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When Cory Brandel's affair with Sheikh Damon El Karim ended, she kept their son, Michael, a secret from him. But when the Skeikh learns the truth, he kidnaps Michael and takes him away to Kasmara. Cory must travel to the desert and confront her scorned ex-lover to rescue Michael.
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Struggling with an overworked mother, an absent father, and the challenges of life within the infamous Paradise projects of suburban Paris, fifteen-year-old French Muslim Doria endures a parade of social workers, experiences a first kiss, and assumes a philosophical outlook regarding her circumstances.
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Harlequin presents volume 3922
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"The family she never thought she'd have, with the desert king she should never have met! Jackie Ashenden brings us a royal romance brimming with drama and desire." --
Children? Not for illegitimate Sheikh Nazir Al Rasul, whose desert fortress is less intimidating than his barricaded heart. Until Ivy Dean appears on his doorstep and he finds out that, through IVF, she's bearing his heir! Surrogate Ivy agreed to carry her best friend's baby. Then...
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"Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2015. At times as cold and hard-edged as the skyscrapers in its backdrop, The Ninety-Ninth Floor follows the struggles and triumphs of Majed as he makes it in Manhattan at the turn of the century, after surviving the devastating 1982 massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp. A Palestinian born and raised in Lebanon, Majed creates a new life for himself in the glittery world of New York...
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Harlequin Bianca volume 1154
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¿Una reina por conveniencia? No cabía la menor duda de que su matrimonio era por conveniencia y por necesidades políticas, pero la bella y tímida Aziza El Afarim tenía la esperanza de que su marido, el chico al que había idealizado, recordase la conexión que había habido entre ambos de niños .Pero el jeque Nabil Al Sharifa no se parecía en nada al chico que había sido. Las pérdidas sufridas y el peso del poder lo habían cambiado hasta...
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"The Moghrabis have lived in Palestine for centuries. Near the end of the First World War, Ottoman soldier Karnel Moghrabi is imprisoned by his Turkish masters. Reunited with his family after being freed by British soldiers, he marries his childhood friend Haniya." "But their happiness is short-lived as their homeland is ravaged by violence between the local Arab population and Jewish immigrants fleeing Europe. Any hope of an independent Palestine...
35) Władca pustyni
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"Dla Gretchen, dziewczyny z małego miasteczka, wakacje w Maroku miały być tylko miłym urozmaiceniem nieco monotonnej egzystencji. Nie spodziewała się, że właśnie tam spotka mężczyznę swojego życia. Szejk Philippe Sabon, władca Qawi, nie ukrywa, że Gretchen zawróciła mu w głowie. Choć pochodzą z tak różnych światów, są pokrewnymi duszami. Liczył na to, że podczas wspólnego wyjazdu do Qawi lepiej się poznają, lecz niespodziewane...
36) Arabesques
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"Chosen by The New York Times as one of the best books of 1988, Arabesques is a luminous novel that engages with history and politics not as propaganda but as literature.That engagement begins with the language in which the book is written: Anton Shammas, from a Palestinian Christian family and raised in Israel, wrote in Hebrew, as no Arab novelist had before. The choice was provocative to both Arab and Jewish readers. Arabesques is divided into two...
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Gaza Writes Back is a collection of short stories from fifteen young writers in Gaza, members of a generation that has suffered immensely under Israel's siege and blockade. Their experiences, especially during and following Israel's 2008-2009 offensive known as "Operation Cast Lead", have fundamentally impacted their lives and their writing. Indeed, many of these writers saw the war as a catalyst for their writing, as they sought an outlet and a voice...