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Cast the First Stone
Driven by acquisitive greed, corrupt individuals lobby the government for favourable policies for their businesses. In cutthroat competition, the high and mighty engages in deadly selfish games of land and property acquisition regardless of cost. The poor are equally determined! They use every imaginable trick to have their piece of the pie.
Cast the first stone is an intriguing story on lives in an African country. Kalamu, an investigative journalist, embarks on a truth-seeking assignment at the Alfajiri Scheme, not aware that his expose’ will rattle the establishment. He discovers rot whose tentacles run deep, presenting unprecedented risk to his life and the lives of his sources! Will he unravel the tangled maze?
What Others Say
“Cast the First Stone is moving story about the pivotal role of the press in the fight for positive change in corruption-ridden societies. It is an indictment of the press and government in the perpetuation of corruption, particularly in developing countries. The novelist has demonstrated great command of the English language and written the story with a powerful message in a style that is easy and interesting to read. The issues addressed are very relevant to the African society today.” – Dr. Andrew Nyongesa, Scholar of Literature.
“From cutting deals, playing the deadly and selfish games of trampling on the poor to get ahead, to the never-say-die spirit of the poor to get a piece of the cake, Cast the First Stone is a riveting story that illuminates the realities of a corrupt, unjust society!” – Anonymous.
Why We Tell Stories
Storytelling was an intrinsic activity in traditional African communities. Typically told by older people, usually grandmothers and grandfathers, stories were a way of life for the young and old alike, linking the past, present and future of those societies. Set as they were around a fire, the storytelling tradition strengthened communal ties between the old and the young, and as reinforced bonds among the young.
Stories emphasized shared culture, cultural values and history that were the foundation of the society’s ties. They underscored important societies’ traditions, beliefs and other norms.
From the old, the young learnt lessons about their community that to affirmed their collective identity. They learnt and internalized moral values such as honesty, courage, respect, solidarity and caring for others. Invariably, stories discouraged greed and selfishness. Further, the tales captured the essence of the environment in which the people lived while reinforcing their core values. They contributed to character-building through appreciation of the moral of the stories.
In Why We Tell Stories, Dorcas Kiptoo and Arthur Dobrin bring their storytelling experiences and expertise to the fore through a selection of from the African folklore. Even as the two look back to societies of yore to dig up the tales, the inherent lessons remain as relevant in contemporary times as they were ages ago.
About the Authors
Dorcas Kiptoo was born in Mogotio, Kenya. She attended Kenyatta University where she earned her Bachelor of Education degree. She currently lives in New York.
More from less by Andrew McAfree
This turn of events invalidates the predictions of overpopulation alarmists and those who argue we need to drastically reduce our conception of how much is enough. What has made this turnabout possible? One thing primarily: the collaboration between technology and capitalism.
Capitalism’s quest for higher profits is a quest for lower costs; materials and resources are expensive, and technological progress allows companies to use fewer of them even as they grow their markets. Modern smartphones take the place of cameras, GPS units, landline telephones, answering machines, tape recorders and alarm clocks. Precision agriculture lets farmers harvest larger crops while using less water and fertiliser. Passenger cars get lighter, which makes them cheaper to produce and more fuel-efficient. This means that, even though there’ll be more people in the future, and they’ll be wealthier and consume more, they’ll do so while using fewer natural resources. For the first time ever, and for all time to come, humans will live more prosperous lives while treading more lightly on the Earth.
The future is not all bright, cautions McAfee. He warns of issues that still haven’t been fully solved. (For example, our oceans are still vulnerable to overfishing; global warming is still running largely unchecked; and even as 'dematerialisation' - the reduced need for raw materials - improves our global situation, power and resources are getting more concentrated. That creates an even larger division between the haves and the have nots.)
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross Smith
On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home from work when she spots a man precariously standing on the side of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her house, where he finally shares his name: Emmett.
Over the course of the emotionally charged weekend that follows, Tallie makes it her mission to provide a safe space for Emmett, though she hesitates to confess that this is also her day job. But what she doesn't realize is that he's not the only one who needs healing -- and she's not the only one with secrets.
