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An anthology of 62 stories from around the non-Euro-American world providing new definitions of cultural diversity and commonality and an invaluable tool for teachers responding to the growing need for multicultural literature. Over the past two decades, sweeping political changes and burgeoning new technologies have resulted in communities being increasingly defined in global as well as regional and national terms. Although the intellectual terra nova of world cultures remains largely uncharted, this anthology of sixty-two stories from around the non-Euro-American world provides what Elisabeth Young-Bruehl calls "an introductory map to the great wealth of literary works now being produced i...
Schuyler's hunt for the Gates is becoming more intense as the vampire world is beginning to show cracks. The New York Coven's ancient lore and the desires of young vampires keep coming into dangerous conflict that could have repercussions worldwide. The course of forbidden love never did run smooth...
As a fourteen-year-old, Nasir was entranced by his father's gift of a camera, finding in it the means both to possess beauty and to assert himself. Now a hack working for state television, Nasir meets Fatin, an independent woman older than himself who has escaped a suffocating marriage and is secure in taking what she wants from life. An affair begins that quickly pulls Nasir into a whirlwind of incandescent erotic and emotional obsession. In a world of superficiality, materialism, violence, and sexual hysteria seen through the unforgiving lens of his camera, Nasir's life is in limbo. A yearning for escape and a fear of loneliness propel him into a relationship in which he is at once enraptured and non-committal. The resolution of this volatile mix lies in a violent confrontation between repulsion and desire. Black Magic was awarded the prestigious Sawiris Foundation Prize in Egyptian Literature in 2006.
A study of popular culture and the representation of modern life in Egypt.
JOINT TASK FORCE PHOENIX An American Odyssey This is a story about the threats America faces from outside our borders and from within. It begins with the recon team’s military freefall infiltration into Syria and ends with in a fight for survival in our nation’s capital. We follow Harris Norton and his team through the complex and harrowing operation to thwart an evil plot to take down our country. Feel the icy blast at 35,000 feet as the team exits a CIA aircraft to infiltrate into Syria. Feel the heat of battle in the desert and in our Capitol. Get to know the patriots who support the task force throughout its’ odyssey. Experience self-serving politicians who sell out their country f...
In colonial-era Egypt, a new social category of "modern men" emerged, the efendiyya. Working as bureaucrats, teachers, journalists, free professionals, and public intellectuals, the efendiyya represented the new middle class elite. They were the experts who drafted and carried out the state's modernisation policies, and the makers as well as majority consumers of modern forms of politics and national culture. As simultaneously "authentic" and "modern", they assumed a key political role in the anti-colonial movement and in the building of a modern state both before and after the revolution of 1952. Lucie Ryzova explores where these self-consciously modern men came from, and how they came to b...
This book on cell death contains 29 self-contained, peer-reviewed articles written by leading scientists in each field. It features overview articles aimed at undergraduates and non-specialists, which present basic information and provide entry into the following advanced articles. These advanced articles are written for postgraduate students and research workers, containing detailed information and key references allowing the reader to investigate a specific area in more depth. The book is an essential resource for educational purposes as well as a reference work for experienced researchers in the field. The articles will also be available electronically as part of the acclaimed Encyclopedi...
Sungguh selama ini yang sering kita dengar sebatas keilmuan para ulama yang begitu hebat dan mengagumkan, tetapi siapakah sebenarnya sosok di balik lahirnya para ulama? Merekalah ibunda para ulama yang jarang sekali kita dengar kisahnya. Ialah mereka yang begitu sabar dalam pengasuhan putra-putranya hingga tumbuh besar menjadi sosok ulama yang bersahaja dan membaktikan hidupnya untuk umat. Seperti apakah kisah perjuangan mereka?