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February 2011Umm Kulthum
Artistic Agency and the Shaping of an Arab Legend, 1967–2007
by Laura Lohman
How an extraordinary woman shaped her career and legacy through war
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Humanities & Social SciencesEstablishment of Women's Associations in the United Arab Emirates
by Mouza Al Alghufli
The book discusses the emergence of women’s associations in the UAE and introduces their establishment, branches and affiliated centers, the laws of these associations, their administrative structure, and their financial resources, starting from Abu Dhabi Women’s Association in Abu Dhabi 1973, Umm Al Quwain Women Association 1973, Women’s Union Association in Sharjah 1973, Umm Al Moumineen Women's Association in Ajman 1974, and Al Nahda Women's Association in Ras Al Khaimah 1979. It also highlights the emergence of the General Women's Union in the UAE in 1975, and the interest of His Late Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the UAE, in Emirati women’s issues, and his constant encouragement of them by supporting the Mother of the Nation, Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of the General Women's Union, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation, and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, which made it one of the Union's most prominent achievements in the advancement of Emirati women. The research deals with the Dubai Women's Association, using it, as an example, for monitoring what has been accomplished by the Association in service of its affiliates in particular and society in general. The time frame for the research in this book is set as starting from 1973, the year in which the first women's association was established in the UAE (Abu Dhabi Women’s Association), until 2001, the year in which the UAE's General Women's Union obtained a silver jubilee.
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Humanities & Social SciencesEmergence and Development of Police in the Trucial States
by Mubarak Bashir Mubarak
This research is concerned with issues of security and protection of the newly established institutions in the Trucial States before by the Union, from 1955 to 1971, during which period of time the sheikhs and officials began to be interested in security issues and the provision of means to preserve the first institutions within each emirate. This was only able to be done by creating a police service, which would be assigned the tasks of oversight and defense. Each emirate paid attention to this important sector and worked to implement its plans. Dubai was a pioneer in formulating the initial structure of a security institution and in qualifying police officers who would guard the emerging institutions, manage and maintain security in various parts of the Emirate, then the rest of the other emirates followed suit; therefore, such a protective structure appeared successively in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, and Fujairah. The research also focuses on pursuing the development of these institutions and their various branches and structures, from their emergence to the establishment of the Union, and the number of the Union's supervisors, including foreign experts, most of whom were British, the citizens who helped them. The research does not neglect any of the affairs of security institutions, as it provides all the statistics related to employees, such as clothing, salaries, grants, equipment, and more. Although there is a scarcity of documentary sources and despite the lack of interest in this field, the research includes most of the sources, extracts their most prominent components and contents, and mentions lists of names of employees in this sector, their ranks, salaries, and their career and social status.
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HistoryExcavations at ed‐Dur
by Ernie Haerinck- Translated by Dr. Hamad bin Sarai and Prof. Hanan Salem Al Hashemi
The late Dr. Ernie Haerinck is one of the most significant European archaeologists, who communicated with the Arab Gulf and carried out many archaeological excavations in the region. Most important of which was the excavation of the ed-Dur site in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain, which is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Arabian Gulf, dating back to the period from the first century BC to the second century AD. Dr. Haerinck has published a number of works and research on the findings of the excavation at the site, one of which is this book, in which he, along with his team, excavated in ed-Dur temple and its surroundings. The temple is also known as "The Temple of the Sun God". The temple has two doors, eastern and western doors, along with a number of altars near it intended for offering sacrifices. The author believes that this temple is surrounded by a sanctuary, in which the visitors gather, then enter the temple from its eastern door and exit from its western door. The author also believes that this temple is the most notable place of worship discovered so far in the southeast Arabia. The author included an accurate architectural description of the temple, in addition to the surrounding altars, as well as documenting a number of archaeological discoveries that were found during excavation and archaeological surveys, such as: coins, stucco decorations on the walls of the temple, some Roman bronze artifacts such as the saddles, for example, stone statues of a bird likely to be an eagle. The book contains several photos, diagrams and drawings explaining its contents.
