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The Home That Was Our Country

A Memoir of Syria

By: Alia Malek

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At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people who lived in the Tahaan building, past and present, Alia portrays the Syrians-the Muslims, Christians, Jews, Armenians, and Kurds-who worked, loved, and suffered in close quarters, mirroring the political shifts in their country. Restoring her family's home as the country comes apart, she learns how to speak the coded language of oppression that exists in a dictatorship, while privately confronting her own fears about Syria's future. The Home That Was Our Country is a deeply researched, personal journey that shines a delicate but piercing light on Syrian history, society, and politics. Teeming with insights, the narrative weaves acute political analysis with a century of intimate family history, ultimately delivering an unforgettable portrait of the Syria that is being erased.

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1568585330

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Home Baked

My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco

By: Alia Volz

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Home Baked

My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco

By: Alia Volz

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY A blazingly funny, heartfelt memoir from the daughter of the larger-than-life woman who ran Sticky Fingers Brownies, an underground bakery that distributed thousands of marijuana brownies per month and helped provide medical marijuana to AIDS patients in San Francisco--for fans of Armistead Maupin and Patricia Lockwood During the '70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. She exchanged psychic readings with Alia's future father, and thereafter had a partner in business and life. Decades before cannabusiness went mainstream, when marijuana was as illicit as heroin, they ingeniously hid themselves in plain sight, parading through town--and through the scenes and upheavals of the day, from Gay Liberation to the tragedy of the Peoples Temple--in bright and elaborate outfits, the goods wrapped in hand-designed packaging and tucked into Alia's stroller. But the stars were not aligned forever and, after leaving the city and a shoulda-seen-it-coming divorce, Alia and her mom returned to San Francisco in the mid-80s, this time using Sticky Fingers' distribution channels to provide medical marijuana to friends and former customers now suffering the depredations of AIDS. Exhilarating, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreaking, Home Baked celebrates an eccentric and remarkable extended family, taking us through love, loss, and finding home.

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Mariner Books

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0358006090

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Glorious Weakness

Discovering God in All We Lack

By: Alia Joy

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Glorious Weakness

Discovering God in All We Lack

By: Alia Joy

As a girl, Alia Joy came face to face with weakness, poverty, and loss in ways that made her doubt God was good. There were times when it felt as if God had abandoned her. What she didn't realize then was that God was always there, calling her to abandon herself. In this deeply personal exploration of what it means to be "poor in spirit," Joy challenges our cultural proclivity to "pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps." She calls on readers to embrace true vulnerability and authenticity with God and with one another, showing how weakness does not disqualify us from inclusion in the kingdom of God--instead, it is our very invitation to enter in. Anyone who has struggled with feeling inadequate, disillusioned, or just too broken will find hope. This message is an antidote to despair, helping readers reclaim the ways God is good, even when life is anything but.

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Baker Books

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1493416251

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Clean

A Novel

By: Alia Trabucco Zerán

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Clean

A Novel

By: Alia Trabucco Zerán

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! Shortlisted for Femina Etranger and Medicis Etranger Prizes "A masterclass in suspense … Extraordinary." – Paula Hawkins “Terrifying, explosive and exhilarating” – Katie Kitamura "A modern masterpiece." -LitHub From a global star and International Booker Prize finalist, a razor-sharp, unforgettable novel about a maid who’s seen too much and a family at a breaking point A young girl has died and the family’s maid is being interrogated. She must tell the whole story before arriving at the girl’s death. Estela came from the countryside, leaving her mother behind, to work for the señor and señora when their only child was born. They wanted a housemaid: “smart appearance, full time,” their ad said. She wanted to make enough money to support her mother and return home. For seven years, Estela cleaned their laundry, wiped their floors, made their meals, kept their secrets, witnessed their fights and frictions, raised their daughter. She heard the rats scrabbling in the ceiling, saw the looks the señor gave the señora; she knew about the poison in the cabinet, the gun, the daughter’s rebellion as she grew up, the mother’s coldness, the father’s distance. She saw it all. After a series of shocking betrayals and revelations, Estela stops speaking, breaking her silence only now, to tell the story of how it all fell apart. Is this a story of revenge or a confession? Class warfare or a cautionary tale? Building tension with every page, Clean is a gripping, incisive exploration of power, domesticity, and betrayal from an international star at the height of her powers.

