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Michael Ray

Auteur de The Creative Spirit

40+ oeuvres 423 utilisateurs 6 critiques 1 Favoris

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Œuvres de Michael Ray

The Creative Spirit (1992) 284 exemplaires
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan [2011 film] (2014) — Writer — 58 exemplaires
France (2013) 4 exemplaires
Germany (2013) 4 exemplaires
Kitafe (2015) 3 exemplaires
Michael Ray (2015) 2 exemplaires
AMOS (2018) 1 exemplaire
The island 1 exemplaire
O novo paradigma dos negócios (1996) 1 exemplaire
Called or Crazy 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

Poldark: The Complete Series [2015 TV series] (2019) — Producer — 19 exemplaires
The Antiquaries Journal 86 (2006) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires

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Kitafe melds politics with history in a suspense story of post-colonial Africa

I want to thank Michael Ray for his hard work and commitment to this worthy endeavor.

East Africa in 1962. The British influence is on the wane. The power vacuum is in jeopardy of being filled by Henry Ngai, a messianic, megalomaniac and leader of the The Army of Christ’s Inquisition.

Graham Theakston is an ex-pat Brit working as a reporter on a daily newspaper in the crumbling colony. He’s a hack, a drunk, chronically broke, low on ethics and ambition.

Theakston not unwittingly becomes a pawn of the powerful as major players jockey for position. But when his wife and best friend are murdered by Ngai supporters he changes from a cynical, opportunistic side-liner to a person bent on revenge.

His assassination attempt on Ngai is foiled, he’s captured, drugged, tortured and brainwashed. Theakston becomes Ngai’s scribe writing his manifesto, his philosophy and his press releases. Slowly the humanity still buried within him emerges. He becomes aware of the atrocities, the corruption, the madness and the evil specifically in Ngai’s indoctrination process changing children into psychopathic killers.

He escapes and begins a long and treacherous journey through the jungle back to civilization, a journey that is transformative not only geographically, but spiritually and morally.

Theakston survives and arrives back in the capital only to find the British are about to hand over power to his nemesis.

Michael Ray has written an exciting, fast-paced story. The plot has a well-research authenticity to it and though complicated is believable and without glitches.

The dialogue is natural and cleverly written with lots of British stiff upper-lip expressions and attitudes that reflect the times. Ray’s characters are genuine and well developed mostly through action rather than reflection.

This booked works as a historical snapshot, a moral dilemma, and an entertaining work of fiction.
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RodRaglin | Aug 15, 2015 |
Desde Leader Summaries recomendamos la lectura del libro El espíritu creativo, de Daniel Goleman, Paul Kaufman y Michael Ray.
Las personas interesadas en las siguientes temáticas lo encontrarán práctico y útil: innovación, técnicas de creatividad, mejorar el clima laboral.
En el siguiente enlace tienes el resumen del libro El espíritu creativo, Por qué todos podemos ser creativos y cómo aumentar nuestra contribución a las empresas y a la sociedad: rel="nofollow" target="_top">El espíritu creativo… (plus d'informations)
 
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LeaderSummaries | 2 autres critiques | Dec 18, 2014 |
Desde Leader Summaries recomendamos la lectura del libro El espíritu creativo, de Daniel Goleman, Paul Kaufman y Michael Ray.
Las personas interesadas en las siguientes temáticas lo encontrarán práctico y útil: innovación, técnicas de creatividad, mejorar el clima laboral.
En el siguiente enlace tienes el resumen del libro El espíritu creativo, Por qué todos podemos ser creativos y cómo aumentar nuestra contribución a las empresas y a la sociedad: rel="nofollow" target="_top">El espíritu creativo… (plus d'informations)
 
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LeaderSummaries | 2 autres critiques | Dec 18, 2014 |
China, 19 Jh. Shanghai, 2 Frauen schreiben sich auf Seidenfächer Briefe,
 
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Buecherei.das-Sarah | 1 autre critique | Nov 28, 2014 |

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