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Too often, we cannot see outside of our cultural lenses. Nor do we have the objectivity to identify the sensitivity one lives with. From Baghdad to Berkeley will transport you to all continents of the world with Nadia’s riveting travel life stories that will make you laugh, cry, and rethink what you believe to be true.

The final two series of A. L. Kennedy's wry comic drama about love in later life. In their youth, John and Maggie had a tempestuous on/off affair that ended badly. Now in their 60s, they've decided to give their romance another chance - and discovered that love doesn't get any easier when you're older but no wiser. Having survived dating and moving in together, the duo face the next big test for their relationship: tying the knot.

In Beat the Odds, Mona Al Hebsi, renowned hospitality professional and success coach, for the first time ever, sharing her career secrets that enabled her to standout, succeed, and become a sought after hotelier in the industry. Despite the impeding cultural perceptions in her society and increasing competition in the job market, Mona daringly stepped in and challenged the conventional wisdom about working in hospitality by constantly delivering successful outcomes even in the most unlikely occasions, while others gave excuses and blamed others for their failures.

J’ai tenté dans mes propos d’offrir au lecteur le récit d'événements qui me sont arrivés ou qui survinrent à des personnes qui je connais dans cette école qui est la vie ; tout en les mélangeant à des réflexions mûries au fil d’années d’existence, issues de versets clairs, de hadiths lumineux, de paroles sages, de vers de poésie, de faux pas gris ou de sourires roses.

Exploring topics ranging from faith and the soul to society and morals, Refracted Reflections: Faith, Morals, and Society endeavors to highlight some of the steps toward gaining and achieving a perfected coordination and synchronization of the outward aspects of conduct and the inner aspects of thought within the self, whether related to understanding the intricacies and characteristics of the cosmos, or dealing with matters related to soul, birth, life, death, and beyond.

Lacey Willow isn't just a witch. She's a bad one. Any attempt to use magic tends to end in quirky ways, which is why she owns a magic shop where people purchase amusing parlor tricks. When her new shop neighbor turns out to be a PI, Lacy is unprepared for the shenanigans that are about to go down. Soon, she finds herself accused of stalking, snooping around a funeral parlor, and dealing with hexes while she tries to clear her name.

The Scare Street train is leaving the station with a new collection of skin-crawling horror. Thirteen tales of nightmares and dark fantasy lurk within. Plenty of listening to occupy your mind, as your train ride to terror begins.

Soraya has lived her life as a pampered Haraki Hexen. She’s smart, beautiful, talented, and is content traveling with her family and friends all over Turin. But, when she learns that those in her caravan are ready to retire and move to the city, she’s left on her own. That is until she meets the mysterious Kir who divulges that the Haraki are being targeted by slavers. Certain that her friends have either been captured or are in danger, Soraya agrees to help Kir uncover and defeat the underground slaving operation in Turin. They’re about to uncover more than they expected.

La fortaleza de tu negocio de redes de mercadeo se mide en "líderes" - no en número de distribuidores. Los líderes son el cimiento a largo plazo de tu negocio. Todos dicen que quieren tener más líderes, ¿pero cómo? ¿Cómo encuentro líderes? ¿Cómo creo líderes? ¿Qué cosas necesitamos enseñar a los distribuidores ordinarios para convertirlos en líderes?

Will pressing the elevator button three times put it into “faster mode”? Did we break the secret elevator code? No. We all look for ways to break the “hidden codes” in our lives. Why? To better understand our world. Or maybe to discover shortcuts. It is the same when we try to understand our brains and the brains of our prospects.

Die Töchter der Elemente - Vier Freundinnen mit übersinnlichen Fähigkeiten. Der vierte Band der preisgekrönten Urban Fantasy Serie aus Kanada jetzt auf Deutsch! Ein Vogel im Käfig. Eigentlich sollte Akiko ihre Zeit damit verbringen in der Gestalt eines Vogels nach Dämonen zu jagen. Stattdessen lebt sie in Gefangenschaft. Ihr Großvater zwingt sie, sich als normales Schulmädchen auszugeben, während sie ihm bedingungslos zu Diensten sein muss. Akiko brennt darauf ihren Freundinnen von ihrem Schicksal zu erzählen, aber die Wahrheit zu sagen ist ihr verboten.