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Penguin

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059385053X

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9780593850534

Reflections of a Twenty Something

By: Alia Mariah Watkins

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Reflections of a Twenty Something

By: Alia Mariah Watkins

Her first book, Reflections of a Twenty Something, depicts both the trials and triumphs we all experience in life through a series of poems. Through her writing, she hopes to not only relate but also encourage her readers to persevere and grow despite the difficult times. “I am beginning to see that I am a vessel because someone has to be able to rationalize life into words” (Mariah).

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984556835

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When Women Kill

By: Alia Trabucco Zerán

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When Women Kill

By: Alia Trabucco Zerán

A genre-bending feminist account of four Chilean women who committed the double transgression of murder, violating not only criminal law but also the invisible laws of gender. Women Who Kill: Four Crimes Retold analyzes four homicides carried out by Chilean women over the course of the twentieth century. Drawing on her training as a lawyer, Alia Trabucco Zerán offers a nuanced close reading of their lives and crimes, foregoing sensationalism in order to dissect how all four were both perpetrators of violent acts and victims of another, more insidious kind of violence. This radical retelling challenges the archetype of the woman murderer and reveals another narrative, one as disturbing and provocative as the transgressions themselves: What makes women lash out against the restraints of gendered domesticity, and how do we—readers, viewers, the media, the art world, the political establishment—treat them when they do? Expertly intertwining true crime, critical essay, and research diary, International Booker Prize finalist Alia Trabucco Zerán (The Remainder), in a translation by Sophie Hughes, brings an overdue feminist perspective to the study of deviant women.

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Coffee House Press

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156689641X

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Alzheimer's Disease

By: Alia Bucciarelli

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Alzheimer's Disease

By: Alia Bucciarelli

Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain and destroys memory and thinking skills over time. As many as five million adults in the U.S. have Alzheimer’s disease today, and that number will continue to grow as the population ages. Alzheimer’s Disease provides straight-forward answers to common questions about the disease. Using a question–answer format, the book is designed to give caregivers, family members, and friends of people with Alzheimer’s disease easy access to the practical information they need to understand the symptoms, its treatment, and how to preserve quality of life. Although Alzheimer’s disease was identified more than 100 years ago, it is only within the last 30 years that research into the disease has gained momentum. Much is left to discover, including the exact biological changes that cause it and how to reverse, slow, or prevent it. Features: •Questions and answers about the medical definition/descriptions of Alzheimer’s disease; the source/causes; details of symptoms; available treatments, etc. •Covers symptoms, diagnosis, drug and non-drug treatments, care giving, social issues, and more •Resources including Web sites, articles, blogs, etc. from NIH, CDC, YouTube, FDA, and more •Includes a companion disc with articles, animations, color figures from the book, Web links, etc. eBook Customers: Companion files are available for downloading with order number/proof of purchase by writing to the publisher at info@merclearning.com.

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Mercury Learning and Information

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1937585565

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9781937585563

The Wills Eye Manual

Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease

By: Nika Bagheri,Brynn Wajda,Charles Calvo,Alia Durrani

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The Wills Eye Manual

Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease

By: Nika Bagheri,Brynn Wajda,Charles Calvo,Alia Durrani

For more than 25 years, The Wills Eye Manual has been a best-selling source of authoritative guidance on treating ocular disorders in an office, emergency room, or hospital setting. The 7th Edition introduces exciting new changes to bring this pocket-sized reference thoroughly up to date – including high-quality multimedia content – while retaining the features that have made it so useful in daily practice.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496353668

