Download or read book The Thief and the Dogs written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naguib Mahfouz's haunting novella of post-revolutionary Egypt combines a vivid pychological portrait of an anguished man with the suspense and rapid pace of a detective story. After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges bent on revenge. He finds a world that has changed in more ways than one. Egypt has undergone a revolution and, on a more personal level, his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to betray him to the police, are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him. But in the most bitter betrayal, his mentor, Rauf Ilwan, once a firebrand revolutionary who convinced Said that stealing from the rich in a unjust society is an act of justice, is now himself a rich man, a respected newspaper editor who wants nothing to do with the disgraced Said. As Said's wild attempts to achieve his idea of justice badly misfire, he becomes a hunted man so driven by hatred that he can only recognize too late his last chance at redemption.

Download or read book Midaq Alley written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely acclaimed as Naguib Mahfouz's best novel, Midaq Alley brings to life one of the hustling, teeming back alleys of Cairo in the 1940s. From Zaita the cripple-maker to Kirsha the hedonistic cafe owner, from Abbas the barber who mistakes greed for love to Hamida who sells her soul to escape the alley, from waiters and widows to politicians, pimps, and poets, the inhabitants of Midaq Alley vividly evoke Egypt's largest city as it teeters on the brink of change. Never has Nobel Prize-winner Mahfouz's talent for rich and luxurious storytelling been more evident than here, in his portrait of one small street as a microcosm of the world on the threshold of modernity.

Download or read book The Beggar written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complex tale of alienation and despair. Unable to achieve psychological renewal in the aftermath of Nasser's revolution, a man sacrifices his work and family to a series of illicit love affairs that intensify his feelings of estrangement. A passionate outcry against irrelevance.

Download or read book Critical Pedagogy and Global Literature written by Masood Ashraf Raja and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one volume, this edited collection provides both a theoretical and praxis-driven engagement with teaching world literature, focusing on various aspects of critical pedagogy. Included are nine praxis-driven essays by instructors who have taught world literature courses at the university level.

Download or read book Essential Skills for a Brilliant Family Dog Books 1 4 written by Beverley Courtney and published by Quilisma Books. This book was released on 2017-03-12 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your dog driving you up the wall? Discover simple but effective games you both enjoy, and get just what you want in your family pet. 🐕 Is your dog stealing and destroying anything that’s not nailed down? 🐕 Pulling your arm out of its socket on walks? 🐕 Racing off into the blue yonder, deaf to your calls? As a professional positive dog trainer Beverley Courtney knows just what you’re up against! She’s taught thousands of new owners how to work with their puppies and dogs - entirely without force. You got your pet to be your companion - and yet all you seem to do is yell at her! Let’s change this right away: instead of focussing on what you don’t want your dog to do, focus on what you do want. Instead of having unnecessary battles over trivia, build up terrific games your dog longs to play with you. Soon your unruly dog will be saying, “Yes? What would you like me to do for you?” And so begins a wonderful partnership. Beverley takes you by the hand and leads you through the games and lessons, step-by-step. There’s no strange jargon, no “Thou shalt not’s”, and every time you get stuck, another solution pops up. Her years of experience in face-to-face classes as well as her popular online programs shine through. 👉 Book 1 shows you how to find your dog’s off-switch! You’ll wonder how you managed before you learnt this skill. 👉 Book 2 has you teaching your dog impulse control, so that by being trustworthy around food and doorways he gets greater freedom. 👉 Book 3 brings you the Holy Grail of dog ownership - walking nicely on the lead. In just a couple of games a day, you’ll get the calm walks you yearn for. 👉 Book 4 teaches your dog the life-saving and sanity-preserving skill of coming back instantly on one call. He’ll have such fun he’ll be halfway back to you before he knows it. Buy this engaging, readable, jargon-free, complete series right now, and turn your dog into your Brilliant Family Dog!

Download or read book The Dog Thief written by Marta Acosta and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She stole a dog. He stole her heart. From Library Journal Women's Summer Reading and Romantic Times Editor's Choice author Marta Acosta comes a "heart-breaking and heart-warming" story about taking risks, making friends, and finding love, while staying true to yourself. Broken-hearted Maddie Whitney, aka Mad Girl, is a dog trainer whose significant behavioral issues make her an outcast in the small rural California town of Coyote Run. When Maddie discovers a murdered woman in a field, she impulsively claims that she's an animal psychic to promote her canine rehabilitation center and save the family ranch. Now the girl who can't make eye contact is the focus of the wrong kind of attention. Maddie's forced to start a Search and Rescue team with her ex-girlfriend's twin brother, Oliver, a hostile sheriff, or risk losing her beloved former military dog. As she trains Oliver to be a dog handler, their relationship evolves from animosity to respect and more. Meanwhile, Maddie's younger sister, Kenzie, who has always cared for Maddie, yearns for a life of her own, and the unknown murderer believes the animal psychic will discover his identity. Difficult and complicated Maddie makes new friends, faces life-threatening dangers, and tests her ability to function without the protective walls she's built around her. "Amazing! A gripping read that will have your heart racing from start to finish." --James Sinclair, Autistic & Unapologetic Praise for Marta Acosta's Books "Acosta's talent is staggering. In each of her Casa Dracula books, she shows readers all over again just how funny, ridiculous, and thoroughly gifted she is at plotting." --Romantic Times "A breath of fresh air in a genre marked by creaky gender relations and unchallenged class stratification." --Kirkus Reviews "Her well-drawn characters shine... Acosta's story is an impressive contender in the crowded YA field." --Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Thief of Always written by Clive Barker and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Hood's Holiday House has stood for a thousand years, welcoming countless children into its embrace. It is a place of miracles, a blissful rounds of treats and seasons, where every childhood whim may be satisfied... There is a price to be paid, of course, but young Harvey Swick, bored with his life and beguiled by Mr. Hood's wonders, does not stop to consider the consequences. It is only when the House shows it's darker face — when Harvey discovers the pitiful creatures that dwell in its shadows — that he comes to doubt Mr. Hood's philanthropy. The House and its mysterious architect are not about to release their captive without a battle, however. Mr. Hood has ambitious for his new guest, for Harvey's soul burns brighter than any soul he has encountered in a thousand years...

