Download or read book Cinderella Gets a Brazilian written by Emma McLaughlin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times #1 bestselling authors, a hilarious short story about a modern woman's attempts to transform herself, make it to the party, and nab The Guy—all before the night runs out. She's overworked, underpaid—not to mention frighteningly under-groomed and horrifically over-tired. And yes, it's So-And-So's drinks thing tonight, but all she wants is to get out of her office and into her bed before the clock strikes midnight. Until she hears that The Hot Guy From the Summer Share will be making an appearance—and, just like that, Cinderella is on a mission.
Download or read book The Afghan Cinderella written by Sherzai and published by VIM Books Press. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Masuma lived during the time when Afghanistan was ruled by Kings. In this real-life Cinderella story, as relayed by her granddaughter Dr. Sherzai, Masuma is transformed from a simple Hazara orphan to a princess when she marries the son of Prince Regent Nasrullah Khan. Her fairytale life is filled with both tragedy and triumph as political intrigue, rivalry, assassinations, and arrests directly affect her life and fortune and that of her family. Through Princess Masuma's epic tale, the reader learns of the complicated and dynamic history and culture of Afghanistan from the 19th century to the end of the Mohammadzai Dynasty in 1978.
Download or read book Secret Cinderella written by Dani Sinclair and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DESPERATELY SEEKING PRINCE CHARMING Her desperate plan to save her brother left Melanie Andrews with a dead body on her hands, a killer at her heels and nowhere to run—except into Roderick Laughlin’s arms. As soon as she saw the seductive, self-made man in the crowded ballroom, she knew she’d found a temporary haven. And as the clock struck twelve, Melanie pressed a burning kiss on his lips and escaped into the night, thinking she’d never see him again. She thought wrong. The taste of her was seared into his mind, and there was nowhere Roderick’s mysterious Cinderella could hide. Because she’d gotten mixed up in a deadly game, one only Roderick could protect her from—as soon as he convinced her he was the only man to trust….
Download or read book Cinderella Liberty written by Cat Johnson and published by Cat Johnson. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine Gunnery Sergeant John “Crash” O’Malley has two goals for the immediate future. One, enjoy his liberty in New York City, and two, survive his deployment to Afghanistan. What he didn’t plan on is Trish. A guy can’t have a one-night stand with his best friend’s sister and then abandon her at midnight when his liberty ends, but starting a new relationship days before shipping out would be crazy. Then again, Crash never did do things the easy way. What he doesn’t realize is that his friend’s displeasure over Crash breaking the “no sisters rule” is nothing compared to what the insurgents have in store for them in the Helmand Province. Now it’s a matter of survival because Crash’s new objective is to get home to Trish and make her his. Look for Crossing the Line, the story that introduces Crash to readers and features Beau and Carrie's HEA. If you love men in uniform, a best friend's sister/brother's best friend theme, long distance romance, a one night stand, and alpha male heroes, this book is for you.
Download or read book Seaside Cinderella written by Anna Schmidt and published by Steeple Hill. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tranquillity of Nantucket Island offered poor but proud Lucie McNeil refuge, a place to dream about a better life. Her quiet existence as companion to an elderly couple was a blessing for the tragedy-haunted Irish immigrant. But all that changed when her employers' handsome, elegantly attired son stepped ashore. For she recognized him instantly as the owner of the Boston factory where a terrible fire had scarred her forever. She knew she should hate Gabriel Hunter, yet she could not. She found herself drawn to the caring soul she sensed behind the ruthless façade he showed the world. And she could not help dreaming that such different people— a poor servant girl and a wealthy merchant prince—might somehow make a life together.
Download or read book Wyoming Cinderella written by Cathleen Galitz and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GLASS SLIPPER SEDUCTRESS Gorgeous multimillionaire William Hawk was caught in a tornado—and her name was Ella McBride! The tantalizing nanny brought order to his children but left Hawk’s senses spinning out of control. A massive, primal desire hammered at his resistance—he simply must keep this luscious live-in temptation out of his bedroom! But how to avoid her bedroom eyes...? PRINCE CHARMING HUSBAND Ella felt utterly transformed! In Hawk’s arms she was the most beautiful woman on earth, a sensuous princess, his Wyoming Cinderella. And with just a little coaxing, this sexy older man had introduced her to womanhood. Now would it be Ella’s turn to usher him into husbandhood?
