Download or read book Midnight in Arabia written by Lucy Monroe and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hot desert nights... A powerful sheikh... HEART OF A DESERT WARRIOR Six years have passed since Iris last saw magnificent, dangerous Sheikh Asad. But Asad knows it's only a matter of time before he has Iris back in his bed - where she belongs! THE SHEIKH'S LAST GAMBLE Bahir Al-Qadir has been forced to protect Princess Marina once again. He had tried to forget her. But now this proud sheikh will go all out to claim his heir! THE SHEIKH'S JEWEL With two nations on the brink of war, Amber had no choice but to marry Sheikh Harun El-Kanar. Broodingly sexy Harun refuses Amber any affection... until a kidnapping brings them closer...
Download or read book Midnight Tales written by Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In actual fact, the only thing that matters in life is love, yet the inquisitive mind must be fed a few facts... Look at Baghdad!" commands Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi’s lively and imperious aunt Fatima, one of the characters in this delightful collection of personal essays. Aunt Fatima would have approved of this book, for as her niece turns her eye first on Baghdad and then all the lands of the Middle East, ending with her research into women’s customs in the Emirates, she devotes herself as a lover does to all the intimate details around her. Whether she recounts a trip to buy a rug, a childhood incident on a Lebanese playground, or explicates Arab poetry, al-Rawi’s collection is full of all that Aunt Fatima recommends—her beloved poetry, the ever-present history of these ancient lands, tender and intricate accounts of daily life, and quirky, nuanced tracings of the workings of the human heart.
Download or read book Midnight in Cairo The Divas of Egypt s Roaring 20s written by Raphael Cormack and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant portrait of the talented and entrepreneurial women who defined an era in Cairo. One of the world’s most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and ’30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, defining what it meant to be a “modern” Egyptian. Women came to dominate the Egyptian entertainment industry—as stars of the stage and screen but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of a new and strikingly modern entertainment industry. Raphael Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent, enterprising women like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef (who launched one of Cairo’s most important newspapers); nightclub singer Mounira al-Mahdiyya (the first woman to lead an Egyptian theater company) and her great rival, Oum Kalthoum (still venerated for her soulful lyrics); and other fabulous female stars of the interwar period, a time marked by excess and unheard-of freedom of expression. Buffeted by crosswinds of colonialism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, “religious” and “secular” values, patriarchy and feminism, this new generation of celebrities offered a new vision for women in Egypt and throughout the Middle East.
Download or read book Travels in Arabia Deserta written by Charles Montagu Doughty and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travels in Arabia Deserta, originally published in 1888, is a two-volume set which describes English poet Charles Doughty's extensive travels through the Arabian deserts and the discoveries he made there. The work became well-regarded for its beautiful prose as well as its extensiveness, which made it a benchmark of ambitious travel writing in the early 20th century. Written in the style of the King James Bible, the text is extravagant and creative. In the 1920's, it was discovered by British Army Officer T.E. Lawrence, who spurred the book's republication, this time with an introduction from Lawrence. The book has been in and out of print since then, but the Cosimo edition is a rare 1921 reprint, and includes the Lawrence introduction. Volume I includes T.E. Lawrence's Introduction, as well as accounts of Doughty's treks to Mecca, Ammon and Moab, the Mountain of Edom, Arabia, the Passage of the Harra, Teyma, and more. He also describes nomad life in the desert and ancient stories, peoples, and myths connected with his travels. CHARLES MONTAGU DOUGHTY (1843-1926) was an English poet and writer born in Theberton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk. He attended King's College London and graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1864. Among this author's works are an epic poem in six volumes titled The Dawn in Britain, published in 1906, and his well-known Travels in Arabia Deserta, for which he received much praise.
Download or read book The Midnight House written by Alex Berenson and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers a gripping thriller starring CIA agent John Wells that takes readers into the darkest shadows of a silent war. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
Download or read book Midnight In Sicily written by Peter Robb and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year From the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily. South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture that--with its stark landscapes, glorious coastlines, and extraordinary treasure troves of art and archeology--has seduced travelers for centuries. But at the heart of the island's rare beauty is a network of violence and corruption that reaches into every corner of Sicilian life: Cosa Nostra, the Mafia. Peter Robb lived in southern Italy for over fourteen years and recounts its sensuous pleasures, its literature, politics, art, and crimes.
Download or read book Memories of Midnight written by Sidney Sheldon and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in London and Greece, this is the sequel to Sidney Sheldon's The Other Side of Midnight.
