Author : Denise Hamilton
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786015238
The woman found dead in a chic shopping center parking lot still wears her two-carat engagement ring on her finger. To the cops, it looks like a carjacking. But to reporter Eve Diamond, it looks likes there's more to this story. Soon Eve plunges into L.A.'s underworld, where young women are forced into sexual slavery. But someone wants to keep these dirty little secrets from being revealed.
Author : Esta Leola
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,75 MB
Release : 2023-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9787408396874
The preface discusses the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for sales, encompassing flowers and foliage plants used as raw materials in the cosmetic, perfume, and pharmaceutical sectors. It highlights India's annual domestic demand for flowers, which is growing at a rate of over 25 percent, with a noticeable increase in the production of cut flowers that hold significant export potential. The diverse agro-climatic conditions in India allow for the year-round production of a wide range of temperate and tropical flowers. The commercial production and marketing of floriculture products provide gainful and quality employment opportunities to a large number of people. Moreover, there has been a gradual shift from traditional flowers to cut flowers for export purposes, facilitated by the liberalization of industrial and trade policies. The new seed policy enables the importation of various planting materials from international markets. The government has approved the establishment of more than 150 Export Oriented Units (EOUs) in the floriculture sector, particularly in Pune, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Delhi, and Hyderabad. Jasmine, one of the world's oldest fragrant flowers, finds application in garlands, bouquets, religious offerings, and the production of jasmine concentrate for the cosmetic and perfumery industries. It serves multiple purposes in the science and technology sector and is believed to have medicinal value. Out of the 80 Jasmine species found in India, only three are commercially cultivated: Jasmine Sambac (Gundu Malli or Madurai Malli), Jasmine Auriculatum (Mullai), and Jasmine Grandiflorum (Jathi Malli or Pitchi). Jasmine is native to tropical and warm temperate regions worldwide, and its flowers are primarily white, though some species exhibit yellow blooms. Notably, Tamil Nadu is the leading producer of jasmine in India.
Author : Meredith Ireland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1534477047
Jenny Han meets The Bachelorette in this “sparkling, witty, warm-hearted gem” (Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying) of a romantic comedy about a teen Korean American adoptee who unwittingly finds herself at the center of a competition for her heart, as orchestrated by her overbearing, loving family. Jasmine Yap’s life is great. Well, it’s okay. She’s about to move in with her long-time boyfriend, Paul, before starting a nursing program at community college—all of which she mostly wants. But her stable world is turned upside down when she catches Paul cheating. To her giant, overprotective family, Paul’s loss is their golden ticket to showing Jasmine that she deserves much more. The only problem is, Jasmine refuses to meet anyone new. But…what if the family set up a situation where she wouldn’t have to know? A secret Jasmine Project. The plan is simple: use Jasmine’s graduation party as an opportunity for her to meet the most eligible teen bachelors in Orlando. There’s no pressure for Jasmine to choose anyone, of course, but the family hopes their meticulously curated choices will show Jasmine how she should be treated. And maybe one will win her heart. But with the family fighting for their favorites, bachelors going rogue, and Paul wanting her back, the Jasmine Project may not end in love but total, heartbreaking disaster.
Author : Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1623710170
On June 13, 1974, Shagara, a low-level employee at the Alexandria shipyard, is charged with taking workers to cheer for the motorcade of Egyptian President Sadat and his guest President Nixon. Instructed to pay each worker half a pound at the end of Nixon’s visit, Shagara pays them half that, spares them the festivities, and pockets the difference. So begins The House of Jasmine, which follows Shagara, a loner who yearns for female companionship, as he traverses the city of Alexandria and tries to parse his feelings toward its changing landscape. Within the humor of this classic novel is nestled an indicting eyewitness account of this essential period of Egyptian history. In it one can observe the social changes and popular sentiments that comprise the prologue for the Egyptian revolution of January 2011.
