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Fourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative Among the Believers, V.S. Naipaul returned to the four non-Arab Islamic countries he reported on so vividly at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini’s triumph in Iran. Beyond Belief is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions.

Edmundo Dantés, un joven marinero que siempre ha llevado una vida tranquila, solo desea casarse con la hermosa Mercedes. Pero sus planes se malogran cuando su mejor amigo, Fernando, le traiciona vilmente para conquistar a su prometida.

A young girl does whatever’s necessary to take back her agency when she is sent to live with her controlling grandfather in this atmospheric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and the Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies. With her mother deceased...

The main cause of heart disease—the world's number one killer of women and men—is a cancer-like "tumor" inside the coronary arteries that keep our hearts beating. Although this similarity to cancer is well-established in medical journals, most people (and their health care providers) don't approach heart disease as seriously as cancer, even though it's just as deadly.

Jake Adlar's goals in life were simple—possibly nonexistent. All he wanted was to fly a desk. Hence, he'd joined the Space Force, the service with the most extensive array of Earth-side clerical specialties. All he needed to make him happy was an office, a computer, his favorite coffee mug, and a never-ending pile of requisitions.

Since losing both her mother and the man she loved two years ago, all she wants is stability and peace. But her world is forever changed when her family is attacked on a journey away from home, and she must travel to the Aataran mountain range to find them. Across the realm, four ancient beings who control the elements of nature are awakening. They are being summoned to prevent a force that is greedy for power and threatening to overturn the balance of nature. When Isla's path crosses with one of these elementals, she finds her fate is more entangled with theirs than she had ever imagined.

സനാതനമായ ഊര്‍ജ്ജം ജൈവരൂപങ്ങളിലൂടെ സഫലീകരിക്കുന്ന പ്രയാണവും പരിണാമവുമാണ് ഗുരു. മനുഷ്യനും മനുഷ്യനുമായുള്ള സമസ്ത സമ്പര്‍ക്കങ്ങളിലും, എന്തിന് മനുഷ്യനും പ്രകൃതിയും മൃഗവും ചരിത്രസംഭവങ്ങളുമായുള്ള കൂട്ടായ്മകളില്‍പോലും ഗുരു അന്തര്‍ലീനനാണ്. ബംഗ്ലാദേശിലെ യുദ്ധം റിപ്പോര്‍ട്ടു ചെയ്യുവാന്‍ ചെല്ലുന്ന കുഞ്ഞുണ്ണി കാണുന്നത് ഈ അദ്ധ്യയനത്തിന്റെ മഹാമഹമാണ്. കല്യാണി എന്ന കുട്ടി അയാളുടെ ഗുരുവായിത്തീരുന്നു; എല്ലാം വെടിഞ്ഞ് തറവാട്ടുവീട്ടിലേക്കുതിരിച്ചെത്തുന്ന കുഞ്ഞുണ്ണിയുടെ മുന്‍പില്‍ ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ അര്‍ത്ഥങ്ങള്‍ ഗുരു കൃപയില്‍ തെളിഞ്ഞു വിളങ്ങുന്നു.

Based on the bestselling book, The Action Bible, this one-year children’s devotional is packed with spiritual lessons and adventures to help kids stay engaged with God’s Word every day. With a week’s worth of activities for each Bible story, The Action Bible Devotional covers important biblical themes such as friendship, temptation, sibling rivalry, self-esteem, and materialism.

The colonies of the Faustian Chain have gone dark. No star freighters have come from the star cluster for many years. Captain Bill Gorman, a smuggler on the Fringe, is one of the few who know the truth. He’s personally battled the alien invaders who’ve overrun the human colonies of the Chain. He and his crew are faced with a choice: Will they fight the invaders, or will they run?

This second gothic novel in the dark Mirror Sisters trilogy continues the tale of sisterly love at its absolute worst—from the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina (now Lifetime movies). For fans of Ruth Ware (In a Dark, Dark Wood) and Liane...

The Healing Journey: A Guide to Self-Discovery is a compilation of health and wellness tools rooted in yoga and Ayurveda that V uses to live her life to this day. Cultivating inner peace is a passion only matched by the opportunities she has to share these tools with others. Blessings to you on your journey as you forge ahead with open eyes, a curious mind, and a compassionate heart. May you find peace within yourself to heal, to know that you deserve such self-care, and to let go of anything you no longer need to carry with you.

Das Rote London steht im Bann des großen Spiels der Elemente, in dem Magier aus aller Welt ihre Kräfte messen. Dass der Antari Kell antritt, ist Ehrensache. Aber auch andere illustre Gäste geben sich die Ehre, etwa der berüchtigte Pirat Alucard Emery - und natürlich die Diebin Lila Bard. Zu dumm, dass in all dem Trubel niemand merkt, dass im schwarzen London etwas Urböses aus tiefem Schlaf erwacht.

Tori Nunn went to Buenos Aires to forget—to forget her former life and to forget the death of her astronaut brother Greg, who died in a tragic space accident. But when handsome Ariel Solares alerts her to Japanese cocaine dealers shipping nuclear material from Columbia, she won't let go. Soon Tori is back in the world of spies and counterspies searching for the links between the Japanese killers, Russian dissidents with a new generation of nuclear weapons, and her own shadowy boss. Facing her deadliest enemies, she is aided only by her chief rival—the man with whom she is falling in love.

In best-selling author George Higgins' electrifying legal thriller, Jerry Kennedy, the guy his ex-wife calls "the classiest sleazy criminal lawyer", must defend the man that no one else will: Billy Ryan.

Want to start a rewarding hobby without the meticulous work of traditional gardening? Good news–you don’t need extensive space, labor, or costly supplies to create your mini Eden. Introducing Raised Bed Gardening, the efficient, economical, and easy approach!

Art of Being Alone in God’s Presence: A Biblical Perspective explores the transformative power of solitude in the Christian journey. In a world that often equates being alone with loneliness or insignificance, this book offers a biblical perspective on how solitude can become a sacred space for encountering God, deepening faith, and discovering divine purpose.

How to heal relationships, mend rifts with loved ones, and balance the demands of sobriety with the need for family connection An empowering guide for recovering addicts and alcoholics from an author with lived experience and professional expertise In Rebuilding Relationships in Recovery, Janice...

On December 7, 1941, America was thrust violently into World War II when Japan launched a devastating surprise attack on the U.S. naval installation at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. This absorbing, enlightening, powerfully dramatic collection is the ultimate chronicle of what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called "a date that will live in infamy."

Carolyn Trent-Parker is one of her generation’s best artists, but after losing her wife two years ago, she can no longer paint. In fact, she doesn’t want to do much of anything except hide away. Unwilling to move from her home but with no means of income, she’s forced to get a lodger.

Noam wurde vor 8.000 Jahren geboren, in der Jungsteinzeit, als sich die bis dahin umherwandernden Menschen in Gruppen niederließen. Von seinem Vater, dem Clanchef Pannoam, viel zu jung verheiratet, verliebt sich Noam in die hinreißende Noura. Als er diese zur Zweitfrau nehmen möchte, schockiert ihn Pannoam, indem er Noura selbst heiratet. Noam verlässt das Dorf und findet Unterschlupf bei dem baumstarken Jäger Barak, bei dem er die alten Freiheiten der Jäger und Sammler kennenlernt. Doch eines Tages flieht Noura zu Noam in die Wälder und gesteht ihm ihre Liebe.