IMANNA OF SPLENDOUR , Rwanda's Goddess of life and death is distraught that the Kenyans who are boasting to have captured time for "the next sixty years" are coming to Kigali to revel - before she, IMANNA , has mourned all her dead of the Rwanda Genocide. To mourn all her dead by name - before the Kenyans come to Kigali to celebrate the next sixty years - IMANNA invites the Haitian God of the dead BARON SAMEDDI to grant her advice. Baron Sameddi comes to Rwanda in the company of a milliard...

TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE is a play dramatizing the heroic and tragic story of Toussaint L'Ouverture the liberator of Haiti who led the African slaves in Haiti's liberation struggle and heroically defeated Napoleon Bonaparte and France and won the right to liberty and freedom. The play later dramatizes how, in the end, by treachery and guile, Haiti's Liberation Hero was betrayed by his trusted followers to Napoleon and was sent condemned to a lonely death in Fort de Joux in th...

IMANNA is an epic poem on the Rwanda Genocide written using the nine-line Spenserian Stanza.With the protean energies gifted me of the gracious Muse, "the Pearl richer than all his tribe", I have been working on IMANNA for a year now – ever since the Muse spoke my name and gifted me her flaming powers to speak of the sorrows of the dead of the Rwanda genocide. Flame haired Imanna of splendour: I feel that I am the most fortunate of men to have met you a year ago. It is an encounter...

To the dead of the 2007-2008 Election Violence in Kenya. HAIKU AND OTHER POEMS FROM KENYA is a memorial, a monument of remembrance to them - Kenya's forgotten dead. Ten years later there is no acknowledgement of their deaths, their suffering, their loss. HAIKU AND OTHER POEMS FROM KENYA is a monument to the memory of those Kenyans who died because they voted in the 2007 Elections. In their memory, HAIKU AND OTHER POEMS FROM KENYA

OSIRIS is the 16,000 line epic journey of the sacred Ankh on its heroic wanderings through the cosmos on a sacred quest for the one who would summon awake the cosmic Ka, the mystic soul of the great creative universe. Journeying from the creation of the world the sacred Ankh reaches the heart the mythic coming of Osiris lord of the river Nile, dramatizes lord Osiris’ rending agon, his death and the dolorous lament by his wife Isis of the sorrows and by her potent power of the mystic word s...

"ONCE UPON A TIME"IS TIMELESSIn a faraway kingdom, a king has been betrayed. Deeply hurt and bitterly angry, he vows never to be deceived again. Unfortunately, the king's plan to protect himself will endanger all of the realm's young women, unless one of them will volunteer to marry the king -- and surrender her life.To everyone's relief and horror, one young woman steps forward. The daughter of a legendary storyteller, Shahrazad believes it is her destiny ...

The vast Mongolian steppe is a place that few people will ever get to see. This enthralling book is a glimpse into the mysticism and stories spawned by this incredible landscape and rugged nomadic people. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

'Unique and uniquely beautiful... A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes.'—Los Angeles Times'These are the bad dreams of the modern world submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously.'—New York TimesA groundbreaking atlas and milestone of graphic reporting, this statistically meticulous presentation of trends in maps and charts explains the most challenging issues facing the world today.Authored by leading international pe...

Before there was Gandalf and Dumbledore there was Merlin, the legendary adviser to King Arthur. Shrouded in the magical mist of time, Merlin is the wizard that all other wizards are measured against. Collected here in one edition are the stories and legends that inspired a tradition, including 'Merlin's Youth,' by George Parker Bidder; ,'The Prophecies of Merlin, and the Birth of Arthur,' by Sir James Knowles; 'Merlin,' by Beatrice Clay; 'The Prophecy of Merlin,' by Anne Bannerman; 'The Wi...

This book for advanced readers covers everything you need to know about what governments do, early governments, types of government today, how governments are chosen, and what your role is. Diagrams, fun fact boxes, and photographs bring the subject to life, while a glossary, an index, and discussion questions aid in reading comprehension.Grade: 5Subject: World CulturesGenre: Informational TextComprehen...

Miscellaneous thoughts and insights on life that come to me when I am alone gazing at the starry sky at night, walking by the sea, through the wood, watching people at a party, going to the market, by a chance encounter or when my sleep fails me. It's an intimate conversation with myself , trying to make sense of anything my mind is brought to think about as I plunge deep inside the farthest corners of my mind looking for that evasive Truth which the wizards of old have tried to capture in...

Learn everything you need to know about the exciting United Arab Emirates! The Key Facts on the United Arab Emirates provides readers with essential statistical and business information on the Middle Eastern powerhouse, including: -Background of the United Arab Emirates -Geography of the United Arab Emirates -People and Society of the United Arab Emirates -Government and Key Leaders of the United Arab Emirates -Economy of the United Arab Emirates -En...