![]() ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. In contrast to the affection and easy camaraderie amongst the women, she relates a history of appalling oppressio She tells of her own life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage - a happy one, until her husband decided to take a second wife - and of the lives of her sisters, her friends and her servants. For the sake of her daughters, she decided that it was time for a woman in her position to speak out about the reality of life for women in her country, whatever their rank. ![]() Sultana' is a member of the Saudi royal family, closely related to the King. Hidden behind the veil, she is a prisoner, her jailers her father, her husband, her sons. She has no freedom, no vote, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has gold, palaces, swimming-pools, servants, designer dresses galore. hink of a Saudi Arabian princess and what do you see? A woman glittering with jewels, living a life of unbelievable luxury. You must know me only as Sultana, for I cannot reveal my true name for fear that harm will come to me and my family for what I am about to tell you. "In a land where Kings still rule, I am a Princess. ![]()
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![]() “A compelling story, and only too realistic.” -Lawrence H. The new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it’s an action-packed, globe-spanning drama set in the present day. ![]() –This text refers to the audioCD edition. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and two Labradors. Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife, Barbara. Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold more than forty-seven million copies worldwide. ![]() It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick. In 1989, The Pillars of the Earth was published and has since become Follett’s most popular novel. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. Ken Follett is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 178 million copies of his thirty-six books. ![]() ![]() Join master storyteller Ken Follett for discussing “Never,” as part of our B&N Midday Mystery Virtual Event series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What makes someone a man? What makes someone gay? We shouldn’t be labeling men or questioning their identity based on traits that don’t fit in with the criteria of being a ‘real man.’ We shouldn’t be treating femininity and being ‘gay’ as signs of weakness. The book is heavy, and many might find it overwhelming to read at times, but we need to start checking ourselves. We see this pattern a lot in the real world, but it isn’t addressed as much as it should be. Often men – especially men of color – are taught that they need to be ‘hard’ if they want to be considered a ‘real man.’ They are shunned if they don’t fit the criteria of being ‘a real man.’ Aspects such as the clothing they wear, the movie’s they watch, the music they listen to, the way they walk, and the way they speak are aspects that contribute to how they are judged. ![]() ![]() ![]() What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? What happens when success is defined by status over women and people of colour, instead of actual accomplishments? ‘ books don’t come from a place of hate, but of determination to make change… another amazing book’ TREVOR NOAH on The Daily Show ‘ Mediocre paints an urgent, honest picture of how white male identity has spawned unrest in the country’s political ideology… It’s a necessary read for the world we live in’ CHIDOZIE OBASI, Harper’s Bazaar ![]() But the question she keeps asking in her work: Are we?’ IBRAM X KENDI ‘One of the most admired writers and “internet yellers” around… ever more vital… Oluo’s meeting the time - this movement against white supremacy and systems of oppression. ![]() From the TIME 100 author of the Sunday Times and number 1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity - now with a new preface. ![]() ![]() ![]() Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post-Watergate White House as Nixon, his family, his staff, and many members of Congress strained desperately to prevent his inevitable resignation. OL17733683W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 96.08 Pages 502 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0743274067 'The Final Days' is the classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixons dramatic last months as president. ![]() Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post-Watergate White House as Nixon, his family, his staff, and many members of Congress strained desperately to prevent his inevitable. Urn:lcp:finaldays00bobw_1:epub:a9a986b1-bc3a-45f1-86fb-0dda2b904b2b Foldoutcount 0 Identifier finaldays00bobw_1 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3tt78x9r Invoice 59 Isbn 0671690876ĩ780671690878 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary OL7662285M Openlibrary_edition The Final Days is the 1 New York Times bestselling, classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon’s dramatic last months as president. Donorīook Drive Edition 1st Touchstone ed. