Bøker av Saleem Little

"U-N-I-Verse" is a platform for all "seekers" to share wisdom with the world. It is a series where writers from all religions, schools of thought and walks of life come together to discuss differences and similarities in order to shed light on and build upon common points of interest that may lead to Universal balance and harmony. This series is intended to unify the human family and realign all with the cosmic symphony that man's ego and pride has disrupted. In Volume five of the U-N-I-VERSE series, author Salim Shabazz (formerly Saleem Little) invites Authors Dane Brown, George Hopkins, Shavar L. Thompson, and poet Eza to share their thoughts, poems, and social examinations in a collective endeavor to raise consciousness and awareness while preserving the art form of poetry and expanding the horizons of literature. It is said that too often only the paper listens. Too often great ideas, thoughts, stories, etc. remain confined in the mind of their creator. Be it Writer's block, a writer's fear, or a person's unawareness of their writing potential, stories and ideas too often never reach the consciousness of the masses. Writer's Block is one author's first step in a quest to inspire more to inspire by the pen.

G.O.D. is the story of two men from two totally different background whose lives are correlated by the same plight; poverty and destitution. Though seperated by an entire ocean, their lives runs strangely parallel. Soon the lives of these two men clash in a bloody war erupted by the murder of a mutual acquaintance. Wally is an impoverished boy from the streets of Buffalo, New York. Hamid is raised in the destitute province of Helmand in Afghanistan. Both boys lose their fathers to murders early in their lives and their single mothers struggle to care for them, leaving the boys to fend for themselves the best way they can. After Wally is taken in by a local drug lord, he and his friends begin to climb out of poverty. After Hamid and his sisters are adopted by an Opium Lord from Afghanistan, he is sent to America for schooling and training for what his adopted father, Nasser, sees as his master plan to undermine America. Bigger than the lives of these two men, Wally and Hamid, however is the ubiquitous theme of individual perceptions of God that permeates the novel. This force's (God) presence, or the lack thereof, reflects the level of attrocities endured by each and every character. G.O.D. is the story of Gold, Oil & Drugs (G.O.D.) and the violent wars man finds himself in, in his worship of these vices.