East, West

East, West
Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2014-01-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0804152330

From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses comes nine stories that reveal the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between East and West. Daring, extravagant, comical and humane, this book renews Rushdie's stature as a storyteller who can enthrall and instruct us with the same sentence. "Richly nuanced, full or humor, bitter anger, an embracing tenderness, and a buyancy of language." —Boston Globe

East/West

East/West
Author: Shane Delia
Publisher: Interlink Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-04-15
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781566560061

From Morocco, Malta, and Andalusia in the West, to Turkey, Lebanon, and Iran in the East, the food and flavors of the Middle East permeate almost every aspect of daily life. Orange blossom and rose petals, spice-encrusted slow-cooked meats, fermented yogurts, dates, and olives—these are the flavors that have entranced visitors for centuries and that have recently experienced a surge in popularity in Western kitchens. Award-winning Maltese-Australian chef Shane Delia journeys to both the well-trodden souks and private dining rooms of locals across six countries, in search of the most exciting local flavors to bring back to his kitchen. East/West offers 80 recipes, distilled for the home cook. Accompanied by hundreds of stunning images shot on location, this is a book for foodies and anyone who has ever dreamed of taking their own culinary journey.

A Place to Hide

A Place to Hide
Author: Evelyn Anthony
Publisher:
Total Pages: 526
Release: 1987
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780896218017

Laced with romance and suspense, this is the tragedy-torn world of the Arbuthnot family, two generations of Anglo-Irish bound together only by violence and death--and with the greatest drama yet to come. From the author of Voices on the Wind.

A Time for Heroes

A Time for Heroes
Author: Will Bryant
Publisher: St Martins Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312006945

Jason, a lonely orphan, learns the true meaning of friendship and heroism in this adventure novel revolving around a legendary hoard of gold and the two renegades who are after it

Rumi - Past and Present, East and West

Rumi - Past and Present, East and West
Author: Franklin D. Lewis
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1780747373

The definitive study of the world's bestselling poet Drawing on a vast array of sources, from writings of the poet himself to the latest scholarly literature, this new anniversary edition of the award-winning work examines the background, the legacy, and the continuing significance of Jalâl al-Din Rumi, today’s bestselling poet in the United States. With new translations of over fifty of Rumi’s poems and including never before seen prose, this landmark study celebrates the astounding appeal of Rumi, still as strong as ever, 800 years after his birth.

Jacob's Room to Choose

Jacob's Room to Choose
Author: Sarah Hoffman
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2020-11-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1433835487

2020 ALA Rainbow Book List Selection 2020 NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Selection Jacob doesn’t wear the same kinds of clothes as most of the other boys in school. When Jacob goes to the boys’ bathroom, he is chased out by other boys who think he looks like a girl. The same thing happens to his friend Sophie when she tries to go to the girls’ bathroom.Their class gets together to try and make things better.

Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network

Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network
Author: Giles Scott-Smith
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2012-12-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137284277

Interdoc was established in 1963 by Western intelligence services as a multinational effort to coordinate an anti-communist offensive. Drawing on exclusive sources and the memories of its participants, this book charts Interdoc's campaign, the people and ideas that lay behind it and the rise and fall of this remarkable network during the Cold War.