In 1958, South Africa was going through one of its most horrendous eras ? Apartheid. Andrina Abrahamse writes a riveting, personal account of her experiences growing up and working during this pivotal period. Drina, as she was known to her family and friends, suffered atrocities beyond comprehension as a child. Beatings were the norm and she sustained her sanity by telling herself, ?If I can learn something every time I cry, the tears will not have been in vain.? Her formative years were filled with memories of a system that turned peace-loving men into bitter and hopeless people; youth into …

Do you want to go to heaven? To learn how, read Heaven Above the Heavens. Heaven and hell are thought to be imaginary, but they really do exist. No religion can make you repent your sins and lead you to heaven. Instead, you have to meet heaven to repent. Only through the ?voice,? will you know whether you are forgiven. It is only at Jamigug, where you can meet and listen to the voice of heaven. The name of the nation establishing a world government is called Jamigug. This book explains that heaven, the center of the human race, exists …

Author Wallace Peters is a widely renowned medical scientist now in his 80s. His career focussed on the study of tropical diseases and ways to combat them in the field, the laboratory and in academia. In Four Passions he reviews his peripatetic life and that of his Swiss wife, a linguist and art embroiderer. In this frank account he describes the psychological trauma that he and Ruth experienced after “retirement” and how they survived it. In 2007, they moved to a peaceful village in the English countryside where, nine months later, she succumbed to cancer. Subsequently he observed that many …

Maple Syrup Poet reflects the Canadian author's sense of openness and truthfulness in a way that flows like maple syrup. Vincent Costello's stunning collection of thought-provoking and reflective, yet humorous and romantic poems evokes a complex narrative about life's many experiences. As an added bonus, there is a short story set in 1977 in London, Ontario, Canada, about a precocious and reflective young boy named Jimmy, who doesn't know where he fits in, even with his own family. All the characters come from dysfunctional families born and raised on the wrong side of the tracks. The coming of age story …

If you have a lot of questions about life and the future of planet Earth that remain unanswered, this book is a must read. The UNSEEN: What will Not Happen in 2012 offers answers to many of the questions that you may have wondered about. Are ghosts real? Can the dead communicate with us? Did we evolve from lower life forms? What really happens to us when we die? What will happen in 2012? Will a comet or asteroid impact end life on Earth? The UNSEEN: What Will Not Happen in 2012 seeks to answer these and other questions, challenging …

Almi was a young woman of 20 when she left her parents’ farm on Saaremaa to live and work in Tallinn, Estonia. After a few months, she met Aleksander, whom she married. Their daughter was born about a year after, at the beginning of the Second World War, and a son was born 18 months later. Then her mother wrote asking them to move back to Saaremaa. This trip, that normally would have taken only one day to travel from one side of Estonia to the other, took them a whole week on foot, sheltering wherever possible and occasionally getting …

This book is in two parts, the first explains the method of working and the second is a glossary. Very few art schools teach this method and the old way of learning is finished. You cannot start at 13 years old working and learn this specialty in a factory. You learn to paint and draw with a brush by decorating hundreds of plates and jars. What sets this method apart from other techniques is that the decorating is done in one firing. A white, opaque, glaze-base is applied onto bisque, already fired clay decorated with ceramic colors, and then fired …