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9781496353665

Naphtalene

A Novel of Baghdad

By: Alia Mamdouh

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Naphtalene

A Novel of Baghdad

By: Alia Mamdouh

Seen through the eyes of a strong-willed and perceptive young girl, Naphtalene beautifully captures the atmosphere of Baghdad in the 1940s and 1950s. Through her rich and lyrical descriptions, Alia Mamdouh vividly recreates a city of public steam baths, roadside butchers, and childhood games played in the same streets where political demonstrations against British colonialism are beginning to take place. At the heart of the novel is nine-year-old Huda, a girl whose fiery, defiant nature contrasts sharply with her own inherent powerlessness. Through Mamdouh's strikingly inventive use of language, Huda's stream-of-consciousness narrative expands to take in the life not only of a young girl and her family, but of her street, her neighborhood, and her country. Alia Mamdouh, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Award in Arabic Literature, is a journalist, essayist and novelist living in exile in Paris. Long banned from publishing in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, she is the author of essays, short stories, and four novels, of which Naphtalene is the most widely acclaimed and translated.

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The Feminist Press at CUNY

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1558617124

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9781558617124

Writing for Emerging Sociologists

By: Angelique Harris,Alia Tyner-Mullings

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Writing for Emerging Sociologists

By: Angelique Harris,Alia Tyner-Mullings

A writing guide designed for upper-level sociology undergraduate students and graduate students, this instructional text introduces students to the variety of writing projects that sociologists undertake, while also providing instruction on grammar and composition. It will provide students with practical knowledge concerning topics such as: peer reviewed journal manuscripts, book reviews, grant proposals, and field notes. What makes this book unique is that it offers useful advice and instruction for sociology college students whether they plan on entering the academy or the private, non-profit, or government sectors. Writing for Emerging Sociologists uses writing as a tool to help students learn not only about sociology as a field of study, but also the practice of sociology.

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SAGE

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141299179X

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Accidental Sisters

Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream

By: Kimberly Meyer,Alia Altikrity

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Accidental Sisters

Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream

By: Kimberly Meyer,Alia Altikrity

Accidental Sisters follows the lives of five refugee women in Houston, Texas, an epicenter of refugee resettlement, as they make their way through a yearlong program for struggling single mother refugees overseen by Alia Altikrity, herself a former refugee from Iraq. Entirely grounded in the words of each of these women--Mina, also from Iraq; Mendy from Sudan; Sara and Zara from Syria; and Elikya from the Democratic Republic of Congo--this book recounts, with deep insight, the lives they lived in their mother countries and the way they were forced to flee with their children into the uncertainty of displacement in neighboring lands. And although it documents the safety and refuge the women eventually find in the new city to which they have been permanently resettled, it critiques the insistence of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program on rapid self-sufficiency and offers an alternative vision of the American Dream, one grounded in a sisterhood of mutual care for one another"--

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Univ of California Press

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0520384679

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9780520384675

MetroPop : Dirty Little Secret

By: Alia Zalea

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MetroPop : Dirty Little Secret

By: Alia Zalea

MEET THE HERO Ben Barata. Sukses dengan kariernya dan berkehidupan mapan, tapi masih merasakan kekosongan dalam hidupnya. Dan dia yakin kekosongan itu hanya bisa diisi oleh Jana, cewek yang menghilang tanpa jejak setelah hatinya dia injak-injak bertahun-tahun yang lalu. Dia bertekad untuk bertekuk lutut meminta maaf dan mendapatkan kesempatan kedua dengan Jana... Namun, bagaimana dia bisa melakukannya tanpa membuat Jana mengambil langkah seribu ketika melihatnya? MEET THE HEROINE Jana Oetomo. Ibu dari sepasang anak kembar yang bandelnya setengah mati dengan sebuah rahasia yang memberikan definisi baru pada ungkapan “skeletons in the closet”. Namun sepertinya rahasia itu tidak bisa tetap terkubur, terutama ketika Ben, orang terakhir yang dia inginkan mengetahui rahasia itu, tiba-tiba muncul kembali dalam kehidupannya. Dan dia lebih baik mati daripada membiarkan Ben dekat-dekat dengannya lagi.

