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English rain smelt and tasted of nothing at all. It had none of the fury, the passion of the monsoons. Instead, it was weak, half-hearted."Exiled from her family in India for more than a decade, Shirin and her husband lead a comfortable but empty life in London. Memories of her childhood - exotic fragrances, colours, stifling heat and tropical storms - fill Shirin with a familiar and growing ache for the land and the people that she loves. Wit...

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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran fills a gap in the literature of the ancient Near East, providing up-to-date, authoritative essays by leading specialists on a wide range of historical, archaeological, and philological topics extending from the earliest Paleolithic settlements in the Pleistocene era to the Islamic conquest in the 7th century AD.

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This volume addresses controversial questions regarding the issue of organ donation, including body parts as property, selling organs, and the need to increase donations. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected publications. They are arranged in a pro versus con format to provide a balanced study. Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. Essay sources ...

Discussions center around the subject of genetic engineering with essays for and against each topic.

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether limits should be placed on freedom of expression, whether the First Amendment requires separation of church and state, and whether the right to due process is in danger.

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Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it." With these opening words by the venerable American writer, Henry Miller, a young man named Sean McAllister begins an American journey across the landscape of America. The year is 1968, a time of assassination, war, and tumultuous change. Within the drumbeat and searing divisions of Vietnam, McAllister, like so many of his generation, takes to ...

Kings, Vikings, Physics, Frogs, True Love, Time Travel, the Devil, and Deacons! Questions of a Curious Nature is a satirical romp through the landscape of the American Church starring a cast of incredible characters. Annabelle Farrow challenges us to laugh, dream, and wrestle with the tangible grace of God at the intersection of church, life, and genuine relationship. Designed as a catalyst for meaningful conversations, this book holds a mirro...

HER TOUCH COULD HEAL OR KILL, BUT ONCE TOUCHED A MAN WAS FOREVER OBSESSED One of the prophesied Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, Talia Martin had lived a life of loneliness, isolated by necessity.>SECRET SERVICE SPECIAL AGENT, NICKOLAS PANE HAD NEVER BEEN MORE DEVASTATED >TALIA COULD FIND HIS BROTHER BUT HAD TO TOUCH NICKOLAS TO DO SO >NICKOLAS WAS DETERMINED TO BRING HER BACK OR DIE TRYING>THIS UNIQUE AND GRIPPING SPECIAL OPS ROMANCE NOVEL IS N...

In 1901, the Virginia Bridge & Iron Company began re-building a fifty-year-old Mississippi bridge. In the middle of the project, they began discovering bodies buried on the banks of the river.Legend has it, he was so evil, he was even thrown out of the notorious Dalton Gang. Years later, he opened an inn near the river, and on foggy nights, boatmen witnessed him pacing back and forth across the bridge, waving his lantern, offering travelers a ...

Breaking down the complex topic of how our economy currently works, Transforming Economy: From Corrupted Capitalism to Connected Communities, shows through clear explanation how small-scale economic actions lead to transforming the world economy and to a system that empowers people and planet while enhancing interconnection and responsibility. Transforming Economy, is dedicated toward helping world citizens develop the connected communities an...

Keyshawn Watson and T.A. Smith were living a life on a rail of razor blades. With targets on their backs from gangsters in the gritty streets of Milwaukee to crafty personnel at the F.B.I., demise or a lifetime in federal prison seemed to be the only conceivable outcome. However, the assistance of Li Chan, an agent with the bureau gone bad, granted them the advantage needed to level the playing field. All appears to be well, until a series of ...

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Life after Sentencing (The chronicles of west 23rd street) is about a kid named Bet who grew up in the streets of Brooklyn in a neighborhood called "Coney Island". After serving 12 years in prison for murder at the age of 14, Bet speaks about his early childhood experiences of Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse and family abuse. Trapped and Lost behind the walls of Juvenile Detention Centers for 7 years before being sent to prison at the age of 21, Bet...

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In this delightfully colored and illustrated handbook, Patrick MacManaway offers an overview of the nature and experience of simple, daily grace in our life - and suggests quick and effective practices to help each one of us become increasingly present - living as our most natural, creative, happy and effective self. A simple guide for living our lives as a meditation and moving through life with ease and grace. Looking at the natural, metaphy...