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The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel By Maureen Lindley
By Maureen Lindley
An electrifying epic, based on the incredible true story of a Chinese princess turned spy.
Peking, 1914. When the eight-year-old princess Eastern Jewel is caught spying on her father’s liaison with a servant girl, she is banished from the palace, sent to live with a powerful family in Japan. Renamed Yoshiko Kawashima, she quickly falls in love with her adoptive country, where she earns a scandalous reputation, taking fencing lessons, smoking opium, and entertaining numerous lovers. Sent to Mongolia to become an obedient wife, Yoshiko mounts a daring escape and eventually finds her way back to Peking high society—this time with orders from the Japanese secret service.
Based on the true story of a rebellious woman who earned a controversial place in history, The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel is a vibrant reimagining of a thrilling life—a rich historical epic of palace intrigue, sexual manipulation, and international espionage.
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Blessed Names and Attributes of Allah
“Allah’s are the names most beautiful. Whatever is in the heavens and earth extols His glory.”—The Qur’an (Al-Hashr 59:24)
“Allah has 99 names. He who remembers these will certainly enter Paradise.”—Prophet Muhammad (Bukharhi Hadith Kitab Ad-Dawat, 2,949)
Remembering the Names of Allah is a sacred tradition in Islam. Both the Qur’an and sayings of the Prophet (Hadiths) state
By Abdur Raheem Kidwai
ISBN-13:9781847740878
Publisher:Kube Publishing Ltd
Series:Blessed Names Series
Pages:120
Product dimensions:4.75(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)
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Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad
This beautiful presentation of Blessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad draws the reader nearer to the Prophet through contemplation and reflection of his names, their meaning and how each shapes our daily lives.
By Abdur Raheem Kidwai
Hardcover, 120 pagesISBN: 184774088X (ISBN13: 9781847740885) -
The War Within Our Hearts by Habeeb Quadri
In an age of growing insecurity, violence, and war, Muslims often tend to overlook the wars being fought on the home front; that is, The War Within Our Hearts by Habeeb Quadr.
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Rays Of Truth: Poems on Islam
Ayesha Mahmood
A collection of inspirational poems on a variety of Islamic topics, especially suitable for young people. Decorated with Islamic calligraphy and patterns in pastel colours
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Shanghai Girls: A Novel By Lisa See
By Lisa See (Author)
In 1937 Shanghai—the Paris of Asia—twenty-one-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Both are beautiful, modern, and carefree—until the day their father tells them that he has gambled away their wealth. To repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from Los Angeles to find Chinese brides.
As Japanese bombs fall on their beloved city, Pearl and May set out on the journey of a lifetime, from the Chinese countryside to the shores of America. Though inseparable best friends, the sisters also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. Along the way they make terrible sacrifices, face impossible choices, and confront a devastating, life-changing secret, but through it all the two heroines of this astounding new novel hold fast to who they are—Shanghai girls
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The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be
By Moises Naim (Author)
Mark Zuckerberg’s inaugural pick for his “Year of Books” challenge, The End of Power updates the very notion of power for the 21st century. Power, we know, is shifting: From West to East and North to South, from presidential palaces to public squares, from once formidable corporate behemoths to nimble startups and, slowly but surely, from men to women. But power is not merely dispersing; it is also decaying. Those in power today are more constrained in what they can do with it and more at risk of losing it than ever before.
In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research, Naím shows how the antiestablishment drive of micropowers can topple tyrants, dislodge monopolies, and open remarkable new opportunities, but it can also lead to chaos and paralysis. Naím deftly covers the seismic changes underway in business, religion, education, within families, and in all matters of war and peace. Examples abound in all walks of life: In 1977, eighty-nine countries were ruled by autocrats while today more than half the world’s population lives in democracies. CEO’s are more constrained and have shorter tenures than their predecessors. Modern tools of war, cheaper and more accessible, make it possible for groups like Hezbollah to afford their own drones. In the second half of 2010, the top ten hedge funds earned more than the world’s largest six banks combined.
Those in power retain it by erecting powerful barriers to keep challengers at bay. Today, insurgent forces dismantle those barriers more quickly and easily than ever, only to find that they themselves become vulnerable in the process. In this accessible and captivating book, Naím offers a revolutionary look at the inevitable end of power—and shows how it will change your world.
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I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
Heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor’s inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza and Israel regardless of their ethnic origin.
A London University- and Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and ‘who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians’ (New York Times), Abuelaish is an infertility specialist who lives in Gaza but works in Israel. On the strip of land he calls home (where 1.5 million Gazan refugees are crammed into a few square miles) the Gaza doctor has been crossing the lines in the sand that divide Israelis and Palestinians for most of his life – as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the line, as a humanitarian who sees the need for improved health and education for women as the way forward in the Middle East. And, most recently, as the father whose three daughters were killed by Israeli shells on 16 January 2009, during Israel’s incursion into the Gaza Strip. It was his response to this tragedy that made news and won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge or sinking into hatred, Izzeldin Abuelaish called for the people in the region to start talking to each other. His deepest hope is that his daughters will be ‘the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis’. – See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/i-shall-not-hate-9781408815625/#sthash.fATcysAf.dpuf
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Big Kindergarten: Stickers & More
Learning has never been so much fun! This exciting combination of activities will keep your child interested, involved, and actively engaged by involving the use of stickers and crayons to accomplish the learning objectives. Plus, your child is sure to enjoy the enclosed card set and storybook!
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Macmillan First Dictionary By Simon & Schuster
By Simon & Schuster (Author)
Easy-to-use and packed with new images and illustrations, the Macmillan First Dictionary is the one to beat! This First Dictionary offers far more than the others–it’s the most updated, contains charts and tables, and features more than double the illustrations and photos than similar dictionaries. This completely revised edition has been designed especially for beginning readers.
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Help Your Kids with HomeWork: – Math, Spelling and Grammar, Science Second Edition
Following the success of Help Your Kids with Math, Help Your Kids with Science is a comprehensive and stress-free approach to science.
With clear graphics, instantly understandable diagrams, and welcoming, jargon-free text — covering all the important areas of biology, chemistry and physics — Help Your Kids with Science is a great resource for children and adults to learn even the most complex science problems with confidence.
Whether it’s working with the Periodic Table, the threes laws of motion, or trying to explain polarity and magnetic fields, Help Your Kids with Science is a great resource for parents.
Help Your Kids with Science also includes a glossary of key science terms and symbols
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Nursery Rhymes For Muslim Children
By Zeina Debs Khayat
This new audio-book with CD presents the basics of Islam on the theme of the famous nursery rhymes. Children will insha Allah enjoy looking at the colourful pictures and singing the nasheeds. while doing the movements that teach ablution, prayer and other Islamic manners, in a fun creative and stimulating way.
- The Five Pillars of Islam
- This is the way we make Wudhu
- Salah
- Brother Adam Sister Aisha
- Fatiha
- Attichoo, attichoo
- Ramadhan
- Eid