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FIRST. FINE. Paperback. SIGNED by AUTHOR on title page. Tipped In: Author's business card. [B25]. Signed by Author.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 480 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.97 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Broken Gourds is inspirational folklore. Written in the tradition of Steinbeck's Cannery Row, this inspirational folklore is a story of humanity mirrored in the events of one small farming village of Jamaica. In the story, the author considers the role of the intuitive mind in the form of a lowly healer whose mission is to empower the oppressed while fostering harmony and hope. As the story develops, his success attracts the temptations . . . greed, hate, lust, and jealousy . . . that power positions bring. These he must struggle to overcome. Broken Gourds is an inspirational folklore of change and permanence, love and hate, peace and pestilence. It is, indeed, a story of life. Those very elements, which rocked that multi-ethnic community a century ago, are still at the very core of all society, of life, today.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorThe author, Beresford McLean, was born in rural Jamaica and later lived in Kingston where he completed and subsequently taught high school for three years. His first piece of writing won a contest in the local newspape.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. KlappentextJamaican Book of Proverbs is a compilation of beliefs or colloquial sayings rendered first in Patwah, the local vernacular, and then translated into English. The Essence of each proverb is given as well as a general.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jamaican Book of Proverbs is a compilation of beliefs or colloquial sayings rendered first in Patwah, the local vernacular, and then translated into English. The Essence of each proverb is given 'as well as a general Contextual explanation underlining the proverb's comedic, applicable, and profound underpinnings.'Take-aways, highlighted as Contemplations are also presented. The book's subtitle: 365 Daily Devotional Proverbs with Translations and Contextual Interpretations provides one primary intent of the book: an everyday reading guide for families, groups, or individuals at all reading levels. 'Additional proverbs, given as Brata Proverbs, may be read at any time for entertainment or to further quench the thirst for universal truth and a higher sense of the expanding self.' About the Author and Playwright: Beresford McLean was born in western St. Mary, Jamaica. He attended and taught high school in Kingston. In 1970 McLean emigrated to the United States where he studied physics and subsequently worked in engineering. His current focus is writing. Broken Gourds, his first inspirational folklore, was published to great acclaim in 2003. His second novel, Providence Pond, came three years later. Jamaican Book of Proverbs - a daily mediational guide based on Jamaican aphorisms - was published in the spring of 2018. McLean's third novel, a historical perspective on pre-independent Jamaica: Fish Hook River will be published in the fall of 2018. Beresford McLean's foray into playwriting is his shot play, First Snow. His first full length play The Good Villain will be released in fall 2018.…