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Un conflitto sta perseguitando gli slavi orientali, il mondo slavo, l'Europa e le persone di origine europea in altre parti del mondo. È il conflitto in Ucraina. Il modo in cui i popoli dell'Ucraina e della Russia, paesi che sono propaggini della Rus' di Kiev, hanno intrapreso il percorso ingegnerizzato che ha portato al più grande conflitto militare in Europa dalla Seconda guerra mondiale, è presentato in modo succinto da questo autorevole resoconto. L'autore accompagna il lettore attraverso la natura delle lamentele, delle politiche e delle azioni – segrete e aperte – che hanno ...

Il terrore perpetrato da gruppi di odio con un contorto senso di rettitudine centrato su una causa per mitigare le miserie di un popolo oppresso o per eseguire un programma religioso (jihad), perseguita il mondo di oggi. Nel mondo contemporaneo in cui persone, gruppi e organizzazioni si arrogano il diritto di rendere non solo l'establishment che sono contro l'obiettivo dei loro attacchi, ma ritengono accettabile attaccare i civili in modo indiscrimato se serve al loro scopo, il terrorismo è riconosciuto come la più grande minaccia alla sicurezza globale. Ma poi, cosa motiva questi ...

Soprannominato da molti esperti "La guerra più stupida del mondo", il conflitto in Ucraina è quello che quasi nessuno vedeva all'orizzonte nel 2010. Tuttavia, è già vicino a un decennio. In questo conflitto nell'Ucraina equamente divisa, la politica del rischio calcolato da parte degli attori locali del paese, da parte dell'Occidente che vuole trascinare l'Ucraina nella sua orbita, e da parte della Russia che teme di perdere l'Ucraina e la sua sicurezza nel processo, è la norma. Allo stesso tempo, il mondo osserva in modo apparentemente impotente mentre l'Ucraina viene fatta a pezzi ...

Le Cameroun est le seul pays en Afrique où ceux qui ont fait campagne, ont combattu et sont morts pour la liberté et l'indépendance du pays de la domination coloniale ne sont jamais arrivés au pouvoir, où les idées et les idéaux de ces union-nationalistes sont toujours supprimés par le système impopulaire que la France mis en place dans le pays après avoir vaincu ces nationalistes civiques dans une guerre sanglante diversement décrite comme la guerre génocidaire de la France en Afrique. Ce système retardant que la France a imposé au Cameroun emprisonne le pays dans la ...

This insightful account serves as an effective guide in understanding the fundamental mentalities that abound in our world and in knowing the various ways that they combine in the regulation of activities in our different societies. We understand how the degree of our humanization and the influence that it has on our intellect and intuitive insight is determined by the conditional and unconditional instincts we develop.Imagine how judging from a man’s belief system, perception of the world around him, plans, actions and self-restraints, we can determine his propensity for good or evil, ...

Jeremiah is a sage with a job that many people envy, even though hardly anyone understands the true nature of the burden the occupation heaps on his soul. As the emissary of ancestors and divines, he thinks he is doing okay until he shepherds the clueless Joseph on a journey that brings him face-to-face with the horrors of his ways. Joseph needs a lifeline. His earlier life as the inheritor of a legacy that involved wealth, power and goodness has been tainted by his embrace of evil, which leaves death and grief in its path. He knows what he is about to face and thinks that Jeremiah, a man ...

When the ingenious Hugo made it his mission to save the souls and lives of his fellow humans, he is not like most sanctimonious people out there. So, when he tries to stop a massacre, he is only protecting the sanctity of life and preventing the tainting of a soul. However, his self-sacrificing act ignites a haunting impulse that sees him blazing a path through life in pursuit of a cause against evil, which raises mixed feelings and questions his beliefs. But who is the searching soul to himself in a conflict with his world that mirrors man's pilgrimage through life? Is Hugo a "Man of God",...

Jeremiah Nana spends an enriching day with two sages and gets an insight into a fascinating people. The experience leaves him with more questions than answers. Does the action of a fake reflect the centuries-old tradition of a people whose meaning of life revolves around an icon that suffers from deception? The custodians of a legacy and a bright-eyed soul seek an answer to that riddle. "Ngoko's Folly" is sequentially after "The Usurper", and precedes "The Verdict of Hades" in the collection of short stories entitled "The Usurper: and Other Stories".

When Donald Trump popularized the campaign slogan “Make America Great Again (MAGA) in his 2016 presidential campaign, he anchored it on dozens of campaign promises centered around whisking the United States of America out of its “decline”, as large majorities of Americans believed it was and it is still the case today. THE BARGAIN WITH AMERICA, is an insightful, research-rich and engaging account of the hectic and extraordinary Trump presidency focusing on the promises he made to America and Americans and the challenges that come with living up to his words in an environment replete ...

1 Corinthians 7:23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. When bright-eyed child prodigy Gavin Njike loses his family and pursues a hazy path of vengeance, he never imagined he could end up serving his family’s killers. However, that is the case after he joins the country’s intelligence. Things start to go wrong when he finds himself in the dark about operations. But, it is the death of the dissident visionary Vincent Chi that opens the floodgates of his memory, forcing him to grapple with the tragedies suffered by his family. Now, there is unrest boiling ...

