In a sweeping tale that spans 1000 years and multiple generations – from the distant past to the 19th century, the present day and a strange, dystopian future – this landmark collection traces the collective histories of Indigenous peoples across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Diverse in perspective, content and form, traversing the terrain of grief, love and dispossession, they each bear witness to these cultures’ ongoing struggles against patriarchy, colonialism and racism.
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Uninspired and newly single painter Sara is down on her luck and wants nothing more than to get away from her problems. When she decides to take a trip to visit her mom, she becomes involved in the efforts to save a local church which is in danger of closing down.
What will happen if a love & relationship columnist becomes heartbroken!? Nam, a relationship expert of “H2O” — her own founded magazine, has faced devastating moment in her life as her fiancé broke up with her, out of the blue, to marry someone else. Nam felt like a love hurt victim(instead of an adviser), which is difficult to speak out. While Nam tries to keep her chin up, a cupid sends her three PERFECT guys just in time!: Dog, a TV producer and Nam’s best friend, Jo, a warm-hearted consular officer, or Ohm, a handsome flirty tycoon. Who will be the one who finally heals Nam’s brokenhearted status while whose hearts have to be next broken…?
Teenage Sascha has two dreams: to write a novel about her mother and to take revenge on her step-father who brutally murdered her. When she meets the newspaper editor Volker, he invites her to come to his and his son’s place. A subtle love triangle begins which helps Sascha to find her personal way of growing up.
Aggie, A 67 year-old Black Cajun, has just stepped into her worst nightmare. Her two granddaughters have disappeared, and the only clue she possesses is a forgotten laptop. Aware she only has a short window of time, she feels helpless to save them as her money and influence are scarce. Desperate to get her girls back, Aggie risks everything to cross paths with Richard and Lottie DuMonde, two of the wealthiest and most connected people in New Orleans. Certainly, once they hear her story, they will help. But what Aggie doesn’t foresee is the dark world she’s about to step into, or the dangers accompanying the rescue needed to bring her girls home.
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user’s every needs. To Theodore’s surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Jessica Clark starts a business with no plan, no money, and no integrity. She is convinced that God will bless her business solely because she faithfully pays tithes and offerings to her church. Jessica, like other members of Abundant Life Cathedral, is experiencing hard times and have yet to receive the financial blessings so passionately promised by her pastor. After witnessing Jessica’s dysfunction, delusion, and doctrinal detriment, successful businessman, Michael Juniors, offers to help. Although Jessica deems Michael to be a “demon from hell,” he ironically proves to be her blessing and ultimately helps Jessica see God, life, love, and business in the perfect light.
When given the chance at a fresh-start, a grieving young man and his coked-up stepbrother, must confront a local mafia kingpin and perhaps something even more dangerous – their past.
Four down-on-their-luck men are hired to drive trucks laden with nitroglycerine through the mountains as part of an operation to extinguish an oil well fire.
