Conversations with My Father, Adonis


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Conversational dialogues between a father (Syrian-born poet Adūnīs, b.1930) and his daughter (Ninar Esber, b. 1971) about the crises of the modern Arabic world.




Adonis


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"Frontispiece: Poem and calligraphy by Adonis, XXXX. Translated by Bassam Frangieh" --T.p. verso.




Venus and Adonis


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The Pages of Day and Night


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Calling poetry a "question that begets another question," Adonis sets into motion this stream of unending inquiry with difficult questions about exile, identity, language, politics, and religion. Repeatedly mentioned as a possible Nobel laureate, Adonis is a leading figure in twentieth-century Arabic poetry. Restless and relentless, Adonis explores the pain and otherness of exile, a state so complete that absence replaces identity and becomes the exile's only presence. Exile can take many forms for the Arabic poet, who must practice his craft as an outsider, separated not only from the nation of his birth but from his own language; in the present as in the past, that exile can mean censorship, banishment, or death. Through these poems, Adonis gives an exquisite voice to the silence of absence.




The Siege of Zoldex


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The inevitable conquest of Zoldex is set in motion. The war for the fate of the Imperium has begun!The conclusion of the Fall of the Imperium Trilogy is gripping and exciting. The legions of Zoldex have swept the land, and their conquest is almost complete! The heroes of the realm struggle desperately to seek new alliances to combat the overwhelming forces of their foe. No matter how hard they try, the odds are against them, and the heroes find themselves being pushed back. The Imperium will truly fall, and life will never be the same again.




Fratricide, Werewolf Wars, and the Many Lies of Andrea Paddington


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Chief Constable Paddington is about to become a father. Happy day. Pity families and Paddington don’t go together. The family of vampires has disappeared, presumably to fulfil another ancient prophecy to destroy the world. The werewolf pack – the closest thing he has to family – are going to war for bloody retribution. The Supernatural Help and Investigation Team – his friends – want the vampires brought back alive. Oh, and then there's the question of Paddington's father's death; specifically, whether it actually happened... Yeah, it’s going to be another one of those weeks, isn’t it?







Conversations Across Borders


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Laura Levin is an Associate Professor of Theatre at York University, Toronto. She is Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Theatre Review and Editor of Theatre and Performance in Toronto (2011). --Book Jacket.




From Lindos With Love


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Do you dream of whitewashed Greek villages, golden sand and china blue seas? This story could be about you and the people you meet in the bar every summer. Josephine Kelly leads us through the past and into a week of gently surprising and life-enhancing events set against the spectacular coastal scenery of Lindos village on the island of Rhodes. Lives will change as the characters make cards, learn to paint the Chinese way, and wax lyrical over encaustic art. Never been to Greece before? Then come now, where Greek residents and British 'expats' live out the tourist's dream at the foot of the Lindos Acropolis. Touching and essential reading for anyone who loves Greece.




The Sicilian


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After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work—a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . . The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption—and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano. Praise for The Sicilian “Puzo is a master storyteller.”—USA Today “The Balzac of the mafia.”—Time “An accomplished and imaginative writer.”—Los Angeles Times