Download or read book Cinderella s Housework written by Paul Meinhardt and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STUNG BY THE ECONOMIC CRISIS? CINDERELLA'S HOUSEWORK TELLS HOW SECURE, HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL FAMILIES CAN SAVE OUR ECONOMY. All that is precious and treasured is created by mothers, families, and households. And the real treasure is the creativity of the human mind to solve human problems and develop human ideas into wealth that will improve the condition of all people and the Earth.
Download or read book Cinderella for a Night written by Susan Mallery and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masquerade ball is plunged into darkness... A woman is poisoned... A millionaire bachelor becomes a father... As a blackout gripped Grand Springs, Colorado, CEO Jonathan Steele was having quite a night. First, Cynthia Morgan--aka "Cinderella"--drank poison meant for him. Then his blackmailing half brother and sister-in-law were murdered, leaving Jonathan with his newborn baby nephew. In thirty-six hours, Jonathan's life had changed forever. Then grateful-to-be-alive Cynthia offered to move into his home as a temporary nanny, a serious challenge to Jonathan's bachelorhood...
Download or read book Cinderella An Islamic Tale written by Fawzia Gilani and published by Kube Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-12-11 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It’s easy to feel a sense of peace after completing Fawzia Gilani’s Cinderella. This humble version of the classic fairy tale is a gentle reminder that victory comes as much from a peaceful soul as a beautiful dress and a dramatic confrontation." - Luxury Reading Cinderella is one of the oldest, best-known, and most loved stories worldwide, with hundreds of cultural variants and re-tellings from ancient Egypt and China to the present day. In this version we follow the trials and tribulations of the sweet, gentle, and pious Zahra when her parents die and she is left at the mercy of an uncaring stepmother and stepsisters. This is a well-crafted Islamic version of the classic tale in which faith, goodness, and prayer are rewarded in the end. The charming, richly detailed illustrations of Shireen Adams, set in medieval Andalusia, help bring the text to life.
Download or read book Open Skies written by Niloofar Rahmani and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a young Afghan woman who dreamed of becoming an air force pilot, Niloofar Rahmani confronted far more than technical challenges; she faced the opprobrium of an entire society." —Pamela Constable, author of Playing with Fire and former Kabul and Islamabad bureau chief for the Washington Post The true story of Niloofar Rahmani and her determination to become Afghanistan's first female air force pilot—as seen on Anderson Cooper and ABC News In 2010, for the first time since the Soviets, Afghanistan allowed women to join the armed forces, and Rahmani entered Afghanistan's military academy. Rahmani had to break through social barriers to demonstrate confidence, leadership, and decisiveness—essential qualities for a pilot. She performed the first solo flight of her class—ahead of all her male classmates—and in 2013 became Afghanistan's first female fixed-wing air force pilot. The US State Department honored Rahmani with the International Women of Courage Award and brought her to the United States to meet Michelle Obama and fly with the US Navy's Blue Angels. But when she returned to Kabul, the danger to her and her family had increased significantly. Rahmani and her family are portraits of the resiliency of refugees and the accomplishments they can reach when afforded with opportunities
Download or read book My Life with the Taliban written by Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef and published by Hurst & Company Limited. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abdul Zaeef describes growing up in poverty in rural Kandahar province, which he fled for Pakistan after the Russian invasion of 1979. Zaeef joined the jihad in 1983, was seriously wounded in several encounters and met many leading figures of the resistance, including the current Taliban head, Mullah Mohammad Omar. Disgusted by the lawlessness that ensued after the Soviet withdrawal, Zaeef was one among the former mujahidin who were closely involved in the emergence of the Taliban, in 1994. He then details his Taliban career, including negotiations with Ahmed Shah Massoud and role as ambassador to Pakistan during 9/11. In early 2002 Zaeef was handed over to American forces in Islamabad and spent four and a half years in prison in Bagram and Guantanamo before being released without charge. My Life with the Taliban offers insights into the Pashtun village communities that are the Taliban's bedrock and helps to explain what drives men like Zaeef to take up arms against the foreigners who are foolish enough to invade his homeland.
Download or read book The Afghan Economy written by Maxwell J. Fry and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1974 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph presenting an economic analysis of the obstacles to rapid economic growth in Afghanistan - examines the low development potential of the country, economic planning, financial policy, the agricultural economy, industry, tax reform, banking, public finance, the foreign trade sector, the money supply, etc. Bibliography pp. 301 to 316, graphs, map, references and statistical tables.