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:02:35.30822 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1780206 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York, N.Y. The Final Days is the 1 New York Times bestselling, classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon’s dramatic last months as president. ![]() ![]() They often have to split that payment with one, two or even three other parties(more on this later). It sounds like a lot of money, but that check is rarely a single agent’s to keep. So, for example, if the agreed-upon commission was 5% and they sold a home for $500,000, the agent’s real-estate brokerage would get a $25,000 commission check once the transaction was complete. The exact commission percentage on is typically negotiated upfront and will be detailed in their initial contract with a seller. This is because higher-end properties come with higher price tags, leaving agents more room to negotiate and still get a decent payday. In the luxury market, for example, commissions can often be lower. ![]() On top of location are just the market conditions: Is it a buyer’s market, seller’s market or simply one that is transitional? The type of property also changes commission rates.” “Location is a huge factor, as markets often vary city to city and state to state. “Commissions can and do vary widely,” says Adie Kriegstein, an agent with Compass Real Estate in New York. ![]() *Includes payment to listing agent and the buyer's agent Average real estate commission, by state STATE ![]() ![]() ![]() With its publication in Japan in 1999, it received widespread support and became a best seller. ![]() ![]() After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he worked for a newspaper company, Shikoku Shinbun, for five years, reporting on politics, police reports, and economics. Also, he attended Nihon University’s liberal arts correspondence-course program and acquired an English teaching certificate for junior high and high school.īattle Royale, completed after Takami left the newspaper company, was his debut work and his only novel published so far. Koushun Takami was born in 1969 in Amagasaki near Osaka and grew up in Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku (the fourth largest island in Japan), where he currently resides. Point Reyes Books Lighthouse Sweatshirt.Thinking Like a Mountain - Annual Subscription. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is almost certainly the most well-connected presidential biographer of the moment. Meacham bids to be the redeemer in chief of the narrative of American exceptionalism: the venerable if now-shopworn story in which the United States has a providential and world-historic role as a nation distinctively dedicated to human liberty. The latest - Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham’s “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle” - offers an account of the life of the United States’ 16th president that is worldly and spiritual, and carefully tailored to suit our conflict-ridden times. But if time seems to move faster these days, then perhaps it is altogether fitting and proper that our generation should have so many. From a Washington Post review by John Fabian Witt of the book by Jon Meacham titled “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle”Įvery generation gets its own Abraham Lincoln biography. ![]() ![]() ![]() “As advanced as mankind likes to think it is, we all have that age-old, primal, undeniable dread of darkness. To make things even better, I did feel that the discussion surrounding death and fear in this book to be incredibly resonating and thought-provoking. ![]() I don’t think it will be possible for me to stop reading this series now, every new installment I read feels like the series keeps on hitting a new stride, and I can always count on The Dresden Files to have a quick, fast-paced, and entertaining read. Unfortunately, six powerful necromancers are trying to get the Word of Kemmler as well, and Harry will have to win the race to find the Word before Chicago is engulfed with the rising of the dead in the upcoming Halloween. The case was given by a killer vampire that threatens to destroy Karrin Murphy’s reputation unless Harry Dresden recovers the Word of Kemmler and all the power that comes with it back. “Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don’t want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.”ĭead Beat, the seventh book in The Dresden Files series, revolves around the race to attain the Word of Kemmler. We human don’t deserve dogs, but how about Tyrannosaurus? ![]() Published: 4th March 2010 by Orbit (UK) & 3rd May 2005 by Roc (US) Series: The Dresden Files (Book #7 of 25) ![]() ![]() ![]() The deadly organism (fungus) was stored and buried under an old warehouse that is currently used as a storage unit facility. It seems that the the alarm system has been activated for unknown speculative reasons since the organism was buried 300 ft underground using every safeguard and precaution that the government and science had to offer. Robert Diaz, one of the original operatives is called out of retirement to again investigate this long buried deadly matter. Imagine what happens next!įast forward 30 years later. ![]() (Really?) A call came in with a claim that a man had fallen gravely ill after cleaning the outside of the unit and now there is a foreign substance leaking out of the container. ![]() Many years before, a NASA explorative space vehicle had exploded and some remnants landed in this country and for some reason this supposedly Harmless Container was left there. Two bio-terrorism operatives are called on to investigate and handle a situation involving an isolated community (26 people) in Australia. ![]() |