![]() Yet, stilled by the unbearable restrictive lifestyle imposed on them, Maha and Amani have reacted in equally desperate ways.Maha is a headstrong beauty driven by fear and isolation due to Saudi Arabia's feudal justice. Although Sultana lives with a constant fear of retribution-even death at the hand of her own father or brother, her passion to provide her two daughters with a better life transcends her fear and fuels her desire for change.As second-generation members of the royal family who have benefited from Saudi oil wealth, Maha and Amani have known nothing but opulence and wealth from the moment of their birth. Today, despite untold wealth and privilege, Princess Sultana cannot buy the rights and freedoms women in other cultures possess, for herself, or for her daughters. During her own youth, Sultana chafed under the harsh social system into which she was born. Now, the princess and Jean Sasson turn the spotlight on Sultana's two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani. Reader's of Princess Sultana's true story, Princess, were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. I am a reviewer who would like to write about this I am a professional book buyer considering purchasing this for my bookstore ![]() ![]() I am a professional / teacher considering utilizing this in a classroom ![]()
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![]() I'm a huge fan of trawling second-hand bookstores, and it's not exactly an open secret that I'm currently researching old King Tut because Reasons. ![]() ![]() Based on stunning tomb records, lost since their discovery, this revolutionary biography begins to answer one of the twentieth century's most compelling archaeological Who was Tutankhamen? In The Life and Death of the Boy-King, Christine El Mahdy finally delivers a coherent portrait of King Tut's life and its historical significance. Traditional histories, founded on incomplete investigation and academic dogma, shed almost no light on the details of a life as complicated and as fascinating as it was short. Despite the young monarch's almost universal recognition in death, Egyptologists know very little about his life. Thirty-five hundred years ago, the mightiest empire on earth crowned a boy as its king, then worshipped him as a god. Lost in a frenzy of speculation-anthropological, scientific, and commercial-was Tutankhamen himself. ![]() ![]() What kind of society could produce such spectacular treasures only to bury them forever? When Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in 1922, even the most experienced archaeologists joined the international community in marveling at the incredible wealth-and seemingly bizarre rituals-of ancient Egypt. ![]() ![]() ^ "Meet Judy Singer Neurodiversity Pioneer".^ "Autistic employees can give companies an edge in innovative thinking".Neurodiversity: The birth of an Idea (2016).In 2016, she published the book Neurodiversity: The Birth of an Idea. ![]() In Australia, Singer also created ASpar, a group to support families of autistic people. Singer coined the term neurodiversity to represent both the idea of neurological diversity and to think about the existence of a social movement of neurological minorities that would also include the autism rights movement. While following the virtual activism of autistic and other neurologically different people in the mid-1990s, particularly on the Independent Living Mailing List (ILMV) forum, she met journalist Harvey Blume. Singer has also described herself as "likely somewhere on the autistic spectrum." īefore the diagnosis, Judy began studying sociology at the University of Technology Sydney and delved into British and American disability studies. Later, Singer's daughter was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. ![]() ![]() ![]() She noticed traits in her daughter that resembled the social difficulties of her mother. For many years, she worked as a computer consultant and later became a single mother. Biography Īs the daughter of a Jewish mother who survived World War II, Judy Singer grew up in Australia. Judy Singer (born 12 April 1951) is an Australian sociologist, known for coining the term neurodiversity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe it's best to keep their laundry just a little bit dirty. The problem comes when they exchange numbers. Maybe the secret to staying together isn't to keep things clean and proper. A Tucker Springs NovelSometimes you have to get dirty to come clean.When muscle-bound Denver Rogers effortlessly dispatches the frat boys harassing grad student Adam Ellery at the Tucker Springs laundromat, Adam’s thank-you turns into impromptu sex over the laundry table. ![]() They're both a little bent, but in just the right ways. The more they get together, the kinkier things become. Despite their fears of what the other might think, they can only remember how good the other one feels. What if Adam wants to meet again and discovers Denver is a high-school dropout with a learning disability who works as a bouncer at a local gay bar? Or what if Denver calls Adam only to learn while he might be brilliant in the lab, outside of it he has crippling social anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder? Either way, neither of them can shake the memory of their laundromat encounter. ![]() When muscle-bound Denver Rogers effortlessly dispatches the frat boys harassing grad student Adam Ellery at the Tucker Springs laundromat, Adam's thank-you turns into impromptu sex over the laundry table. A Tucker Springs Novel Sometimes you have to get dirty to come clean. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When Lucia is not hard at work on her next novel, you can find her relaxing with her toes in the sand at a nearby beach. Paranormal romance was her first love, but she has a soft spot in her heart for small-town and reunion romance stories. I only had to follow the rules, but rules are meant to be broken.Īmazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AUĪ competitive athlete for over ten years, Lucia Franco currently resides in sunny South Florida with her husband and two boys. We’re treading a fine line as we live the ultimate double life until we make a startling discovery that tests both our loyalties. The dark and glamorous lifestyle of the rich and shameless open my eyes to a lavish world of sin and wealth, and a man I can’t have. ![]() ![]() ![]() This experience, and the resulting trip back to the United States through Asia, Africa, and Europe, deeply influenced him. ![]() VanderMeer was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but spent much of his childhood in the Fiji Islands, where his parents worked for the Peace Corps. He has spoken at the Guggenheim, the Library of Congress, and the Arthur C. VanderMeer served as the 2016-2017 Trias Writer in Residence at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Other titles include Wonderbook, the world’s first fully illustrated creative writing guide. He has coedited several iconic anthologies with his wife, the Hugo Award winning editor. ![]() His nonfiction has appeared in New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic, Slate, Salon, and the Washington Post. Annihilation won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards, has been translated into 35 languages, and was made into a film from Paramount Pictures directed by Alex Garland. His most recent novel, the national bestseller Borne, received wide-spread critical acclaim and his prior novels include the Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance). NYT bestselling writer Jeff VanderMeer has been called “the weird Thoreau” by the New Yorker for his engagement with ecological issues. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s that absence that is so hard for us to reckon with. Most serial killers are not charming and erudite with fascinating motivations. Our desire to know more about these men – always men – has fueled our entertainment for far too long, but principally since the 1980s, when Thomas Harris’ depiction of Hannibal Lecter in “Red Dragon” and then, more notably, in “The Silence of the Lambs,” helped launch a macabre genre that became more prurient and exploitative of women with each passing year. He was the kind of kid we know all too well in reality and fiction, the kind who ends up recognizable by a single name, like Dahmer, or by a horrific nickname, like the Night Stalker. As a child, he tortured animals, flayed them and displayed them. The truth is sobering: There isn’t a time. When we meet him, he’s ticking down the last 12 hours of his life, hoping in equal measure for a reprieve from the state or a fantastic escape – neither seems like a realistic possibility – while also examining the choices he made that brought him to his ultimate fate: “There must have been a time… time before you were like this.” Serial killer Ansel Packer is on death row for four murders we know he committed. There’s no mystery at the heart of “Notes on an Execution,” Danya Kukafka’s poetic and mesmerizing second novel (William Morrow, 320 pp., ★★★★ out of four, out Tuesday). ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m always for Carol Burnett getting performances though it is odd to hear her as a mother (I guess it doesn’t matter since it is a cartoon). Jim Carrey tones it down from his irritating Grinch and gives a nice performance as Horton with Steve Carell playing the Mayor of Whoville. They might not be able to physically see each other, but they are both there. ![]() Here, the message is more spiritual in that Horton is almost like a god to the Who, and it is up to him to protect them. ![]() Germs or dangers to or from the environment can’t often be seen but can affect young and old. There are tons of things that can’t be seen or heard but are either important or dangerous. The idea that something that you can’t see or hear is important…especially in today’s day and age. Like other stories like The Lorax and Yertle the Turtle, Horton Hears a Who! tries to teach children, and the movie does a decent job bringing this message to the big screen. The “evil” award goes to the kangaroo death monger ![]() ![]() ![]() Archer is the broody and mysterious leader and MMA fighter. Her snarky comebacks and fearless confrontations are hilarious and powerful and the sexual tension and interactions with each of the men are as unique as they are. It was refreshing to see a heroine who could hold her own with three alphas. ![]() Will she get even or will she get played? ![]() With her anger and resentment festering, she is back to get her vengeance, but she finds herself unexpectedly drawn to all three of them. Framed for a crime she didn’t commit only to come back home with those same men living in her home. The night she was running for her life when three mysterious men rescued her and then left her to fend for herself. The Madison Kate Danvers everyone knew died at Riot Night a year ago. I had a year of hatred stored up inside me, just begging to be let out. My very first Tate James book is a thrill ride of angst, vengeance, sexual tension, and danger. How very convenient that someone just moved into the bedroom down the hall from me.Īrcher D’Ath and his boys messed with the wrong chick and they’re about to learn just how cold Madison Kate’s hate can run. Someone is going to catch the full force of my hate. Someone is going to pay for derailing my carefully laid out future. After being charged with a string of offences–and made an example of by my political minded father–I’m eventually released back into Shadow Grove with one thing on my mind. Those words changed my life, and not for the better. “Madison Kate Danvers was murdered tonight.” ![]() ![]() Well the BOI’s are back in town! Last Man Standing is the 7th and sadly last book in Cindy Gerard’s Black Ops Inc or BOI’s ( said like Boys) series. ![]() He looks so intense and sexy as hell at the same time. I truly feel the cover has captured Joe spot on. It helps add that little dash of trilling danger and sexy. I love the title of this book – Last Man Standing and also if you look real close the there seems to be a scar on the models cheek too. Brian’s death still haunts Joe and is about to tear his world apart when he goes after some answers. One of the names is Brian Tompkins, brother of Joe’s girlfriend and lover Stephanie. These are like a twisted rope and in the rope are the names of the “brothers” Joe has lost. If you look close you’ll see the tatoo running up the back just like our Hero Joe Green has in the book. ![]() This small picture just doesn’t do the cover justice. ![]() |