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Gramedia Pustaka Utama

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602030146X

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The Remainder

By: Alia Trabucco Zerán

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The Remainder

By: Alia Trabucco Zerán

Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize Felipe and Iquela, two young friends in modern day Santiago, live in the legacy of Chile’s dictatorship. Felipe prowls the streets counting dead bodies real and imagined, aspiring to a perfect number that might offer closure. Iquela and Paloma, an old acquaintance from Iquela’s childhood, search for a way to reconcile their fragile lives with their parents’ violent militant past. The body of Paloma’s mother gets lost in transit, sending the three on a pisco-fueled journey up the cordillera as they confront the pain that stretches across generations.

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1566895588

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Contemporary English Plays

Eden’s Empire; Alaska; Shades; A Day at the Racists; The Westbridge

By: James Graham,DC Moore,Anders Lustgarten,Alia Bano,Rachel De-lahay

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Contemporary English Plays

Eden’s Empire; Alaska; Shades; A Day at the Racists; The Westbridge

By: James Graham,DC Moore,Anders Lustgarten,Alia Bano,Rachel De-lahay

Edited and introduced by leading cultural and theatre critic Aleks Sierz, this bold and urgent collection of contemporary plays by England's newest and most relevant young writers explores the various cultures and identities of a nation that is at once traditional, nationalistic and multicultural. Eden's Empire, by James Graham is an uncompromising political thriller exploring the events of the Suez Crisis, and the tragic story of its flawed hero – Churchill's golden boy and heir apparent, Anthony Eden. Alaska, by D. C. Moore features Frank, an ordinary bloke who likes smoking, history and playing House of the Dead 3. He can put up with his job on a cinema kiosk until a new supervisor arrives who is younger than him. And Asian. A Day at the Racists, by Anders Lustgarten is a timely examination of the rise of the BNP which attempts to understand why people might be drawn to the BNP and diagnoses the deeper cause of that attraction. Shades, by Alia Bano shows Sabrina, a single girl-about-town, who is seeking Mr Right in a world where traditional and liberal values sit side-by-side, but rarely see eye-to-eye. The Westbridge, by Rachel De-lahay begins with the accusation of a black teenager which sparks riots on South London streets. Among it all, a couple from very different backgrounds navigate the minefield between them and their disparate but coexisting neighbourhood.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472588002

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A Country Called Amreeka

Arab Roots, American Stories

By: Alia Malek

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A Country Called Amreeka

Arab Roots, American Stories

By: Alia Malek

Among the surfeit of narratives about Arabs that have been published in recent years, surprisingly little has been reported on Arabs in America -- an increasingly relevant issue. This book is the most powerful approach imaginable: it is the story of the last forty-plus years of American history, told through the eyes of Arab Americans. It begins in 1963, before major federal legislative changes seismically transformed the course of American immigration forever. Each chapter describes an event in U.S. history -- which may already be familiar to us -- and invites us to live that moment in time in the skin of one Arab American. The chapters follow a timeline from 1963 to the present, and the characters live in every corner of this country. These are dramatic narratives, describing the very human experiences of love, friendship, family, courage, hate, and success. There are the timeless tales of an immigrant community becoming American, the nostalgia for home, the alienation from a society sometimes as intolerant as its laws are generous. A Country Called Amreeka's snapshots allow us the complexity of its characters' lives with an impassioned narrative normally found in fiction. Read separately, the chapters are entertaining and harrowing vignettes; read together, they add a new tile to the mosaic of our history. We meet fellow Americans of all creeds and colors, among them the Alabama football player who navigates the stringent racial mores of segregated Birmingham, where a church bombing wakes a nation to the need to make America a truly more equal place; the young wife from Ramallah -- now living in Baltimore -- who had to abandon her beautiful home and is now asked by a well-meaning American, "How do you like living in an apartment after living in a tent?"; the Detroit toughs and the potsmoking suburban teenagers, who in different decades become politicized and serious about their heritage despite their own wills; the homosexual man afraid to be gay in the Arab world and afraid to be Arab in America; the two formidable women who wind up working for opposing campaigns in the 2000 presidential election; the Marine fighting in Iraq who meets villagers who ask him, "What are you, an Arab, doing here?" We glimpse how America sees Arabs as much as how Arabs see America. We revisit the 1973 oil embargo that initiated the American perception of all Arabs as oil-rich sheikhs; the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis that heralded the arrival of Middle Eastern Islam in the American consciousness; bombings across three decades in Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and New York City that bring terrorism to American soil; and both wars in Iraq that have posed Arabs as the enemies of America. In a post-9/11 world, Arabic names are everywhere in America, but our eyes glaze over them; we sometimes don't know how to pronounce them or understand whence they come. A Country Called Amreeka gives us the faces behind those names and tells the story of a community it has become essential for us to understand. We can't afford to be oblivious.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416592687