Download or read book Midnight in Madrid written by Noel Hynd and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a mysterious relic is stolen from a Madrid museum, people are dying to discover its secrets. Literally. U.S. Treasury agent Alexandra LaDuca returns from Conspiracy in Kiev to track down the stolen artwork, a small carving called The Pietà of Malta. It seems to be a simple assignment, but nothing about this job is simple, as the mysteries and legends surrounding the relic become increasingly complex with claims of supernatural power. As aggressive, relentless, and stubborn as ever, Alex crisscrosses Europe through a web of intrigue, danger, and betrayal, joined by a polished, mysterious new partner. With echoes of classic detective and suspense fiction from The Maltese Falcon to The Da Vinci Code, Midnight in Madrid takes the reader on a nonstop spellbinding chase through a modern world of terrorists, art thieves, and cold-blooded killers.
Download or read book Midnight House written by Ethel Lina White and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mystery story revolves around Elizabeth Featherstonhaugh. Elizabeth possesses a fertile imagination and believes she hears noises coming from the house at No. 11 India Crescent. The house had been barred, locked, and shuttered for over eleven years. Occasionally she hears the sound of tapping, creaking, and rumbling from the empty house. Now the house is set to be opened, and Elizabeth believes it is time to switch on her bedroom light.
Download or read book Midnight on the Mavi Marmara written by Moustafa Bayoumi and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 31 May 2010: Israeli commandos attack the six boats of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters bringing humanitarian relief to the beleaguered Palestinians of Gaza. Within minutes, nine peace activists are dead, shot by the Israelis. Scores of others are injured. The 700 people on board the ships are arrested before being transported to detention centres in Israel and then deported. Within hours the international community denounce the attack. Here, a range of activists, journalists and analysts piece together the events that occurred.
Download or read book A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament written by Wilhelm Gesenius and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Arab of the Desert RLE Saudi Arabia written by H.R.P. Dickson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.R.P. Dickson had the good fortune to spend many years among the Badawin, living and travelling with them as one of them in their own tents. In this book, first published in 1949, the author uses his great experience and knowledge to reveal all aspects of the lives of the nomadic desert Arabs, from social systems to marriage and children, from faith to food, sandstorms, warfare and hunting. The Arab of the Desert is truly a wealth of information, informed by personal insight and anecdotes.
Download or read book Whatever Gets You through the Night written by Andrei Codrescu and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-25 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irreverent and deeply funny retelling of the Arabian Nights "I fear each passing night that I will not receive my maintenance dose of suspense, and then I will cease to exist."—Whatever Gets You through the Night Whatever Gets You through the Night is an irreverent and deeply funny retelling of the Arabian Nights and a wildly inspired exploration of the timeless art of storytelling. Award-winning writer Andrei Codrescu reimagines how Sheherezade saved Baghdad's virgins and her own life through a heroic feat of storytelling—one that kept the Persian king Sharyar hanging in agonizing narrative and erotic suspense for 1001 nights. For Sheherezade, the end of either suspense or curiosity means death, but Codrescu keeps both alive in this entertaining tale of how she learned to hold a king in thrall, setting with her endless invention an unsurpassable example for all storytellers across the ages. Liberated and mischievous, Codrescu's Sheherezade is as charming as she is shrewd—and so is the story Codrescu tells.
Download or read book The Eye of Midnight written by Andrew Brumbach and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1929 Maxine Campbell and her cousin William Battersea arrive at their grandfather's house in New Jersey to find that the house is empty--and soon they're caught up in the contest for an ancient Arabian relic called the Eye of Midnight, which several secret societies are willing to do anything to posses.
Download or read book Midnight in Arabia Heart of a Desert Warrior The Sheikh s Last Gamble The Sheikh s Jewel written by Lucy Monroe and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hot desert nights...
Download or read book Desert Songs of the Night written by Suheil Bushrui and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and extraordinary collection, Desert Songs of the Night presents some of the finest poetry and prose by Arab writers, from the Arab East to Andalusia, over the last 1,500 years. From the mystical imagery of the Qur'an and the colourful stories of The Thousand and One Nights, to the powerful verses of longing of Mahmoud Darwish and Nazik al-Mala'ika, this captivating collection includes translated excerpts of works by the major authors of the period, as well as by lesser known writers of equal significance. Desert Songs of the Night showcases the vibrant and distinctive literary heritage of the Arabs. Beautifully produced, this is the ideal book for lovers of world literature and for those who seek an acquaintance with gems of Arab thought and expression. 'Desert Songs of the Night is a wonderful introduction to fifteen centuries of a literature still largely unknown in the West, without which much of our civilizations would not have developed as they have, from the rediscovery of Aristotle by Arab commentators to the lyric poetry of Europe, from the magical world of the Arabian Nights to the modern revolutionary poets of Palestine. Absolutely essential reading for our troubled times.' Alberto Manguel 'At a time when the world is obsessing about violence and bloodletting in the Arab world, this remarkable anthology, which spans 1,500 years of Arab literary genius, is a stark reminder of the untold story we keep missing about the region.' Hanan al-Shaykh
Download or read book The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night written by Richard F. Burton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