Download or read book The Thief Lord written by Cornelia Funke and published by Chicken House. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the crumbling splendour of wintertime Venice, two orphans are on the run. The mysterious Thief Lord offers shelter, but a terrible danger is gathering force...

Download or read book Sterling Best Dog Ever written by Aidan Cassie and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming and hilarious debut picture book about a dog who masquerades as a fork in search of a forever family. Full color.

Download or read book The Hot Dog Thief written by Carla Schissel and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by homelessness and hunger Pancho finds a safe place to live behind a bodega and across the street from a hot dog cart. The smell of the hot dogs is so overwhelming he decides to steal them. Over several days he steals 15 hot dogs. A new prize was making friends with Brandito, a boy who watched his adventure.

Download or read book To Catch a Burglar written by Mary Casanova and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kito and the Dog Watch team of Pembrook, Minnesota must track down a burglar.

Download or read book Autumn Quail written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autumn Quail is a tale of moral responsibility, alienation, and political downfall featuring a corrupt young bureaucrat, Isa ad-Dabbagh, who is one of the early victims of the purge after the 1952 Revolution in Egypt. The conflict between his emotional instincts and his gradual intellectual acceptance of the Revolution forms the framework for a remarkable portrait of the clash between past and present, a portrait that is ultimately an optimistic one in which the two will peacefully coexist.

Download or read book Scout and the Sausage Thief written by Gill Lewis and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the students at Puppy Academy—a team of plucky puppies learning to be working dogs. Scout wants nothing more than to be a police dog, just like her mom and dad. But when she fails her test, Scout isn't sure she'll ever earn her badge—until, that is, a sausage thief strikes. It's up to Scout to catch the culprit and save the day.

Download or read book Dog Eat Dog written by Jane Stern and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-02-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Secret Life of Dogs" meets "A Good Walk Spoiled" in this behind-the-scenes look at the subculture of the professional dog-show circuit. "A year on the dog-show circuit with a breeder and show of bullmastiffs has all the melodrama of a soap opera".--"San Francisco Chronicle". of photos.

Download or read book To Fetch A Thief written by Spencer Quinn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chet has smelled a lot of unusual things in his years as trusted companion and partner to P.I. Bernie Little, but nothing has prepared him for the exotic scents he encounters when an old-fashioned traveling circus comes to town. Bernie scores tickets to this less-than-greatest-show-on-earth because his son Charlie is crazy about elephants. The only problem is that Peanut, the headlining pachyderm of this partiuclar one-ring circus, has gone missing--along with her trainer, Uri DeLeath. Stranger still, no one saw them leave. How does an elephant vanish without a trace into the dark desert night? Some very dangerous people would prefer that Chet and Bernie disappear for good and will go to any lengths to make that happen. Across the border in Mexcio and separated from Bernie, Chet must use all his natural strength and doggy smarts to try and save himself--not to mention Bernie and a decidedly uncooperative Peanut, too.

Download or read book Old Dogs written by Gene Weingarten and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring sixty black-and-white photographs of old dogs shot by Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Michael S. Williamson and narrated by Washington Post staffer and columnist Gene Weingarten, this is a perfect collection for dog lovers that celebrates “man’s best friend.” Anyone who has ever loved an old dog will love Old Dogs. In this collection of profiles and photographs, Weingarten and Williamson document the unique appeal of man's best friend in his or her last, and best, years. This book is a tribute to every dog who has made it to that time of life when the hearing and eyesight begin to go, when the step becomes uncertain, but when other, richer traits ripen and coalesce. It is when a dog attains a special sort of dignity and a charm all his own. If you've known a favorite old dog, you'll find him or her on these pages. Your dog might go by a different name and have a different shape, but you'll recognize him or her by the look in an eye or the contours of a life story. There is the dog who thinks he is a house cat; the herder, the fetcher, the punk and the peacock, the escape artist, the demolition artist, the patrician, the lovable lout, the amiable dope, the laughable clown, the schemer, the singer, the daredevil, the diplomat, the politician, the gourmand, and the thief. Plus, as a special bonus, you will find the first Latvian elkhounds ever photographed. Old Dogs is a glorious gift book and a fitting tribute to that one dog you can't ever forget.

Download or read book Lives of the Monster Dogs written by Kirsten Bakis and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a race of elegant, superintelligent dogs arrives in twenty-first-century New York, they become instant celebrities, but, unable to adjust to the modern world and confronted with an incurable disease, they construct a fantastic castle and barricade themselves inside.