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9781416592686

Media and Ethnic Minorities

By: Valerie Alia

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Media and Ethnic Minorities

By: Valerie Alia

This book addresses cross-cultural representations of ethnic minority peoples by dominant society 'outsiders' and indigenous self-representation in the context of the 'New Media Nation'. In doing so, it explores the role of language, culture, identity and media in liberation struggles and the emergence of new political entities, and opens up issues of colonial oppression to public debate. It is intended to help inform policy in a variety of settings. Grounded in current perspectives on diaspora and homeland and drawing on Alia's work on minorities, media and identity as well as Bull's work on Maori socio-cultural issues and criminalisation of minorities, this volume offers a comparative, international perspective on the experiences of a broad range of ethnic minority peoples. These include Inuit and First Nations people in Canada; Native Americans and African Americans in the United States; Sami in northern Europe; Maori in New Zealand; Aboriginal people in Australia and Roma in Ireland and Britain.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748626301

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9780748626304

Royal Heritage

The Story of Jordan's Arab Horses

By: Peter Upton Hrh Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein,Peter Upton,Roger Upton

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Royal Heritage

The Story of Jordan's Arab Horses

By: Peter Upton Hrh Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein,Peter Upton,Roger Upton

Co-authored by HRH Princess Alia, the eldest daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan, and the artist and author Peter Upton,ERoyal HeritageEtells the story of the Arab horse in Jordan, from the early days of the Bedouin tribes to the 21st century, a story closely associated with the Hashemite family of Jordan, direct descendants of the Prophet. The account also tells of the Arab Revolt of 1916, in which the Emirs Ali, Abdullah, Feisal and Zeid, withET E Lawrence, drove the Ottomans out of the region, and how some of the Hashemite mares became the foundation stock of the Royal Stud in Jordan.ERoyal HeritageEcovers many other adventures including the traumatic events which nearly led to the loss of the StudOs precious mares and describes how, despite these setbacks, the Royal Stud has flourished. In 1987 Princess Alia, Director of the Royal Stud, organised the first Arab horse show to be held in Arabia entitled OThe Arab Horse at Home.O It was an event which inspired other Arab countries to organise horse shows of their own. Princess Alia includes many fascinating personal reminiscences: about the horses she holds so dear, the people involved in the Stud through the years, the famous and infamous, family and friends, heads of state and handlers. The work is richly illustrated with paintings, drawings and rare photographs from old archives and private collections, as well as up-to-date portraits of the Stud and its horses. Peter Upton gives an in-depth account of the horses themselves; the breeding, lineage and preservation of the hugely important Jordanian bloodlines. A story of legend, romance and war,ERoyal HeritageEtells with passion for the first time the remarkable saga of the Arab horse in Jordan.

