An Affair Through the Sands of Time (Maktub 1)

An Affair Through the Sands of Time (Maktub 1)
Author: Kristel Ralston
Publisher: Kristel Ralston
Total Pages: 169
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Adara is a woman who rejects the idea of suppressing her opinions and reflections; she has not read so many books to remain quiet. She also does not hold back in expressing the first thing that crosses her mind, especially the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Azhat, Sheikh Bashah al-Muhabitti, who appears attracted by the sensual chemistry that is forged between them as they grow up. When she turns eighteen years of age, the man that she had considered her friend, betrays and humiliates her publicly. Adara abandons the country and takes along her broken heart, but also the desire to remake her life in liberty and to forget the sensual dark-eyed prince, forever. Intelligent and with a firm character, the attractive prince Bashah is not only preceded by his fame as a coveted bachelor, but also for that of a future king with a progressive vision. Even though seven years have passed, he cannot forget the only person who, in honor of his country, he betrayed. During a cultural exposition in London, he once again finds himself with the unforgettable blue eyes of Adara Rizik. The attraction that had remained trapped in the confines of the past once again is brought back to life as a flare that appears to consume every atom that impulses them to keep away from each other, until the day in which Bashah discovers a secret that not only makes him furious but also increases his determination to once again have his old love between his arms. Special note: Each book of the series could be read as a stand-alone novel. No cliffhanger. This first book is a second chance romance. Enjoy the journey!

Mongrels or Marvels

Mongrels or Marvels
Author: Deborah A. Starr
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2011-05-17
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0804777888

The writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff (1917–1979) offer a refreshing reassessment of Arab-Jewish relations in the Middle East. A member of the bourgeois Jewish community in Cairo, Kahanoff grew up in a time of coexistence. She spent the years of World War II in New York City, where she launched her writing career with publications in prominent American journals. Kahanoff later settled in Israel, where she became a noted cultural and literary critic. Mongrels or Marvels offers Kahanoff's most influential and engaging writings, selected from essays and works of fiction that anticipate contemporary concerns about cultural integration in immigrant societies. Confronted with the breakdown of cosmopolitan Egyptian society, and the stereotypes she encountered as a Jew from the Arab world, she developed a social model, Levantinism, that embraces the idea of a pluralist, multicultural society and counters the prevailing attitudes and identity politics in the Middle East with the possibility of mutual respect and acceptance.

Occidentosis

Occidentosis
Author: Jalal Al-i Ahmad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1984
Genre: History
ISBN:

Freedom After the Sharks

Freedom After the Sharks
Author: Geoff Hudson-Searle
Publisher: Matador
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2014-09-28
Genre: New business enterprises
ISBN: 9781783065349

Each of us is, to some extent or other, a reflection of the experiences of our lives. However, whether and how we succeed is determined at least in part by how we cope with those experiences and what we learn from them. This is the story of a man who, despite a difficult family life and professional setbacks, developed the determination, drive and skills to create a successful business and happy life. Geoff’s skills and self-motivation gave him the drive, determination and tenacity to continue a journey through hardship to reach self-fulfillment and, ultimately, success. His book describes the life journey of a young man’s heart and his desire to turn his dreams and vision into a business success. Freedom After The Sharks shows how, even in a declining economy, a business can survive and even succeed. It covers some real-life experiences and offers some suggestions for dealing with problems and issues. It provides a guide to finding your way in the business world. The book is suitable for entrepreneurs who might not be sure of the path to take or who want to benefit from other people’s mistakes and failures. Other audiences include middle management or junior executives who are looking for a fascinating life story of courage, drive and inspiration, as well as graduates and college students, who will find information that will help prepare them for their careers.

Seduced by the Sheik

Seduced by the Sheik
Author: Elizabeth Lennox
Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2020-11-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1950451259

One glance changes everything! Sheik Amit el Raminar world has been thrown into chaos. After a tragedy leaves two small nieces in his care, Amit isn’t sure what to do. So he brings in a professional. Dr. Harper Ross is renowned as a pediatric psychologist…but the person stepping into his office isn’t the sedate, older woman he’s expecting. Instead, Dr. Ross is a gloriously beautiful woman that fires his passions…creating more chaos. Harper Ross doesn’t understand her fascination with the coldly powerful man. As a psychologist, she doesn’t understand her attraction to an emotionless, irritating, condescending jerk! And yet, she slowly discovers that he’s not as coldly emotionless as she’d suspected. In fact, underneath all of those fascinating muscles is a man seething with passion and love…she just needs to teach him to allow himself to feel. But can she succeed? Or is she setting herself up for failure with a man who won’t allow himself to love?

