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A dozen years after his last visit, Jeebleh returns to his beloved Mogadiscio to see old friends. He is accompanied by his son-in-law, Malik, a journalist intent on covering the region's ongoing turmoil. What greets them at first is not the chaos Jeebleh remembers, however, but an eerie calm enforced by ubiquitous white-robed figures bearing whips.

When Bella learns of the murder of her beloved half-brother by political extremists in Mogadiscio, she’s in Rome. The two had different fathers but shared a Somali mother, from whom Bella’s inherited her freewheeling ways. An internationally known fashion photographer, dazzling but aloof, she comes and goes as she pleases, juggling three lovers. But with her teenage niece and nephew effectively orphaned - their mother abandoned them years ago - she feels an unfamiliar surge of protective feeling.

Un joven periodista poblano llega a la Ciudad de México para encontrar su oportunidad. Tras cubrir el fraude electoral de 1988 y ser testigo de los tejemanejes entre los medios y el gobierno, descubre que debe dejar los escrúpulos a un lado si quiere progresar en la escena del periodismo nacional. Su insaciable ambición lo lleva años después a La Televisora, el medio de comunicación más importante del país. El ascenso es meteórico: en pocos años, de reportero a anfitrión del noticiero matutino más popular de la televisión...

"Je crèverais de la toucher, de la serrer contre moi, me couler en elle pour effacer toutes ses souffrances." Je m'étais juré de la protéger, coûte que coûte. À présent, je paye cash les décisions prises, et je partage l'addition avec Esme. Le piège à loup se referme sur nous, me voilà contraint de m'expliquer face à Elle, de lui cracher la vérité qui pourrissait en moi.

When Afrah arrives at Ravenswood Lodge Care Home for the first time, she feels far from home. Her daughter, Amira, didn't want to send her away from the comfort and familiarity of her surroundings but she's struggling to cope. Ravenswood Lodge was meant to be a safe space for Afrah. But when her belongings start vanishing, her family photographs, her jewellery, her pill boxes, Amira and the staff say it's just Afrah's imagination, it's just her failing memory. But Afrah is adamant someone is playing games with her. She knows Ravenswood Lodge isn't safe for her. Someone wants her gone.

Au cœur de la prestigieuse High Hills University, les membres de la fraternité Bêta Thêta Phi sont les rois du campus. Zach, West et Liam, trois amis inséparables, jonglent entre les études, les fêtes démesurées et des relations compliquées. Zach, le ténébreux, est tourmenté par son passé. West, le quarterback star arrogant, se lance le défi de séduire la seule fille qui ose lui tenir tête : Quinn, une blogueuse féministe qui le méprise ouvertement.

'A historical document, capturing a pivotal moment in the evolution of the role of first lady when clothing became an even bigger part of communication. When, in other words, dress became an officially recognized part of the job.' Vanessa Friedman, New York Times *** Beautifully illustrated with...

In Search of a Beautiful Freedom brings together the best work from Farah Jasmine Griffin's rich forays on music, Black feminism, literature, the crises of Hurricane Katrina and COVID-19, and the Black artists she esteems. She moves from evoking the haunting strength of Odetta and the rise of soprano popular singers in the 1970s to the forging of a Black women's literary renaissance and the politics of Malcolm X through the lens of Black feminism. 

Do you want to know the status of women in Islam? Do you think Islam discriminates among men and women? Do you want to know the rights of the women that Islam gives them? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this audiobook is for you. 50 Things to Know About Women in Islam by Farah Khan offers an approach to look into the Islamic perspective of women.

En esta emocionante historia, basada en las propias experiencias del autor e ilustrador, un niño se muda de Puerto Rico a los Estados Unidos en donde descubre que la ciudad de Nueva York tiene mucho más en común con la ciudad de San Juan que lo que el podia imaginar. Ganador del "premio de...

Have you ever felt depleted of your energy or life force and was confused as to how or why it happened? Have you ever encountered an energy vampire and was unsure of how to proceed or deal with this person? Energy vampires lurk all around us. From our family members to friends, they are hiding in the midst of various people out there and they so callously steal our energy and make life even more difficult for us if they can. An energy vampire can strike at any time so it’s important to understand who or what they are and how to protect yourself against one.

This short book is a collection of quotes that span 14 topics that I have accumulated over the years. These include Fear, Truth, Time, Folly, Pain, Desire, Deceit, Work, Education, Happiness, Evil, Wisdom, Freedom, Humor. While not an exhaustive list, these topics seem to cover a large part of the human experience. I have found these quotes interesting and thought-provoking at various points in time. But I have never thought that any of them has aged badly. This gives them an added perennial quality that is rare to find.

Jeebleh is returning to Mogadiscio, Somalia, for the first time in 20 years. But this is not a nostalgia trip - his last residence there was a jail cell. And who could feel nostalgic for a city like this? U.S. troops have come and gone, and the decimated city is ruled by clan warlords and patrolled by qaat-chewing gangs who shoot civilians to relieve their adolescent boredom.

Most of us have heard at least one old adage about personal finance or psychology at some point in our lives. "A penny saved is a penny earned”, "money can't buy happiness", “diversify”, or “no sunk costs.” But how many of us stop to ask ourselves whether these pieces of advice are really true? Think of the countless popular books that claim to offer sage financial or psychological advice distilled in a simple easy-to-remember catchphrase or a colorful anecdote. The author of this book, however, argues that much of this advice is little more than "fancy bullshit." The book goes ...

A guide to spiritual awakening and enlightenment. The examination and description of many fundamental spiritual concepts as they apply to life, and the idea of achieving and heading toward the path of enlightenment. This audiobook describes many important elements of spirituality and the steps that usually occur when someone is undergoing a spiritual awakening and heading toward any form of being enlightened. It describes the concept of enlightenment and what it means to feel like or be enlightened or in this form.

In the rural town in Pakistan where Baadal grows up, children are named like talismans to sustain life and ward off unhappiness. At seventeen, Baadal has come to understand why his parents gave him that name, with hopes that their Big River will one day flow wide again, and their thirst will be quenched after years of drought. But in the final year of his schooling, abundance seems impossibly far away. As his parents' marriage reaches a breaking point, the only comfort Baadal can afford is a budding kinship with Meena, a divorced older woman he meets on the banks of the drying river.

A strong, self-reliant woman who was born in Somalia but brought up in North America, Cambara returns to Mogadiscio to escape a failed marriage and an overweening mother. Her journey back to her native home is a desperate attempt to find herself on her own terms-however ironically, in a country where women are expected to wear veils.

“A fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing” – Isaiah Berlin If we look back toward the beginning of the universe, we can see the fragile nature of existence. If events unfolded differently, life would not exist. Particles and anti-particles, or matter and anti-matter, were residues of the energy created by the heat of the Big Bang. As the universe cooled, the particles and anti-particles destroyed one another in pairs. If the amounts of matter and anti-matter had been equal, everything would be annihilated, and there would be no life in the universe. There wouldn’t...

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Some lessons in life we can learn by studying articles, doing our research, reading books, and even attending workshops. Others are learned through experience, by getting hurt, or bruised by what life throws at us. What this audiobook shares is the life lessons of someone who has spent many years in the dark cloud of depression, anxiety, and elevated stress levels. It was a life of disempowerment, of thriving on the victim mentality, and of endless suffering without purpose. It is, however, also a story of hope, one that started when fears were faced head-on.