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0956417043

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9780956417046

The Night Counter

A Novel

By: Alia Yunis

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The Night Counter

A Novel

By: Alia Yunis

An immigrant-ethnic cocktail laced with political oppression, but before shaking, [Alia Yunis] adds Scheherazade, the fabled storyteller who kept herself alive by distracting her tyrannical husband for a thousand and one nights." --Carolyn See, Washington Post After 85 years, Fatima knows that she is dying because for the last 991 days she has been visited by the immortal storyteller from The Arabian Nights, Scheherazade. Just as Scheherazade spun magical stories for 1,001 nights to save her own life, Fatima has spent each night telling Scheherazade her life stories. But with only nine days left before her death, Fatima has a few loose ends to tie up. She must find a wife for her openly gay grandson, teach Arabic (and birth control) to her 17-year-old great-granddaughter, make amends with her estranged husband, and decide which of her troublesome children should inherit her family's home in Lebanon--a house she herself has not seen in nearly 70 years. Fatima’s children are spread far apart and are wrapped up in their own chaotic lives seemingly disinterested in their mother and their inheritances. But as she weaves stories of her husband, children, and grandchildren, Fatima brings together a family that is both capricious and steadfast, affectionate and also smothering, connected yet terribly alone. Taken all together, they present a striking and surprising tapestry of modern Arab American life. Shifting between America and Lebanon over the last hundred years, Alia Yunis crafts a bewitching debut novel imbued with great humanity, imagination, family drama and a touch of magic realism. Be prepared to feel utterly charmed.

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0307453634

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9780307453631

I Want a Healthy Pregnancy

By: Alia Almoayed

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I Want a Healthy Pregnancy

By: Alia Almoayed

Is pregnancy different for a nutritionist? Does pregnancy get easier when you’re eating well? Does nutrition really make a difference for mother and baby during this important stage? Find out how to have a healthy and vibrant pregnancy the natural way! I Want a Healthy Pregnancy is a must for every mother-to-be who wants a natural, comfortable and stress-free pregnancy. In a light and simple manner, Nutritional Therapist Alia Almoayed explores her own pregnancy journals to help you find simple and natural approaches to conception, pregnancy and delivery. Discover how an optimum diet and lifestyle can enhance your pregnancy experience and give you amazing results – a healthy pregnancy, a vibrant mummy and a super baby! Learn How to maximise your nutrient intake; How to address nausea, fatigue and digestive issues; How to deal with cravings, appetite and weight; How to use natural remedies for common pregnancy symptoms; How to handle pregnancy’s emotional rollercoaster; How to boost your immune defences; How to optimise pregnancy during travel, work and fasting; How to plan a healthy menu and exercise routine; How to have a happy, natural and drug-free delivery … and much more. Packed full of first-hand, tried and tested advice that really works, I Want a Healthy Pregnancy will be your best friend throughout your amazing journey to motherhood.

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1618130269

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Names and Nunavut

Culture and Identity in Arctic Canada

By: Valerie Alia

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Names and Nunavut

Culture and Identity in Arctic Canada

By: Valerie Alia

...a thought-provoking book. Alia lays out the intricacies of Inuit naming so clearly, describes the Arctic environment so vividly, and conveys such a rich sense of Inuit values, concerns, and humour that readers are likely to hunger for more information and to pose ethnographic and on mastic questions that press forward the horizons of Inuit ethnography. Names and Nunavut is a welcome addition to Arctic ethnography and should be of interest not only to linguists and anthropologists working in the Arctic but to anyone interested in the relationship between onomasty, personhood, and cosmology and to anyone looking for fresh insights to the micropractices of linguistic and onomastic colonialism." - NAMES A Journal of Onomastics "Embedded within this nuanced and extraordinarily well-researched account of the political onomastics (the politics of naming) involved with Inuit (colonial) history are an abundance of theoretical, ethical and political insights into both the complex nature of the Inuit and their evolving engagement with Qallunaat (non-Inuit, Euro-Canadian), as well as the complex nature of engaging in such research. This publication, refreshing in its focus on extensive local community research, delves into the complicated dynamic between colonial administration and its effects on the culture and identity of the Inuits. - British Journal of Canadian Studies On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. The premise of this study is that it is much more - a form of social control, a political activity, a key to identity maintenance and transformation. Governments legislate and regulate naming; people fight to take, keep, or change their names. A name change can indicate subjugation or liberation, depending on the circumstances. But it always signifies a change in power relations. Since the late 1970s, the author has looked at naming and renaming, cross-culturally and internationally, with particular attention to the effects of colonisation and liberation. The experience of Inuit in Canada is an example of both. Colonisation is only part of the Nunavut experience. Contrary to the dire predictions of cultural genocide theorists, Inuit culture - particularly traditional naming - has remained extremely strong, and is in the midst of a renaissance. Here is a ground-breaking study by the founder of the discipline of political onomastics.