The Sheik's Scandal

The Sheik's Scandal
Author: Elizabeth Lennox
Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox Books, LLC
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2021-01-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1950451275

She fell in love with the enemy! Princess Talia el Raminar briefly saw a man through a doorway…and never knew how much he would change her life. She fell in love with the mysterious man named Santos, enthralled by the intensity of his touch as well as their conversations and the way he could make her laugh. The way he could help her forget the painful past. But a crisis ends their affair too quickly and she thinks she’ll never see him again. Sheik Tobin Santos el Fazir can’t get the woman out of his mind. Nor can he discover her identity! When he finally sees her again, he’s fascinated, charmed and enchanted. Then disaster strikes and he must return to his country, but determined to see her again. Unfortunately, he sees her with the enemy! Was she a spy? Or were her feelings for him genuine? He’s so in love with Talia that he can’t trust his own feelings. But when he discovers that their desire for each other has some amazing consequences, Santos is determined to make things right.

The Price of the Past

The Price of the Past
Author: Kristel Ralston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781542461672

She is known as the Ice Queen in the corporate social circles of Nashville, Tennessee. Those who gossip about C.J. Bostworth are unaware of what lies behind her cold and distant fa�ade. After a dreadful marriage in which deception and pain were the main ingredients, C.J. shows herself merciless in a business world managed by men. She won't let anyone take advantage of her anymore. She is ready for any challenge, but she never thought she would have to face the untimely arrival of Xander Zhurov to her life. He seems able to disrupt her organized world with an overwhelming strength and the most beautiful greenish-blue eyes.An architect and son of Russian immigrants, Xander Zhurov is the owner of a company strongly founded and has an impeccable reputation. The least he expects is to feel dazzled by a woman who is as beautiful as cold and who insists on looking at him over her shoulders. His competitive vein will drive him to conquer the will of the heir, C.J. Bostworth, but on his way, he will find out that behind that cold fa�ade hides a warm woman that makes him, unthinkingly, reconsider his bachelor life.

Veronika Decides to Die

Veronika Decides to Die
Author: Paulo Coelho
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061835439

“A highly original, moving, and ultimately life-affirming book.” – Sunday Mirror (London) Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything – youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting to never wake up. But she does—at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live. Inspired by events in Coelho’s own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.

The Jahangirnama

The Jahangirnama
Author: Jahangir (Emperor of Hindustan)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Wheeler Thackstons lively new translation ofThe Jahangirnama, co-published with the Freer/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, presents an engaging portrait of an intriguing emperor and his flourishing empire. The Emperor Jahangir is probably best know in the West as being the father of Shahjahan, who built the Taj Mahal. His reign was one of great prosperity, and his passion for art and nature encouraged a flowering that some say rivaled European art during the rule of the Medicis. In penning his memoirs, Jahangir followed a tradition begun by his great-grandfather, the Emperor Babur. Jahangirs memoirs, however, provide not only the history of his reign, but also his reflections on art, politics, and private details about his familyincluding the suicide of one of his wivesand selections of poetry written by members of his harem. One of Jahangirs stories describes his astonishment at witnessing the fall of a meteorite, an event that so amazed him that he ordered that a dagger be made from its metal. This book includes a selection of exquisite full-color paintings, drawings, and objects that specifically illustrate the passages they accompany--including a photograph of the Emperors treasured dagger. A lover of jewels, nature, hunting, drinking, and opiates, Jahangir carried the Mughal empire to artistic and political heights. Refreshingly candid and frank, this splendidly illustrated edition of Jahangirs memoirs is a thoroughly absorbing profile of an emperor and the zenith of his empire.

The Monasteries and Monks of Nubia

The Monasteries and Monks of Nubia
Author: ARTUR. OBLUSKI
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2019-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9788394684860

The volume is the first study of the archaeology of religion of Christian Nubia. It presents the material record of Nubian monasticism and offers a comparative analysis of this phenomenon. On the basis of archaeological and epigraphic data, the author reconstructs the life in Nubian monasteries. The work features a catalogue of archaeological sites tentatively identified as locations of monastic communities, as well as an overview of pertinent textual sources. Among the focal points are spatial aspects of the Nubian monastic movement, particularly the location of Nubian monasteries and their spatial organisation. Spatial analysis of monastic sites serves as a point of departure for insights into the social and economic matters of monastic communities in Nubia, which are central to the third part of the book. From the scarce sources the author recreates the complex spiritual and social dynamics present in monasteries, their management systems and competing hierarchies.