Böcker av Christopher Farley

Travel back in time to precontact Havai'i, long before the word 'Aloha' was re-shaped by western tongues and missionary minds, when the magic of ceremony and spirit medicine freely flowed through the daily lives of the Hawaiian people. Matani, an unhappy taro farmer with unusual abilities, finds himself on two life-changing adventures set in motion by his estranged ancestral spirits. The first is an ocean voyage aboard a double-hulled canoe with an elite group of fearsome Hawaiian warriors. As a stowaway, Matani encounters dolphins, whales, and learns the secrets of celestial navigation while crossing the treacherous channel to O'ahu, only to stumble upon a deadly secret hidden deep within the island's interior. The second journey follows Matani across a mysterious tropical island where he experiences visionary encounters with wise spirit guides in hidden worlds, learning of a secreted lineage that he shares with a race so archaic, they've become myth. Along the way, Matani learns to heal his injured soul using ancient spirit medicine, unwittingly preparing himself for a terrifying confrontation with unearthly forces that threaten the very consciousness of humanity. If you love grand spectacle adventures like Indiana Jones and inspirational stories like Dances With Wolves, you'll love: Ocean Spaces, Island WorldsAn Extraordinary Adventure of Discovery and Transformation.

Bob Marley was a reggae superstar, a musical prophet who brought the sound of the Third World to the entire globe. Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley goes beyond the myth of Marley to bring you the private side of a man few people ever really knew. Drawing from original interviews with the people closest to Marleyincluding his widow, Rita, his mother, Cedella, his bandmate and childhood friend, Bunny Wailer, his producer Chris Blackwell, and many others--Legend paints an entirely fresh picture of one of the most enduring musical artists of our times. This is a portrait of an artist as a young man, from his birth in the tiny town of Nine Miles in the hills of Jamaica, to the making of his debut international record, "Catch a Fire." We see Marley on the tough streets of Trench Town before he found stardom, struggling to find his way in music, in love and in life, and we take the wild ride with him to worldwide acceptance and adoration. From the acclaimed journalist, Christopher John Farely, the author of the bestselling AALIYAH and the reporter who broke the story on Dave Chappelle's retreat to South Africa, Legend is bursting with fresh insights into Marley and Jamaica, and is the definitive story of Marley's early days.