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1845454138

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Stepping Forward

Using Essential Oils to Support a 12-Step Program

By: Benjamin Kaneaiakala III,Dr. ALia Kaneaiakala,Sheree Martin

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Stepping Forward

Using Essential Oils to Support a 12-Step Program

By: Benjamin Kaneaiakala III,Dr. ALia Kaneaiakala,Sheree Martin

Explore the possibilities and potentials of walking through the twelve steps of recovery with the support of essential oils. This step-by-step guide offers a more holistic approach blended with traditional recovery. This guide acknowledges the common struggles that many individuals encounter when working the steps and provides the appropriate oil to aid those in recovery to continue with a sense of support and ease.

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The Sociology Student's Guide to Writing

By: Angelique Harris,Alia R. Tyner-Mullings

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The Sociology Student's Guide to Writing

By: Angelique Harris,Alia R. Tyner-Mullings

The Sociology Student's Guide to Writing, by Angelique Harris and Alia R. Tyner-Mullings, is a brief, economical reference work that gives practical advice about the writing tasks and issues that undergraduate students face in their first sociology courses. Along with more traditional topics, it incorporates valuable information about composing emails, writing for online forums, and using technology for information-gathering and note-taking. Used by itself or in combination with other texts, this book will increase the quality of student writing and enhance their knowledge of how sociologists communicate in writing.

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1506367704

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Serpentine Beauty. Life is a Story - story.one

By: Alia-Marie Sicher

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Serpentine Beauty. Life is a Story - story.one

By: Alia-Marie Sicher

Medusa, once revered for her beauty, is now trapped in a painting, cursed and condemned by the gods for a crime she didnt commit. Every day, she endures the hateful stares of those who believe the lies spun by Olympus, casting her as a monster. But everything changes when Perseus, a mortal who sees beyond the curse, comes into her life. His compassion awakens a spark of hope in Medusa. They set out to confront the gods who betrayed her. Driven by pain and a thirst for justice, Medusa vows to take down Olympus and reclaim her true self. Her curse becomes her weapon, and her vengeance fuels her strength. The gods who once cursed her will soon learn that Medusa is no victim. They thought they could silence her, but Medusa is about to prove that she is more powerful than they ever imagined.

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Enter the Alternative School

Critical Answers to Questions in Urban Education

By: Alia R. Tyner-Mullings

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Enter the Alternative School

Critical Answers to Questions in Urban Education

By: Alia R. Tyner-Mullings

Enter the Alternative School is an in-depth examination of public school alternatives to traditional educational models in the US. This book analyses how urban education can respond to a system growing increasingly standardised and privatised. As an example, Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a public alternative schooling model, successfully served predominantly low-income and minority students. It also changed the New York City public school system while promoting methods that allowed educational institutions to make changes in the lives of their students. Written by a sociologist who was both a student at CPESS and a teacher at a school developed from the CPESS model, the book analyses education from a range of vantage points, assesses outcomes, and invites readers to consider the potential of alternative educational models to address the challenges of reforms that attempt to provide quality education to the low-income and minority students otherwise under served by public schools.

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Routledge

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1317260376

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The New Media Nation

Indigenous Peoples and Global Communication

By: Valerie Alia

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The New Media Nation

Indigenous Peoples and Global Communication

By: Valerie Alia

Around the planet, Indigenous people are using old and new technologies to amplify their voices and broadcast information to a global audience. This is the first portrait of a powerful international movement that looks both inward and outward, helping to preserve ancient languages and cultures while communicating across cultural, political, and geographical boundaries. Based on more than twenty years of research, observation, and work experience in Indigenous journalism, film, music, and visual art, this volume includes specialized studies of Inuit in the circumpolar north, and First Nations peoples in the Yukon and southern Canada and the United States.