Download or read book No Time to Say Goodbye written by Sylvia Olsen and published by Sono NIS Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional account of five children sent to aboriginal boarding school, based on the recollections of a number of Tsartlip First Nations people.
Download or read book The Afghan Economy written by Fry and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Last to Eat Last to Learn written by Pashtana Durrani and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pashtana’s story highlights the resourcefulness and bravery of young women in Afghanistan. I hope readers will be inspired by her mission to give every girl the education she deserves and the opportunity to pursue her dreams.”—Malala Yousafzai In the spirit of Our House is On Fire by Greta Thunberg, the astonishing and deeply inspiring memoir from a young Afghani activist, Amnesty International Global Youth Ambassador, founder of the NGO LEARN, and women’s education activist whose advocacy for the disappearing girls of rural Afghanistan has led to her being ruthlessly targeted by the Taliban. A Ms. Magazine Pick for Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2023 “Sparkles with humor and grit. A lovingly narrated, sharply nuanced memoir from a talented activist.”— Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW Inspired by generations of her family’s unwavering belief in the power of education, Pashtana Durrani recognized her calling early in life: to educate Afghanistan’s girls and young women, raised in a society where learning is forbidden. In a country devastated by war and violence, where girls are often married off before reaching their teenage years and prohibited from leaving their homes, heeding that call seemed both impossible and dangerous. Pashtana was raised in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan where her father, a tribal leader, founded a community school for girls within their home. Fueled by his insistence that despite being a girl, she mattered and deserved an education, Pashtana was sixteen when, against impossible odds, she was granted a path out of the refugee camp: admittance to a preparatory program at Oxford. Unthinkably and to her parents’ horror, she chose a different path. She chose Afghanistan. Pashtana founded the nonprofit LEARN and developed a program for getting educational materials directly into the hands of girls in remote areas of the country, training teachers in digital literacy. Her commitment to education has made her a target of the Taliban. Still, she continues to fight for women’s education and autonomy in Afghanistan and beyond. Courageous and inspiring, Last to Eat, Last to Learn is the story of how just one person can transform a family, a tribe, a country. It reminds us of the emancipatory power of learning and the transformational potential that lies within each of us. “An inspiring portrait of a change-maker in action.”— Publishers Weekly A portion of proceeds from Last to Eat, Last to Learn will be donated to LEARN (LearnAfghan.org), the NGO dedicated to providing quality education and healthcare to communities in conflict zones.
Download or read book Afghanistan written by J. Bruce Amstutz and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994-07 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. J. Bruce Amstutz, U.S. charge d'affaires in Kabul from 1977 to 1980, begins his treatment of the first five years of Soviet occupation with an historical overview of years of Russian meddling in Afghan affairs. He follows this account with a first-hand report of the 1979 invasion, and analyzes the intervention from political, military, and economic perspectives. Important issues are: Afghan political factions, leaders, the human rights and refugee problems, diplomatic efforts to settle conlict, and Soviet measures to repress the Afghans. Photos.
Download or read book Tiny Dancer written by Anthony Flacco and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing story of a brave little girl from Afghanistan who not only survived horrific disfiguring burns, but was given a second chance at life. Tiny Dancer is the amazing true story of Zubaida Hasan, a nine-year-old girl from the remote deserts of Afghanistan, who, in the summer of 2001, accidentally fell into a kerosene fire while heating water for a bath. Though she was horribly mutilated, her father refused to give up and exhaustively sought help to save his child. When an American Green Beret soldier by chance sees Zubaida and her father on the street, he decides he must get involved. With assistance from many members of the US military, little Zubaida is given a second chance at life. She is flown to Los Angeles to begin a two-year journey through a series of surgeries performed by famed burn surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman. He and his wife, Rebecca, eventually take the child into their own home. This is a heartfelt and inspiring story of incredible courage equally matched by incredible kindness. “Flacco’s depiction of Zubaida’s culture shock is remarkable. [His] empathy and ability to tell Zubaida’s story like he’s inside her head makes for an engrossing feel-good read.” —Publishers Weekly “Interesting and affecting. . . . [A] genuinely moving story.” —Booklist
