Author: Carole Jerome
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Author: Hussein Sumaida
Publisher: Potomac Books Incorporated
ISBN: 9780028810997
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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"Hussein Sumaida, the son of one of Saddam Hussein's principal lieutenants, was a member of the Iraqi elite. Underlying that privilege, however, was the cruelty of Ba'th Party members who used propaganda, torture, and murder to turn Iraq into a police state. Appalled, Sumaida began to work for Israeli intelligence, but he was soon discovered and awaited the worst. Surprisingly, Saddam spared his life in an unprecedented act of loyalty to Sumaida's father and put him to work as an Iraqi spy. Thus was the author drawn even deeper into Saddam's vicious system, into the circle of fear." "Hussein Sumaida's compelling story takes the reader inside the bizarre inner workings of Iraqi society and the Iraqi intelligence service, and offers a unique firsthand look at Saddam Hussein's brutal rule. Sumaida's escape from the Ba'th dictatorship is the stuff of the best spy thrillers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142408948
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause. Changes are coming to Connie’s town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch counter and eat a banana split like everyone else.

Author: Marlene Ann Birkman
Publisher: Images Publishing
ISBN: 1864703792
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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Gyo Obata is an internationally recognised architect. These pages not only tell the story of the various buildings that Obata designed over the last 50 years, they encourage the belief in good design as a process that includes interested clients, professional vision and the practical wisdom of conversations between the two.

Author: R. A. D. Ford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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In this literary memoir, which spans the period between the mid-1940s and the early 1980s, R. A. D. Ford shares his long-standing fascination with the Russian people, expanding on his political memoir, Our Man in Moscow. From totalitarian repression to life and art in the splintered, chaotic ruins of a superpower, A Moscow Literary Memoir offers a unique perspective on Soviet life from a man who has spent more time in Russia than any other Western diplomat.

Author: Katje de Geest
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783957324580
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: Pascal Aussignac
Publisher: Absolute Press
ISBN: 9781906650209
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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On moving to Britain in the late 1990's Pascal opened up his award winning restaurant Club Gascon in London's Smithfield Market. Rapidly acquiring a Michelin star, Club Gascon fast became the place to go to experience some of the best French food in the country - the food of his native South West of France, the very heart of the country's cuisine. Over 100 traditional recipes, some with modern twists and inflections, sit within a sumptuously designed and beautifully photographed book. Unashamedly sensuous food photography is accompanied by evocative images of Gascony, it's food and people, from fellow Frenchman Jean Cazals. Cuisinier Gascon is a food lover's delight and a cook's heaven - a worthy testament to the talents of both Pascal Aussignac and his native land of Gascony. 2009 World Gourmand Award: 'Best French Cookbook in UK' 2010 World Gourmand Award: 'Second Best French Cookbook in the World' Prix La Mazille 2010 First Prize in Perigueux (France) at The International Book Fair

Author: Boris Mouravieff
Publisher: Praxis Research Institute
ISBN: 1872292100
Category : Gnosticism
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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Author: Nathacha Appanah-Mouriquand
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906300074
Category : Arranged marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Exposing the extremes of life in a developing country, this novel of doomed love shows how poverty, class divisions, and ramshackle housing become even harder to bear when luxurious resorts and rich tourists arrive on the scene. Growing up on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, lonely young Maya hopes that someday she might escape her poverty and find happiness in the desirable housing developments near the new hotels. When she falls in love with a man from a well-to-do family, she believes that her dream is within reach, but her hopes are shattered when her lover is too weak to defy his family and agrees to an arranged marriage to a woman from his own caste.

Author: Catherine Cookson
Publisher: Transworld
ISBN: 9781804994689
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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