Ketcha, a variously-gifted man stubbornly pursues a hazy path in life that brings only moments of joy and satisfaction, but no happiness. Over time, life becomes grim for him. It is as if there is no correlation between his thoughts, feelings and actions. He craves love and finds it more frequently than most men, but he can’t help acting against those who love him. He brings them joy, and then grief, even as he tries not to. His moments of satisfaction never transform into happiness as a loss he can’t get over haunts his present, seeming to doom him forever. Ketcha’s dedicated brother...

In this tumultuous story of rugged characters who retain their zest for life, the postulation that ideas are like fire holds, as events prove that ideas can burn the world as well as illuminate it. So, when old man Joe battles his descendants in their conflicting journeys through life, he does so in a manner that reveals man's innate goodness. However, by doing so, he is not advocating for humanity alone. In a world where it is increasingly relevant for the body to be in harmony with the mind, spirit, and soul, "Dark Shades" provides insights into the nature of a serene society and ...

This is a story about a legend in that part of Africa called “Africa in Miniature”, “The Microcosm of Africa.” There was a time in the land when the story of Josef Nana Njike’s life and death became a popular narration. Different versions of the account have been told by those born before him, people who grew up with him, the mothers and fathers whose lives he touched, and the children he inspired. Josef’s life story quickly became a third-person narration, and from that, the legend was born. Still, all the narratives had one thing in common―the disadvantaged Josef Nana Njike ...

"I am Hated" is a luminous story with unexpected twists that explores security, love, family, loss and the realization that life holds no permanence and guarantees, especially the bitterness that comes with finally discovering the truth about those we love who are not there when we need them the most. In this story shedding light on the relationship between man and his best friend, the distraught Billy recounts his story to the Grand Master about an affluent life lived and about betrayal at the hands of his parents. "I am Hated" is the seventh account of the short story collection entitled ...

Marrying Sancho, the love of her life, is enough reason for Tatiana to forgo a desire to serve The Lord. So, the last day of their honeymoon in the exotic Windward and Leeward Caribbean islands of the Lesser Antilles is expected to be special. However, a terrorist attack calls into question this young couple's idyllic honeymoon. Suddenly Tatiana and Sancho find themselves in an atmosphere where love also entails killing for a set of beliefs. An escape from the reality of their world is all that Tatiana seeks. And she is determined to take Sancho with him. "The Sweetest Madness" comes before...

The 2016 Presidential election will be remembered for ages not only for producing the biggest upset in the history of American politics, but also for the colorfulness of the primaries of both the Democratic and the Republican parties. When Bernie Sanders, the little-known independent senator from small state Vermont boldly stated that he was a Democratic Socialist, and then began his race for the White House as a Democratic Party candidate, hardly anyone took him seriously. After all, he was up against the entire Democratic Party establishment and their favored candidate Hillary Clinton. ...

En este valiente y escalofriante relato del espacio postsoviético, el autor nos proporciona una visión fascinante de Rusia, Ucrania, Bielorrusia y las otras repúblicas de la Unión Soviética a través del personaje más grande que la vida de Boris Petrenkov que nos lleva de la mano a su mundo, su mente y los personajes con los que interactúa. Este viaje suave y fascinante a una parte del mundo que la gente encuentra misteriosa viene con revelaciones explosivas que nos llevan a través de la historia desde los tiempos de la Rus de Kiev hace un milenio, hasta la Horda de Oro de los ...

In this story of family bonding which sees siblings, parents, children and grandparents find common ground in a world where the capacity for awareness outside the focus of attention appears to grow less with successive generations, a cultured child is a rarity. Tatiana discovers that all is not so from his haunted uncle.

El mundo de Hans Wette Heinrich se pone patas arriba cuando el gobierno nazi promulga las Leyes de Núremberg, que le obligan a abandonar Alemania y buscar refugio en África. Su padre, su nueva familia camerunesa y un amigo de la infancia le ayudan a convertir su refugio en un nuevo hogar. Sin embargo, rápidamente aprende que su papel como el primer hijo de una leyenda africana tiene un precio, ya que doma sus impulsos y acepta la realidad de su nuevo mundo más allá de su familia. Incluso mientras fomenta un noble sueño que está atormentado por pesadillas, e incluso mientras intenta ...

Ningún continente ha experimentado la mitad de asesinatos políticos, golpes de estado, guerras internas y externas, disturbios civiles y trastornos económicos desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX que África. Sin embargo, casi ningún experto serio diría que las manos de las fuerzas extranjeras que están dispuestas a asegurar sus "supuestos intereses" en el continente o que quieren ganar nuevos intereses, no estaban en la mayoría de estos reveses. Que estas fuerzas externas hayan tenido éxito con la ayuda de los africanos con la disposición malvada o los africanos que ignoran su plan...