Author : Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 25,41 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136551042
Few scientific developments have given rise to as much controversy as biotechnology. Numerous groups are united in their opposition, expressing concern over environmental and health risks, impacts on rural livelihoods, the economic dominance of multinational companies and the ethical implications of crossing species boundaries. Among the supporters of the technology are those that believe in its potential to enhance food security, further economic development, increase productivity and reduce environmental pressures. As a result, countries - and sectors within countries - find themselves at odds with each other while potential opportunities for development offered by the use of biotechnology are seized or missed, and related risks go unmanaged. This book, a unique interdisciplinary collection of perspectives from the developing world, examines the ongoing debate. Writing for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, leading experts address issues such as diffusion of technology, intellectual property rights, the Cartagena Protocol, impacts of international trade, capacity building and biotechnology research and regulation. With the most recent and relevant examples from around the world, Trading in Genes offers the reader a single-volume overview of the connections between biotechnology, trade and sustainability that is both wide-ranging and thorough
Author : Victoria Christopher Murray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 36,63 MB
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1416987142
The beloved—and hated—Jasmine Larson Bush returns to battle her own past in a compelling new novel of love, faith, and shame from the Essence bestselling novelist of The Personal Librarian. In Temptation, A Sin and a Shame, and most recently, Too Little, Too Late, Jasmine Larson Bush—a scheming, manipulative, man-stealing diva who was “saved” just in time to become a preacher’s wife—entertained fans with her conniving ways and acts of redemption. In Lady Jasmine, a desperate time from Jasmine’s past threatens the family and the future she worked so hard to build. In order to save her marriage with Reverend Hosea Bush, Jasmine was forced to reveal every secret that remained in her past to him—her real age, her real weight, her real shoe size. She thought she had told Hosea everything. But when Jasmine is blackmailed about a terrible truth from her past that she “forgot” to tell Hosea, more than just her marriage is in jeopardy. Determined to keep the life she fought so hard to save, Jasmine is willing to commit any sin, even murder, to leave her past behind her. No one can know the truth about the First Lady of City of Lights Riverside Church. No one can know that, beneath Jasmine’s veneer of a redeemed Christian wife, there lies a sinner—especially her trusting husband.
Author : Yamile Saied Méndez
Publisher : Algonquin Young Readers
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 35,25 MB
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1643751204
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK Recipient of the 2021 Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Medal One of BuzzFeed's Must-Read YA Books of 2020 A Best Book of the Year: Cosmopolitan * Kirkus Reviews * SheReads * New York Public Library “An engrossing #OwnVoices novel.” —PopSugar “This book will set your dreams on fire . . . It’s fabulous.” — Reese Witherspoon A powerful contemporary YA for fans of The Poet X and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything on the line—even her blooming love story—to follow her dreams. In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother’s narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother’s shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila gets the chance to see just how far those talents can take her. In her wildest dreams, she’d get an athletic scholarship to a North American university. But the path ahead isn’t easy. Her parents don’t know about her passion. They wouldn’t allow a girl to play fútbol—and she needs their permission to go any farther. And the boy she once loved is back in town. Since he left, Diego has become an international star, playing in Italy for the renowned team Juventus. Camila doesn’t have time to be distracted by her feelings for him. Things aren’t the same as when he left: she has her own passions and ambitions now, and La Furia cannot be denied. As her life becomes more complicated, Camila is forced to face her secrets and make her way in a world with no place for the dreams and ambition of a girl like her. Filled with authentic details and the textures of day-to-day life in Argentina, heart-soaring romance, and breathless action on the pitch, Furia is the story of a girl’s journey to make her life her own.
Author : Deanna Raybourn
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488032564
New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn delivers the story of one woman who embarks upon a journey to see the world—and ends up finding intrigue, danger and a love beyond all reason. Famed aviatrix Evangeline Starke never expected to see her husband, adventurer Gabriel Starke, ever again. They had been a golden couple, enjoying a whirlwind courtship amid the backdrop of a glittering social set in prewar London until his sudden death with the sinking of the Lusitania. Five years later, beginning to embrace life again, Evie embarks upon a flight around the world. In the midst of her triumphant tour, she is shocked to receive a mysterious—and recent—photograph of Gabriel, which brings her ambitious stunt to a screeching halt. With her eccentric aunt Dove in tow, Evie tracks the source of the photo to the ancient City of Jasmine, Damascus. There she discovers that danger lurks at every turn, and at stake is a priceless relic, an artifact so valuable that criminals will stop at nothing to acquire it. Evie sets off across the desert to unearth the truth of Gabriel’s disappearance and retrieve a relic straight from the pages of history. Along the way, Evie must come to terms with the deception that parted her from Gabriel and the passion that will change her destiny forever… Previously Published.
Author : Bharati Mukherjee
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,40 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802136305
After the assassination of her husband, seventeen-year-old Jasmine leaves India to live with a middle-aged banker in a small Iowa town, only to retain some of the traditions and memories of the past.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2004
Category : East Indian Americans
ISBN : 9780153651540
When twelve-year-old Seema moves to Iowa City with her parents and younger sister, she leaves friends and family behind in her native India but gradually begins to feel at home in her new country.