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The Fourth Secret

By: Alia Edwards

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The Fourth Secret

By: Alia Edwards

An ancient prophecy. Powerful Secrets. And a desperate quest to save the land from the treacherous King Syrack... After her country is struck by a ruthless war, Vanna, a seventeen-year-old orphan from Esten, crosses paths with three mysterious young men with strange-colored eyes and a dangerous mission. When offered the opportunity to help save her land, Vanna does not hesitate to take it. Together, the four new companions embark on a risky journey in search of a foretold Warrior in hopes of saving their world before it is too late. Will they be able to find the Warrior and save the northern lands, or will the powerful king stop them before they discover the mystery of the fourth Secret?

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The Sociology Student′s Guide to Writing

By: Angelique Harris,Alia R. Tyner-Mullings

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The Sociology Student′s Guide to Writing

By: Angelique Harris,Alia R. Tyner-Mullings

Proud sponsor of the 2019 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award —enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. The Sociology Student′s Guide to Writing is a brief, economical reference work that gives practical advice about the writing tasks and issues that undergraduate students face in their first sociology courses. Along with more traditional topics, it incorporates valuable information about composing emails, writing for online forums, and using technology for information-gathering and note-taking. Used by itself or in combination with other texts, this book will increase the quality of student writing and enhance their knowledge of how sociologists communicate in writing.

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1506367682

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Reclaiming Life Journal

By: Alia Stevenson

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Reclaiming Life Journal

By: Alia Stevenson

Reclaiming life is a journey. A journey of self-discovery and enlightenment. It does not matter who you are or where you come from. We all have our own story and our own reasons for embarking on this voyage. Are you ready to encounter your own personal truths? To break apart the excuses you have believed for too long? To work through what has been stopping you and why it has taken so long for you to reclaim your own life? My goal is to ignite your passion to succeed, for you to finally put yourself first, to take the time to understand what you truly desire and to make your health and wellbeing dreams come true. This is your personal growth journal. Are you ready to unlock your potential? Together we will discover your strengths and weaknesses. We will learn from each other and grow together. I believe I have found the key to unlocking false weight loss theories that do not work. Are you ready to reclaim your life?

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Balboa Press

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1982292628

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The Quick Reference Guide to Your Child's Health

Birth to Age Five

By: Alia Y. Antoon,Denise M. Tompkins

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The Quick Reference Guide to Your Child's Health

Birth to Age Five

By: Alia Y. Antoon,Denise M. Tompkins

Reviews the basics of child health, and features alphabetically arranged entries the provide information about common symptoms, childhood illnesses and diagnoses, injuries, emergency situations, newborn care and concerns, and behavior and development issues.

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0737304928

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The Loved Ones

A Modern Arabic Novel

By: Alia Mamdouh

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The Loved Ones

A Modern Arabic Novel

By: Alia Mamdouh

“Ferocious, visceral descriptions . . . give a powerful sense not only of Suhaila’s world but also of the way we make and understand memories.”—Booklist “Often intense and lyrical.”—Kirkus Reviews This winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature mingles memories of the past with the shifting voices of the present when the estranged son of an Iraqi exile flies from his home in Toronto to visit her in Paris. As his ailing mother, the once-vibrant Suhaila, lies in a hospital bed, he acquaints himself with her constellation of close friends. Immediately, he becomes immersed in the complex relationships he has fought so hard to avoid: with his mother and his war-torn homeland. Alia Mamdouh weaves a magical tale of the human condition in this stunning and beautifully written novel of faith, family, and hope.

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Worms Are Our Friends

By: Toni D'Alia

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Worms Are Our Friends

By: Toni D'Alia

Worms Are Our Friends invites preschool readers into a stunning garden to admire the hard work of one tiny worm, and to marvel at the essential role it plays in nature. Down in the garden, one fine, sunny day, a young little worm gets ready to play. Each book in the bestselling 'Our Friends in the Garden' series teaches preschoolers about different creatures found in our gardens, and introduces them to the way insects and bugs contribute to our ecosystem. Worms Are Our Friends showcases the art of hugely popular digital artist Mimi Purnell, and with its stunning textured and sparkling cover, it is the perfect special gift for any young nature-lover. Discover how earthworms help our soil, plants and environment thrive, and encourage your kids to love nature exploration and outdoor learning.

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