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Bilal al-Habashi recited the first ever call to Prayer. He endured the most unbearable of suffering for the sake of his belief for years. He was one of the Messenger's greatest devotees. Medina had become much too constricted for him after Allah's Messenger passed away. He possessed an unceasingly belief, love for Allah and His Messenger, and zeal. Realizing that he was about to breathe his last on his deathbed, his wife cried out, "Woe is me!" Bilal al-Habashi injected saying, "Now is not the time for sorrow. It is the time for joy and jubilation, for tomorrow I shall meet the beloved Messenger and his Companions!"
Not since Richard Wright's Native Son has the education of a young man been rendered as daringly, defiantly, and emotionally galvanizingly as in Murad Kalam's Night Journey. Night Journey is the story of Eddie Bloodpath, beautiful, oversized, awkward child of South Phoenix's Third Ward. Hefty and handsome, quiet and strong like his long-lost father, Eddie is the good son, seemingly immune to the powerful pull of the streets. His older brother, Turtle -- a frail, stuttering, grammar school dropout who was born to hustle -- isn't convinced that Eddie will stay out of trouble. Acting on instinct, Turtle plucks Eddie from the brink of the urban abyss and delivers him to the boxing gym. A perpetu...
Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions. Kevin Bales's disturbing story of slavery today reaches from brick kilns in Pakistan and brothels in Thailand to the offices of multinational corporations. His investigation of conditions in Mauritania, Brazil, Thailand, Pakistan, and India reveals the tragic emergence of a "new slavery," one intricately linked to the global economy. The new slaves are not a long-term investment as was true with older forms of slavery, explains Bales. Instead, they are cheap, require little care, and are disposable. Three interrelated factors have helped create ...
This lush and suspenseful Good Morning America Book Club pick “will have you glued to every page” (HuffPost) as it follows a woman to Nigeria to uncover what happened to her missing estranged niece…no matter the cost. Previously published as The Nigerwife. Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of Lagos, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives—a community of foreign women married to Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her alleged perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns u...
Nicole Oruwari left London and a troubled family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives - a community of foreign women married to Nigerian men. But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her so-called perfect life start to show
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SHARPEN YOUR WITS - A Puzzle and Brain Teaser Book, is a treasure trove of Mathematical and Logic teasers, which will make the reader's brain cells go buzzing, and solving these puzzles will improve cognitive functions. The brain-twisters have been compiled with lots of passion by the author. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are crucial. School-going and college-going students as well as others who have a penchant for solving logic puzzles will love such intriguing, mind-flexing, and brain-building puzzles. You don't require a high IQ nor do you have to be a genius to find the solutions to the problems. You require only a logical mind, clear thinking, and some basic maths solving skills. The amateurs, as well as experienced mathematicians and logicians, will find plenty of food for their grey matter. The author has been singularly focused on zealously hatching these brain-building puzzles over the past four decades. These mind puzzles are tantalizing, amusing, and intricate to solve.
Sunrise with Noor is a story about Ahmed who is on a journey to discover himself. Growing up in Afghanistan in the late 1990s, Ahmed had a hard time accepting his sister's role as the breadwinner. Feeling incompetent and unable to be the "man of his family", Ahmed leaves Afghanistan abandoning his family and making his travels to Kashmir to join the army. Ahmed believes that the soldiers are good men. Ahmed's experience takes a toll, making it hard for him to believe he is becoming a good person. Sunrise with Noor is a sequel to Sunset Through Grey Eyes. Read to discover Ahmed's journey to Kashmir.
Terrorists and spies infiltrate Luke's life as he is drawn into a financial plot to kill the heir to Britain's throne and blow up one of Sydney's great icons.When Luke volunteered as an announcer on a community radio show he could never have known his new friends would draw him into events that could destroy his whole way of life.Luke discovers things are not always black and white as he struggles to work out which side is the right one.Terrorists or Freedom fighters?Is the media a pawn or a player in the game of international politics?Could you work out who to trust when you can't see the bigger picture?
The novel follows years of tumultuous Afghani history through the story of a prominent Afghan family. The story spans theinvasion and subsequent occupation of Afghanistan, the reign of the Taliban government, the hope of withdrawal and the bittersweet blessing of a shattered but free Afghanistan. From valiantly fighting against Soviet Russia as part of the Afghan resistance movement, to ensuring the success of a vicious drug trade,this sweeping epic ensures a gripping climax and maintains the sincerity and compassion of a family saga.