The Sultan's Perfect Tree

The Sultan's Perfect Tree
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Parents Magazine Press
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1977
Genre: Perfection
ISBN: 9780819308641

A sultan wants everything around him to be perfect until he realizes that perfect things don't grow or change.

Turquoise Coast

Turquoise Coast
Author: Nevbahar Koç
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Total Pages: 3
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1614287775

The Turkish Riviera, known as the Turquoise Coast, is home to stunning mountain scenery, rich myths, and folklore, and more than six hundred miles of impeccable shoreline along the warm Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Featuring two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the ruins of the Mausoleum of Maussollos and the Temple of Artemis, this stretch of coast is a destination apart, so much so that Mark Antony was said to have chosen it as the most spectacular wedding gift for Cleopatra. Through the lens of Oliver Pilcher, this blue voyage beckons readers with wanderlust to set sail and enjoy the dazzling sapphire shades of the coast’s dreamy yacht life. Anecdotes from lovers of the region include Mica Ertegun, Tommy Hilfiger, Chiara Ferragni, and Mert Alas, who spent summers boating on these storied waters.

The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire

The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Author: Doç. Dr. Raşit GÜNDOĞDU
Publisher: Rumuz Yayınları
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2020-03-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 6055112159

The Ottomans, who patronaged the muslim and non-muslim nations from Indonesia to Spain, from the Crimea to Yemeni always pursued justice and brought it to the lands they conquered, as well as development and civilization without any language, religion and race discrimination. Only the Ottomans was bestowed with establishing a government ruled by 36 sultans, lasted for 622 years uninterrupted in the history of the world. The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, from Osman Ghazi to Vahdettin Khan who ascended the throne had done important works as much as possible to keep the state on its feet, for the public welfare and content. Today, as the archives are opened and new documents are emerged, many secrets about the sultans and their periods come out.

The Woman who Lived in a Tree

The Woman who Lived in a Tree
Author: Don Pinnock
Publisher: Jacana Media
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1770096922

Arguing that for many people, the easy predictibility of civilized life is unfulfilling, this chronicle presents the remarkable stories of Africans profiled by the author during more than a decade of adventuring. With a cast of characters that includes the eponymous tree-dwelling woman, the man who circled the globe in an ultralight plane powered by a lawn mower engine, and the person who decided to plant a million trees, this thrilling collection will inspire readers to launch their own adventures.

Muqarnas, Volume 25

Muqarnas, Volume 25
Author: Gülru Necipoglu
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2009-03-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9047426746

Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Muqarnas articles are being published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.

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Total Pages: 406
Release: 1979
Genre: Mormon Church
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The Sultan's Shadow

The Sultan's Shadow
Author: Christiane Bird
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 0345469402

A dramatic account of the slave trade in the early 19th century Indian Ocean is presented through the stories of the Omani Sultan Said and his daughter, Princess Salme, offering insight into the Arabian Peninsula kingdom's lucrative growth and ties to America.