14 títulos para "Hoperoad Publishing"

The Cost of Sugar

McLeod, Cynthia

The Cost of Sugar is the historical story of Jewish family planters and their slaves in Suriname. Now a major motion picture, The Cost of Sugar gives an engrossing account of eighteenth century Suriname at the time when the country was ruled by the Dutch. The hypocrisies behind the veneer of a resp...

DEW ANGELS

Schwapp, Melanie

Set in Jamaica, a heartbreaking, courageous novel of broken lives healed through courage and hope. From the day she was born Nola Chambers is rejected by those she should most trust. Born with dark skin into a family that prides themselves on their light complexion, Nola grows up abandoned and per...

Tula-The Revolt

Leinders, Jeroen

An inspiring historical novel based on the true story of the Great Slave Revolt on Curacao in 1795. ***Now a major motion picture staring Danny Glover and Jeroen Krabbé*** Tula, a slave in Curacao, is convinced that God made all human beings equal. Stirred by news from abroad - that the French ha...

Sugar, Sugar

Malkani, Lainy

Sugar, Sugar is a contemporary collection of short stories which reveals a rich and culturally diverse history behind India’s migrant workers and one of the most abundant and controversial commodities in the world. Inspired by historical documents between 1838 and 1917, and the living memories...

It Was An Accident

Cameron, Jeremy

Nicky Burkett, still incarcerated at the end of Vinnie Got Blown Away, is released on to the streets of Walthamstow in It Was An Accident. He wants to go straight. His girlfriend Noreen wants him to go straight and she won't go near him if he doesn't. He tries. But events and people conspire against...

The Ghosts & Jamal

Blankley, Bridget

The Ghosts and Jamal is an intriguing story, touching on religion, terrorism and Nigeria’s internal conflicts, following a young orphan who is negotiating an unforgiving society. Waking up in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, 13-year-old Jamal tries to piece together what has happened whils...

DESI GIRLS

This collection of 22 short stories from gifted writers - some new, some well known to their readers - covers a multitude of experiences in the wider world outside India. Coping with the customs and expectations in the countries where they are now living, the mainly female characters in these tales...

Vinnie Got Blown Away

Cameron, Jeremy

Nicky Burkett finds his childhood friend Vinnie dead at the bottom of a tower block, feet sawn off. He and his mates have a code of conduct which makes revenge inevitable. They have to find the villains - much more serious criminals than themselves - and they have to take them on. The first entry in...

Indian Magic

Khanna, Balraj

When Ravi Kumar Mehra MA steps off the train at Victoria station, London in the autumn of 1962, he is fully equipped with the all-important work permit and five pounds in his pocket. A brave new life lies ahead! He's 23, educated, good-looking - a real Star of India. What can possibly stand in his...

The Warehouse

Mausoof, S.S.

Syed Quais Ali Quereshi aka ‘Cash’, a Karachi based insurance surveyor, is contracted by his extremely persuasive ex-girlfriend, Sonia, to investigate the details of a warehouse fire, and find the recipient of the insurance claim, in the dangerous, drone-infested Federally Administered T...

BOUND TO SECRECY

Sherif, Vamba

William Mawolo arrives in a remote Liberian border town with a secret mission: to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the paramount chief Tetese. The locals, however - police force and citizens alike - are far from happy about his presence, and their hostility is increasing daily, threateni...

The Concubine & The Slave-Catcher

Shahraz, Qaisra

Ten powerful stories set on several continents and at different periods in history. A well-meaning Abolitionist learns the sordid and violent truth about slavery from her African servants in Boston USA. The sundering of India and Pakistan in the 1947 Partition is revealed when a Muslim boy is adopte...