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  • Felâtun Bey and Râkim Efendi

    An Ottoman Novel

    Series series Middle East Literature In Translation
    Ahmet Midhat Efendi’s famous 1875 novel Felâtun Bey and Râkim Efendi takes place in late nineteenth-century Istanbul and follows the lives of two young men who come from radically different backgrounds. Râkim Efendi is an erudite, self-made man, one who is ambitious and cultivated enough to mingle with a European crowd. In contrast, Felâtun Bey is a spendthrift who lacks intellectual curiosity and ... Leer más

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    Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave ... Leer más

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  • A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax

    Series Libro 4 - Mrs. Pollifax
    **“Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple a rival to reckon with.”—***Toronto Star“What we are looking for—aside from the stolen Plutonium, Mrs. Pollifax—is evil in its purest form.”*Mrs. Pollifax was leading a very full life: Garden Club, karate, yoga—and a little spying now and then.This time the mysterious Mr. Carstairs sent her to Switzerland—to a famous health resort where the ... Leer más

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  • Body Count (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 16)

    Inspiration for THE TURKISH DETECTIVE, BBC Two's sensational new crime drama

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    Barbara Nadel's gripping Ikmen mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, BBC Two's sensational eight-part TV crime drama series, out now.Death walks the streets of Istanbul...Follow Inspector Ikmen into the dangerous streets of Istanbul in the thrilling crime novel from Silver Dagger Award-winning writer Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Mario Giordano.'Gripping ... Leer más

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  • Midaq Alley

    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 ... Leer más

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  • The Ice Maiden's Sheikh

    Series Libro 8 - Desert Sons
    They'd met but once.Yet during that encounter,Jalia Shahbazi knew that herlife was in danger. At least, herlife as she wanted it. So she'dfled Bagestan, where she wasreenthroned royalty, forEurope, where she was refreshingly herself, tofight falling prey to the man his people called theFalcon: Sheikh Latif Abd al Razzaq Shahin. And whenmaintaining distance proved impossible, she flauntedthe last ... Leer más

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  • The Quarter

    Traducido por Roger Allen ...
    Series series Saqi Bookshelf
    Meet the people of Cairo's Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time; Ali Zaidan, the gambler, late to love; and Boss Saqr who stashes his money above the bath. A neighbourhood of demons, dancing and sweet halva, the quarter keeps quiet vigil over the secrets of all who live there. This ... Leer más

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  • Honour Killing

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  • Lyrics Alley

    From the author of the New York Times Notable Book, The Translator: a novel of the "rich and complex world of a Sudanese patriarch in the 1950s" (Sarah Blake, author of The Postmistress).Lyrics Alley is the evocative story of an affluent Sudanese family shaken by the shifting powers in their country and the near-tragedy that threatens the legacy they've built for decades.In 1950s Sudan, the ... Leer más

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  • The Gardens of Consolation

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    A novel of love, family, and a fight for freedom in Iran featuring a "formidable and hard-to-forget heroine" ( Publishers Weekly).In the early 1920s, in the remote Persian village of Ghamsar, two young people dreaming of a better life fall in love and marry. Sardar brings his bride, Talla, with him across the mountains to the suburbs of Tehran, where the couple settles down and builds a home. From ... Leer más

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  • The Mummy Awakens

    Series series A Vintage Short
    A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” SelectionBy the Arab world’s foremost novelist, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, famous for The Cairo Trilogy—the masterwork in which Mahfouz sets down life in middle class Cairo during the interwar years. From Mahfouz’s collection of fantastical myths, Voices from the Other World,this is the enchanting tale about one Francophile Pasha whose greed, ambition, and ... Leer más

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  • The Funniest Tales of Mullah Nasruddin - The wittiest stories of the world's best-loved jester

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