The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times to the American Revolution, from the days before slaves had been emancipated (or women had the vote) to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has gathered some of the most important and iconic speeches ever delivered and presents them here - with a biographical background for each speaker - in this complete collection.

Ibby’s parents gave up everything for a chance at a better life. So, after a terrible accident leaves her alone in London, Ibby works her internship at the British Museum and goes to her classes to make them proud. But when Ibby encounters a mysterious professor in the bowels of the museum, she learns that her lineage means bigger responsibilities than good grades. Training in the secrecy of a ghostly underground tube station defunct since 1933, her waking powers means Ibby must face the wrath of a titan with a vendetta against her kind...and she has to do it alone.

Righteous Troublemakers shines a light on everyday people called to do extraordinary things—like Pauli Murray, whose early work inspired Thurgood Marshall, Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus months before Rosa Parks did the same, and Gwen Carr, whose private pain in losing her son Eric Garner stoked her public activism against police brutality. Sharpton also gives his personal take on more widely known individuals, revealing overlooked details, historical connections, and a perspective informed by years of working in the social justice movement.

Sacred Blood by Al Lohn gives us a glimpse into the humanity of war. As young warriors drench the soil with their own blood, they question why. Political rationalizations and philosophy does not matter to the soldiers trying to just live through one more day. Sacred Blood covers the fear, anxiety, love, hate despair, and hope that soldiers share on both sides of the battle lines from the cold, icy fields of Valley Forge to the burning desert of Iraq.

Ninety-eight percent of fire magi who attempt the agonizing forbidden ritual known as The Burning don’t survive. Those who do...level up in ways undreamt of by the Unburned. I survived. Now I've got other problems. Headmaster Chaplin charges me with tutoring struggling student April, but when a bully targets April, I feel my control slipping. It doesn't help that he is my crush's evil twin, who - for reasons no one can explain - I share a powerful mage-bond with. It might be enough to push me into darkness. Will I emerge a hero or a fiend? Even I cannot say.

Ganz in der Tradition der Griots, der afrikanischen Barden, erzählt Al Zanabili diese mythische, gleichwohl modern anmutende Erzählung aus Burkina Faso. Sie handelt vom Wert der Beharrlichkeit und des Mutes: wer diese Tugenden erwirbt, dem winkt das Glück des Jägers. Mit Trommeln, Rasseln, den Früchten des Flammenbaumes und allerlei Perkussion wird die Geschichte von Zankolon, dem Taugenichts, so lebendig, als wäre sie tatsächlich geschehen.

In 2013, Sara is a philosophy professor at Kuwait University, having returned to Kuwait from Berkeley in the wake of her mother’s sudden death eleven years earlier. Her main companions are her grandmother’s talking parrot, Bebe Mitu; the family cook, Aasif; and Maria, her childhood ayah and the one person who has always been there for her. Sara’s relationship with Kuwait is complicated; it is a country she always thought she would leave, and a country she recognizes less and less, and yet a certain inertia keeps her there.

Courage, high adventure, and a deep faith in God’s goodness are all part of this story of an Iraqi Christian family’s harrowing escape from death and destruction in their native country. Victimized by a conflict they didn’t create, they risk everything for the possibility of peace and freedom. On foot with little food and water, they fight their way through the rugged mountains separating Northern Iraq from Turkey before being abandoned with thousands of others on the Turkish border.

Ce livre nous emporte avec lui dans le monde de la femme musulmane qui a v cu sous l'aile bienveillante de l'Envoy d'Allah. C'est un beau spectacle qui nous offre diff rentes sc nes qui sont des pisodes de la vie de femmes ayant accompagn le Proph te. Ces sc nes incarnent la voie droite de l'islam qui a tabli les fondements des droits de la femme et des devoirs.