6/30/2023 0 Comments Crescent abu jaber![]() ![]() Falling in love brings Sirene's whole heart to a boil-stirring up memories of her parents and questions about her identity as an Arab American. She works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, her passions aroused only by the preparation of food-until an unbearably handsome Arabic literature professor starts dropping by for a little home cooking. Thirty-nine-year-old Sirine, never married, lives with a devoted Iraqi-immigrant uncle and an adoring dog named King Babar. ![]() Praised by critics from The New Yorker to USA Today for her first novel, Arabian Jazz ("an oracular tale that unfurls like gossamer"), Diana Abu-Jaber weaves with spellbinding magic a multidimensional love story set in the Arab-American community of Los Angeles. An Arab-American novel as delicious as Like Water for Chocolate. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments GURKHA by Kailash Limbu![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. The result is a record of war and peace that is rare in its honesty and humility. ![]() In this compelling narrative Capt Limbu celebrates his Gurkha heritage, relates remarkable stories of courage (his own and others'), and confronts demons that have shaped but never broken him. But even amid the simplicity of mountain life, danger and tragedy lurked. His means of coping with the trauma of conflict was to travel back in his mind to his childhood in a remote Himalayan village in Nepal. On many occasions he has feared he would not live to see the end of the day – and, inevitable, he lost several friends and colleagues from the close-knit Gurkha brotherhood. He talks of other operations in which he has served – and, perhaps most movingly, of the other Gurkha soldiers – the united band of brothers – with whom he serves and on whom he relies every day. ![]() On dangerous resupply missions and on offensive patrols that took them to the heart of the 'killing zone', he and his men came under frequent attack from Taliban fighters. ![]() Kailash Limbu was in the front line of the fighting in Helmand Province. 'Sometimes my mind reaches back beyond the fear and the arid landscapes of war, to memories of childhood that fill me with happiness and laughter.' So begins this searingly honest memoir by Kailash Limbu, a serving Gurka soldier who undertook five tours of active service in Afghanistan. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Alex harris do hard things![]() Written by teens for teens, Do Hard Thingsis packed with humorous personal anecdotes, practical examples, and stories of real-life rebelutionaries in action. Then they map out five powerful ways teens can respond for personal and social change. ![]() And Alex and Brett Harris are leading the charge.ĭo Hard Thingsis the Harris twins' revolutionary message in its purest and most compelling form, giving readers a tangible glimpse of what is possible for teens who actively resist cultural lies that limit their potential.Ĭombating the idea of adolescence as a vacation from responsibility, the authors weave together biblical insights, history, and modern examples to redefine the teen years as the launching pad of life. ![]() – Alex and BrettĪ generation stands on the brink of a "rebelution."Ī growing movement of young people is rebelling against the low expectations of today's culture by choosing to "do hard things" for the glory of God. ![]() And even if you do something about it, they don't expect it to last. And even if you care, they don't expect you to do anything about it. And even if you understand, they don't expect you to care. ![]() Most people don't expect you to understand what we're going to tell you in this book. ![]() ![]() Aldershot: Variorum, 1994.īerkey, Jonathan. Islam and the Abode of War: Military Slaves and Islamic Adversaries. London: Variorum Reprints, 1988.Īyalon, David. Outsiders in the Lands of Islam: Mamluks, Mongols and Eunuchs. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.Īyalon, David. Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Īlkhānid War, 1260-1281. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006.Īmitai-Preiss, Reuven. ![]() “The Mamlūk Institution, or One Thousand Years of Military Slavery in the Islamic World.” In Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age, Christopher Leslie Brown and Philip D. Selected Works This bibliography is no longer being updated.Īmitai, Reuven. Rural Society in Medieval Islamic (Fayyum project) (Queen Mary University of London) Mamluk Studies Resources (University of Chicago) ![]() Mamluk History and Culture (University of Ghent) -> podcasts: Dawla: New Histories of the Mediæval Middle East Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg (University of Bonn) ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Blade of Ash by C.F.E. Black![]() ![]() After reading the shorter prequel I dove right in. If you like clean enemies-to-lovers romance, female bodyguards, and forced proximity with life-and-death stakes, check out Blade of Ash. Packed full of royal intrigue, legends, and plenty of ballgowns, Blade of Ash is the first in a new, YA epic fantasy series perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard, Margaret Rogerson, and Sarah K. Together, they chase after a cure that will heal the king and restore her magic, but the closer they get to a cure, the nearer they step toward death, for the path to the cure is as dangerous as the curse itself. When Red is cursed, his life entwines with Aly’s in ways neither of them expected. Newly crowned, Red blames one person for his father’s murder: the secret sorceress sworn to protect the king.Alyana Barron, Royal Sorcerer to the throne of Tandera, fears her magic is weakening.A powerful enemy twisted by dark magic wants them both dead. ![]() The only way to beat death is to chase it. Black YA Fantasy 352 Pages Independently Published Hardcover ~ Kindle Blade Of Ash Scepter and Crown Series By C.F.E. ![]() |