Alternating between Tallie and Emmett's perspectives as they inch closer to the truth of what brought Emmett to the bridge's edge -- as well as the hard truths Tallie has been grappling with in her own life -- This Close to Okay is a vibrant, powerful story of two strangers brought together by wild chance at the moment they needed each other most.
If Then: How One Data Company Invente...
The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge--decades before Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Cambridge Analytica. Silicon Valley likes to imagine it has no past but the scientists of Simulmatics are the long-dead grandfathers of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
Borrowing from psychological warfare, they used computers to predict and direct human behavior, deploying their "People Machine" from New York, Cambridge, and Saigon for clients that included John Kennedy's presidential campaign, the New York Times, Young & Rubicam, and, during the Vietnam War, the Department of Defence.
In If Then, distinguished Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, Jill Lepore, unearths from the archives the almost unbelievable story of this long-vanished corporation, and of the women hidden behind it. In the 1950s and 1960s, Lepore argues, Simulmatics invented the future by building the machine in which the world now finds itself trapped and tormented, algorithm by algorithm.
Framers (Lead Title): Make Better Dec...
The power of mental models to make better decisions
We're often told that humans make bad decisions and that more data is better. But this is backwards: people are good at decisions precisely because we use mental models and can envision new realities outside of data. Great outcomes don't depend so much on the final moment of choosing but on generating better alternatives to choose between.
That's framing. It's a cognitive muscle we can strengthen to improve our lives, work and future -- to meet this historical moment. Framers shows how.
Cambridge Primary Science Learners Bo...
Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks From experiments to discover what makes plants grow, to making musical instruments to investigate sound waves, Cambridge Primary Science gets your learners thinking like scientists!
Packed with opportunities to plan experiments, make predictions and gather results, the series helps your learners think and work scientifically.
Each unit ends with a project, like making a model garden, that helps students bring together what they have learnt, and understand how the topics relate to the real world. With vocabulary boxes, clear diagrams and supporting illustrations, the course makes science accessible for learners with English as a second language.
Cambridge Primary Science Learners Bo...
Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks From discovering how plants are pollinated, to learning about gravity, Cambridge Primary Science gets your learners thinking like scientists! Packed with opportunities to plan experiments, make predictions and gather results, the series helps your learners think and work scientifically.
Each unit ends with a project, like creating a report on how forces are used in a machine that helps learners bring together what they have learnt and understand how the topics relate to the real world.
With vocabulary boxes, clear diagrams and supporting illustrations, the course makes science accessible for learners with English as a second language.
Cambridge Primary Mathematics Learner...
Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks. Whether they are learning about numbers with dominoes or using 3D shapes to create a house, Cambridge Primary Mathematics helps your learners develop their mathematical thinking skills.
They'll be fully supported with worked examples and plenty of practice exercises, while projects throughout the book provide opportunities for deeper investigation of mathematical concepts – including making their own snakes to develop comparison skills.
With key word boxes, clear diagrams and supporting illustrations, the course makes maths accessible for second language learners. Book Description Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks.
Cambridge Primary English Learners Bo...
Whether they are exploring non-fiction texts, performing poetry or writing their own fables, our new primary and lower secondary resources help your learners develop critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills. With active learning at its heart, differentiation and assessment for learning opportunities, the series helps your students achieve their potential.
You'll find vocabulary and grammar support, along with plenty of opportunities to develop speaking and listening skills throughout. The accompanying Digital Classroom resource includes video, audio and interactive activities to bring your lessons to life.
Our accessible teachers' resources provide everything you need for the course including support and guidance to plan and deliver your lessons with confidence. Developed for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary curriculum
Cambridge Primary English Learners Bo...
Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks Your learners will develop their English skills as they get tangled up with tongue twisters and discover traditional tales. You'll find a wide range of international fiction, non-fiction and poetry throughout the book to help your learners develop their understanding of different genres and text types.
