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Bilal Al-Habashi
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!"
Bilal Cooks Daal
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book 2019 Six-year-old Bilal introduces his friends to his favorite dish—daal!—in this charming picture book that showcases the value of patience, teamwork, community, and sharing. Six-year-old Bilal is excited to help his dad make his favorite food of all-time: daal! The slow-cooked lentil dish from South Asia requires lots of ingredients and a whole lot of waiting. Bilal wants to introduce his friends to daal. They’ve never tried it! As the day goes on, the daal continues to simmer, and more kids join Bilal and his family, waiting to try the tasty dish. And as time passes, Bilal begins to wonder: Will his friends like it as much as he does? This debut picture book by Aisha Saeed, with charming illustrations by Anoosha Syed, uses food as a means of bringing a community together to share in each other’s family traditions.
Night Journey
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...
The Nigerwife
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
The Lagos Wife
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...
Sparring with Gil Kane
The Legendary Intellectual and Raconteur Talks to Hal Foster, Walt Kelly, Harvey Kurtzman, Howard Chaykin, Robert Crumb, and Other Artists.
SHARPEN YOUR WITS - A Puzzle and Brain Teaser Book
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
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.
Songs in the Key of Black Life
In Songs in the Key of Black Life, acclaimed cultural critic Mark Anthony Neal turns his attention to Rhythm and Blues. He argues that R&B-often dismissed as just a bunch of love songs, yet the second most popular genre in terms of sales-can tell us much about the dynamic joys, apprehensions, tensions, and contradictions of contemporary black life, if we listen closely. With a voice as heartfelt and compelling as the best music, Neal guides us through the work of classic and contemporary artists ranging from Marvin Gaye to Macy Gray. In the first section of the book, Rhythm, he uses the music of Meshell N'degeocello, Patti Labelle, Jill Scott, Alicia Keys, and others as guideposts to the maj...
Harbour Terror
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?
