, Jacob makes ruthless moves. And Anna has given him the perfect chance to take revenge on her brother... What starts as business turns into romance--until Anna learns of Jacob's motives. And an unplanned pregnancy presents them both with the greatest challenge they've ever faced. Views: 69
Maria Edgeworth, famous as a delineator of I rish character, was of English birth, though of I rish descent, being born at Black Bourton in Oxfordshire in 1767, Her early education also was English ;but in her sixteenth year her father returned to I reland to reside, taking her with him, and thereafter her home was at Edgeworthtown in County Longford, where she died in 1849. She is perhaps even better known as a writer of stories for children stories which have retained in large measure their popularity than as a novelist. Her most notable tale was also the first published Castle Rackrent, issued in 1800 a story based upon facts, and depicting the manners and methods of tnerish squire o TtK emiddle of the eighteenth century. It at once became famous and has become established among the masterpieces of fiction. It abounds in wit, graphic narration, and keen insight into the I rish national character. It is a page torn from the national history of I reland, inimilable, perennially delightful, equally humorous and pathetic, holding up with shrewd wit and keen perception both the follies and the virtues which have madethat history what it has been. A mong her later works, the most important are the Tales from Fashionable Life, among which is The A bsentee, published in 1812. Each of these tales which have been regarded as the earliest examples of the novel with a purpose was written to enforce a moral, but they are not the less charming for their didacticism. The A bsentee, in particular, is a masterpiece worthy to be placed beside Castle Rackrent.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of hist Views: 69
