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Once upon a time.....in Sabya
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Once upon a time.....in Sabya

In 1830, the Islamic scholar Ahmed ibn Idris, coming from Morocco, settled in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, in the city of Sabya, the region of Asir.He became the respected and appreciated leader of the local tribes, followed by his son and grandson. His great-grandson Sayyid Mohamed ibn Ali al-Idrisi founded the Idrisi Emirate of Asir in 1906 in Sabya. In 1934, however, this Emirate was defeated by Ibn Saud and integrated into the state structure of Saudi Arabia.This book reports on the extremely interesting family history of this Idrisi family, based on historical sources, personal experiences and family stories, embedded in the historical context.

Self Portrait in Green
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 81

Self Portrait in Green

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-02-25
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  • Publisher: Influx Press

'NDiaye is a hypnotic storyteller with an unflinching understanding of the rock-bottom reality of most people's life.' New York Times ' One of France's most exciting prose stylists.' The Guardian. Obsessed by her encounters with the mysterious green women, and haunted by the Garonne River, a nameless narrator seeks them out in La Roele, Paris, Marseille, and Ouagadougou. Each encounter reveals different aspects of the women; real or imagined, dead or alive, seductive or suicidal, driving the narrator deeper into her obsession, in this unsettling exploration of identity, memory and paranoia. Self Portrait in Green is the multi-prize winning, Marie NDiaye's brilliant subversion of the memoir. Written in diary entries, with lyrical prose and dreamlike imagery, we start with and return to the river, which mirrors the narrative by posing more questions than it answers.

The Mosquito Bite Author
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 162

The Mosquito Bite Author

Originally published in 2011, The Mosquito Bite Author is the seventh novel by the acclaimed Turkish author Barış Bıçakçı. It follows the daily life of an aspiring novelist, Cemil, in the months after he submits his manuscript to a publisher in Istanbul. Living in an unremarkable apartment complex in the outskirts of Ankara, Cemil spends his days going on walks, cooking for his wife, repairing leaks in his neighbor’s bathroom, and having elaborate imaginary conversations in his head with his potential editor about the meaning of life and art. Uncertain of whether his manuscript will be accepted, Cemil wavers between thoughtful meditations on the origin of the universe and the trajectory of political literature in Turkey, panic over his own worth as a writer, and incredulity toward the objects that make up his quiet world in the Ankara suburbs.

Es war einmal ....... in Sabya
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 345

Es war einmal ....... in Sabya

Im Jahre 1830 lies sich der islamische Gelehrte Ahmad ibn Idris aus Marokko kommend im Süden der arabischen Halbinsel nieder, in der Stadt Sabya, in der Gegend von Asir. Er wurde dort die anerkannte und verehrte Führungskraft der ansässigen Stämme, gefolgt von seinem Sohn und seinem Enkel. Sein Urenkel Muhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi gründete 1906 in Sabya das Idrisi Emirat von Asir. Bereits 1934 wurde dieses Emirat von Ibn Saud besiegt und in das Staatsgebilde von Saudi Arabien integriert. Im Buch wird über die äußerst interessante Familiengeschichte dieser Idrisi Familie berichtet, eingebettet im historischen Kontext. Mein Schwiegervater stammt aus dem Idrisi Emirat von Asir und ist dort aufgewachsen, bevor er sich später mit seiner Familie im Nordyemen ansiedelte. Ich habe ihn als einen gebildeten, freundlichen, weltoffenen und sehr toleranten Menschen kennen gelernt, dessen Wurzeln und Sozialisierung in diesem Emirat ihren Ursprung hatten. Deshalb hat mich dessen vergessene Geschichte fasziniert und zu der Erzählung angeregt.

The Weight Of Ink
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 581

The Weight Of Ink

WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept at nuance, narration, and the politics of passion."—Toni Morrison Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. When Helen is summoned by a former student to view a cache of newly discovered seventeenth-century Jewish documents, she enlists the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and embarks on one last project: to determine the identity of the documents' scribe, the elusive "Aleph." Electrifying and ambitious, The Weight of Ink is about women separated by centuries—and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind.

About Trees
  • Language: en

About Trees

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016
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  • Publisher: Unknown

About Trees considers our relationship with language, landscape, perception, and memory in the Anthropocene. The book includes texts and artwork by a stellar line up of contributors including Jorge Luis Borges, Andrea Bowers, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ada Lovelace and dozens of others. Holten was artist in residence at Buro BDP. While working on the book she created an alphabet and used it to make a new typeface called Trees. She also made a series of limited edition offset prints based on her Tree Drawings.

Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 620

Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology

Since the publication of the last edition of Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology, our understanding of bacterial genetics and pathogenicity has been transformed due to the availability of whole genome sequences and new technologies such as proteomics and transcriptomics. The present, completely revised second edition of this greatly valued work has been developed to integrate this new knowledge in a clinically relevant manner. Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology, Second Edition, provides the reader with invaluable information on the parasitology, pathogenesis, epidemiology and treatment strategies for each pathogen while offering a succinct outline of the best current methods for diagnosis of human bacterial diseases. With contributions from an international team of experts in the field, this book is an invaluable reference work for all clinical microbiologists, infectious disease physicians, public health physicians and trainees within these disciplines.

Tolstoy Lied
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 350

Tolstoy Lied

Headed for tenure at a major university, Tracy Farber is determined to demonstrate that Tolstoy is wrong in his argument that only unhappiness is interesting and sets out to prove that happiness and the search for happiness are complicated.

Killing the Water
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 211

Killing the Water

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From a Sealed Room
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 370

From a Sealed Room

An abusive love affair between an American woman in Jerusalem and a former Israeli soldier. He is an artist who is haunted by memories of pacifying Arabs, which causes him to explode in violent rages at her expense.