This book describes three life touching stories of various challenges faced by Nigeria students in Institutions of higher learning. These include being engaged to a Spirit Girl Friend, Consequences... More > of Malpractices - suicide, exportion, etc. The book described "the only eye" of his community who went to school, graduated on top of his class as a Medical Doctor but got Killed by a Rival Cult group, just after receiving his Certificate to practice medicine. His aged parent could not wait to see his corpse so they held hands and jump into a deep well. Read on< Less
The Fear of the Lions is the Beginning of Wisdom
When the Lions came the first time, everyone thought they were mere hungry animals. Ten people dead ten days later and with armed soldiers scampering... More > in all directions at a mere sight of the Man-Eating Lions, folks suddenly realized these were something far bigger than famished animals. Inside the beasts were the spirits of three long dead wicked Witch Doctors.
Again the fight between the Traditional African Religion and the White man’s God is rekindled in this Man-Eating Lions of Udi Hills.< Less
ed. by Ann Kjellberg and Leonie Haimson
Educators, parents, and scholars challenge the Bloomberg administration’s claims of progress in the New York City public schools. Seventeen writers... More > argue that under Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein NYC schools have stagnated or lost ground in achievement, class size, curriculum and instruction, overcrowding, transparency, and equity. Authors DIANE RAVITCH and DEBORAH MEIER are respected scholars; JENNIFER JENNINGS, AARON PALLAS, DAVID BLOOMFIELD, and EMILY HOROWITZ are academics who have researched NYC schools extensively; STEVE KOSS is a former public school mathematics teacher and parent; STEVEN SANDERS and JAMES BRENNAN are former and current NY State Assembly members; HAZEL DUKES, UDI OFER, DEYCY AVITIA, and LEONIE HAIMSON are education advocates; SOL STERN, ANDREW WOLF, and MAISIE MCADOO are journalists covering education; PATRICK J. SULLIVAN is a public school parent serving on the Panel for Educational Policy, the city’s central school board.< Less
ed. by Ann Kjellberg and Leonie Haimson
Educators, parents, and scholars challenge the Bloomberg administration’s claims of progress in the New York City public schools. Seventeen writers... More > argue that under Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein NYC schools have stagnated or lost ground in achievement, class size, curriculum and instruction, overcrowding, transparency, and equity. Authors DIANE RAVITCH and DEBORAH MEIER are respected scholars; JENNIFER JENNINGS, AARON PALLAS, DAVID BLOOMFIELD, and EMILY HOROWITZ are academics who have researched NYC schools extensively; STEVE KOSS is a former public school mathematics teacher and parent; STEVEN SANDERS and JAMES BRENNAN are former and current NY State Assembly members; HAZEL DUKES, UDI OFER, DEYCY AVITIA, and LEONIE HAIMSON are education advocates; SOL STERN, ANDREW WOLF, and MAISIE MCADOO are journalists covering education; PATRICK J. SULLIVAN is a public school parent serving on the Panel for Educational Policy, the city’s central school board.< Less
Jane Flowers was a child growing up in Africa. She was one of thousands of children, who had never known any other life than one of political turmoil and war. Rhodesia, later to become Zimbabwe, is... More > nestled in the vast and beautiful wilderness of Central Africa. The politics of the country in the aftermath of UDI declared by Ian Smith led to a civil war that destroyed many lives in this African country. It led to the rise to power of the now infamous Robert Mugabe . This is her story. Simple, charming, full of a childish wonder at nature's bounty. Cooksie's life was not all trauma and tragedy. There are a few belly-laughs awaiting the reader. Come, take a walk through the unique childhood of Cooksie.< Less
'Winds of Change' blowing another gale! Read here why once highly prosperous lands perish before our eyes. Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) is important in universal terms. Experience an abduction attempt.. then... More > an intervention, followed by regular contacts with the by far more friendly visitors ET's to our shores! Here, accounts and affects of a terrorist war, sanctions and all this entailed. Certain lands as Zimbabwe, contain vital universal earth points as vile vortices (see www.nextagemission.com)... also a universal light access porthole at The Great Zimbabwe Ruins! The author, was born to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) during vital earth events. Seeds Of Strife, graphic awakening of the human conscious to interplanetary events. Read why Rhodesia declared Independence (UDI) on November 11th 1965 under leadership of the Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith! Developments on a global scale, the year 2012, far more to it all and not only in Africa as ALL feel affects of changing climes! Robert Winston-Burnett MSA.< Less
'Winds of Change' blowing another gale! Read here why once highly prosperous lands perish before our eyes. Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) is important in universal terms. Experience an abduction attempt.. then... More > an intervention, followed by regular contacts with the by far more friendly visitors ET's to our shores! Here, accounts and affects of a terrorist war, sanctions and all this entailed. Certain lands as Zimbabwe, contain vital universal earth points as vile vortices (see www.nextagemission.com)... also a universal light access porthole at The Great Zimbabwe Ruins! The author, was born to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) during vital earth events. Seeds Of Strife, graphic awakening of the human conscious to interplanetary events. Read why Rhodesia declared Independence (UDI) on November 11th 1965 under leadership of the Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith! Developments on a global scale, the year 2012, far more to it all and not only in Africa as ALL feel affects of changing climes! Robert Winston-Burnett MSA.< Less
Once Upon a White Man - war and peace in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. “This is a world class book. What we have here is a memoir of a wise and moderate man, who did his best to save Rhodesia from... More > self-destruction, and tried to earn a decent living in the resulting Zimbabwe. The author's attention to detail is as good as that of any bestselling autobiography. He remembers things that both racists and leftists would rather forget - the culture of humiliation and violence that made Rhodesia unsustainable, and the ugly silence of world opinion that made it possible for Mugabe to get away with genocide and ethnic cleansing. Even though I've never been to Africa, this book tore me from my political views and made me think seriously about the goals of humanity." (Avery Morrow, Japan, Aug 2011)< Less
Once Upon a White Man - war and peace in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. “This is a world class book. What we have here is a memoir of a wise and moderate man, who did his best to save Rhodesia from... More > self-destruction, and tried to earn a decent living in the resulting Zimbabwe. The author's attention to detail is as good as that of any bestselling autobiography. He remembers things that both racists and leftists would rather forget - the culture of humiliation and violence that made Rhodesia unsustainable, and the ugly silence of world opinion that made it possible for Mugabe to get away with genocide and ethnic cleansing. Even though I've never been to Africa, this book tore me from my political views and made me think seriously about the goals of humanity." (Avery Morrow, Japan, Aug 2011)< Less