Each unit is packed with activities that cover reading, writing, speaking and listening, as well as opportunities to develop 21st century skills – such as collaboration and critical thinking.
Units end with a project, like designing a board game, to help learners communicate confidently and understand how to apply their learning to real-world scenarios.
Cambridge Primary Mathematics Learner...
Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks. Whether they are working with a partner to make 3D shapes using cubes or sorting data using a Carroll diagram, Cambridge Primary Mathematics helps your learners develop their mathematical thinking skills.
They'll be fully supported with worked examples and plenty of practice exercises, while projects throughout the book provide opportunities for deeper investigation of mathematical concepts - including developing comparison skills and working out proportions using drinks.
With key word boxes, clear diagrams and supporting illustrations, the course makes maths accessible for second language learners.
Cambridge Primary English Learners Bo...
Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks Your learners will develop their English skills as they explore non-fiction texts, discover nonsense poetry and write their own fables.
You'll find a wide range of international fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama to help your learners develop their understanding of different genres and text types.
Each unit includes activities that cover reading, writing, speaking and listening, as well as opportunities to develop 21st century skills – such as collaboration and critical thinking. Units end with a project, like creating an exhibition about World Environment Day, to help students communicate confidently and understand how to apply their learning to real-world scenarios.
Cambridge Primary Science Workbook 3 ...
Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks These workbooks are filled with exercises that help your students practise what they have learnt and encourage them to think and work scientifically.
Focus, Practice and Challenge exercises provide clear progression through each topic, helping learners see what they've achieved. The drawing and writing activities give learners more experience with scientific vocabulary, which helps them to develop their language skills.
These different types of exercises and activities make the book ideal for use in the classroom or as homework.
World Class: How to Lead, Learn and G...
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Having spoken to inspirational leaders across all areas of business and sport, including Michael Johnson, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Rio Ferdinand, Dame Carolyn McCall, Dave Lewis and Sir Clive Woodward, the authors have identified the key characteristics of world-class performance. These guiding principles of celebrating difference, forging togetherness and accelerating growth constitute a new framework for modern leadership.
Packed with insightful personal stories, and often painfully learnt lessons, Will and Ben offer a new playbook for world-class leadership, learning and growth.
Kudra na Kevin Oyugi
Riwaya hii ya Kudra ni ya aina yake. Ni riwaya ambayo imeyamulika masuala ya kisasa na yanayoiathiri jamii kwa njia hasi ama chanya.
Mhusika Kudra anajipata akitopea katika ukwasi wa aina yake licha ya kuzaliwa katika jamii ya ukata hohehahe. Hizi zinakuwa ni kudra za Mwenyezi Mungu au majaaliwa kama waambavyo wengine. Mbali na haya majaaliwa yake, anafikwa na mkosi pale ambapo rafiki yake wa chanda na pete Jane anafia katika chumba chake. Hii ni baada ya wao kulewa chopi na kusindikizwa kiamboni kwa Kudra na Bwana Majuto usiku uliotangulia. Je, haya ni majaaliwa pia?
Kakaye Kudra, Oscar Mpimbi naye katika umasikini wake anafanikiwa kuchumbiana na Daktari Agnes aliyekuwa akimtibu mamaye kabla ya kuaga dunia. Oscar anampenda Agnes licha ya kuogopa kumjuvya hali ya hisia zake. Kwa upande mwingine, Agnes naye anampenda Oscar na kuamua kumfahamisha. Je, hii ni kudra ya Rabana pia?
Utamu wa riwaya hii hauishii tu kuisoma kwa burudani ila pia kujifunza masuala ibuka na ainati katika jamii. Ni riwaya ya kizazi cha leo na uleo ndani mwake! Jipatie nakala ujifahamishe zaidi!
Unlocking the power of your thinking
The Bible is clear that you will be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Since the business of the mind is thinking, that means the key to your spiritual, transformation lies in the world of your thoughts. Learn how to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ in this book from Dr. Stanko’s Unlocking series.