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FictionFebruary 2010Zombie Fallout
A Michael Talbot Adventure
by Mark Tufo
Late Fall - 2010 Reuters - Estimates say that nearly three thousand people nationwide, and fifteen thousand people worldwide have died of the H1N1 virus or Swine flu and nearly eighty thousand cases have been confirmed in hospitals and clinics across the United States and the world, the World Heath Organization reported. The influenza pandemic of 2010, while not nearly as prolific as the one that raged in 1918 still has citizens around the world in a near state of panic. New York Post (Headlines October 31st) - Beware! Children Carry Germs! - Halloween Canceled! New York Times - (Headlines November 3rd) - Swine flu claims latest victim - Vice President surrounded by family and friends at the end. Boston Globe - (Headlines November 28th) - Swine Flu Vaccinations Coming! Boston Herald - (Headlines December 6th) - Shots in Short Supply - Lines Long! National Enquirer - (Headlines December 7th) - The Dead Walk! There would be no more headlines. It started in a lab at the CDC (Center for Disease Control), virologists were so relieved to finally have an effective vaccination against the virulent swine flu. Pressure to come up with something had come from the highest office in the land. In an attempt at speed the virologists had made two mistakes, first they used a live virus and second they didn't properly test for side effects. Within days hundreds of thousands of vaccinations shipped across the US and the world. People lined up for the shots, like they were waiting in line for concert tickets. Fights broke out in drugstores as fearful throngs tried their best to get one of the limited shots. Within days the CDC knew something was wrong. Between 4 and 7 hours of receiving the shot roughly 95% succumbed to the active H1N1 virus in the vaccination. More unfortunate than the death of the infected was the added side effect of reanimation, it would be a decade before scientists were able to ascertain how that happened. The panic that followed couldn't be measured. Loved ones did what loved ones always do, they tried to comfort, their kids or their spouses or their siblings, but what came back was not human not even remotely. Those people that survived their first encounter with these monstrosities usually did not come through unscathed, if bitten they had fewer than 6 hours of humanity left, the clock was ticking. During the first few hysteria ridden days of The Coming as it has become known, many thought the virus was airborne, luckily that was not the case or nobody would have survived. It was a dark time in human history. One from which we may never be able to pull ourselves out of the ashes from.
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September 2020A Spiritual Pathway to Recovery From Addiction
A Phycisian's Journey of Discovery
by Linville M. Meadows, M.D.
A SPIRITUAL PATHWAY TO RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION is the memoir of a group of physicians going through an intensive rehab program for addiction to drugs and alcohol. It is presented as a collection of their stories and the lessons they encountered during their time together. It is a step by step guide to understanding the disease of addiction and how to treat it. Here you will discover how to overcome alcoholism and drug addiction through the use of spiritual tools-a simple and successful treatment that works for impaired physicians and can be used by anyone. You will find answers to these questions: Am I an alcoholic? Am I an addict? How did I get this disease? Can it be cured? Will I ever be able to drink socially again? How can I get over this insane craving? How can spiritual principles help me? What is a Higher Power, and why do I need one? Topics covered include: The disease concept of addiction - Overcoming the uncontrollable craving - Finding the openness, honesty, and willingness to change - Dealing with past mistakes and removing character defects - Exchanging my old addictive ways of thinking for healthier ones - Finding spiritual principles I can live by - Living without fear or worry - Finding happiness within myself Addiction occurs among physicians at the same rate as in the general population, about 10%. Unlike the general population, however, an intensive rehabilitation program, geared specifically for their profession, vastly improves their chances of finding long-term sobriety. Over 70% of these physicians will be clean and sober-and practicing medicine-five years later.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesThe Garden Dwellers
by Liliana Stafford
The Garden Dwellers is an illustrated story book based around a group of little people in a magical garden. The story is suitable for children age six to ren or any child who loves fairies and magic. This book is the first in a series.
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Biography & True StoriesDiary of a Medical Student Or Life in the Tropical Paradise
Or Life in the Tropical Paradise
by Katerina Naumenko
I began my “diary” as a way to keep my loved ones updated half a world away, myself in Grenada – West Indies and everyone else in USA, on my well being. I was not in the best physical health and there were a lot of people worried that I may not make it back …alive. What came out as a result of my highly optimistically edited updates, at least initially, is a story of the wonders I discovered while studying in what can only described as “tropical paradise”. Alas, the tropics were replaced by the hectic life in the New York City – The Big Apple… with many wonderful discoveries and lessons to learn from. And then, the first, and likely last, five months of my internship as a brand new doctor. The work includes brief glimpses into both what I studied in Grenada course wise and what I did outside of class. When I began my clinical years of training in New York City it has brief snippets about interesting cases I've encountered and lessons I learned along the way, prejudices that were dropped, frustrations, and adventures outside of the hospital walls. Lastly, it is closed with my adventures and lessons as a freshly minted unlicenced doctor in my first, and likely last, five months of internship in family medicine.
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Children's & YAFebruary 2022The Curiosity Club
Alice Alone book 1 of 3
by Sally Harris
When Alice Chang starts out at her new school, everything isn’t quite as rosy as she’d dreamed. First, she falls out with previous best friend, Gigi, and then she finds that the only after-school club still available is GAS (Girls Achieving at STEM) which Alice considers extremely uncool. However, with the help of an inspirational teacher and two new best friends, Alice discovers that being cool isn’t always what it looks like in teen magazines and that being yourself and being smart can be the coolest thing of all.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesJanuary 2017That One Night
Novel
by Arunika Senarath
Love at first sight: Amina and Sten run into each other in Dresden. After a romantic dinner in a back room of the Semper Opera House, they see each other more often. But something stands between them. Not only Amina's past, but also Sten's racism. Against the backdrop of Dresden's Elbe Baroque, the pretty Amina falls in love with Sten with the ice-blue eyes. But do they really fit together? Because he belongs to a racist movement, and she hates prejudices. She also carries a heavy package of a bad party night during her school days, in which he seems to be somehow involved.In her debut novel, the young author Arunika Senarath creates a contemporary staff of young people who study, love, argue, celebrate between Neustadt and the Frauenkirche. And who is not unaffected by the political jolt to the right. With a sample translation into English of the first chapters.
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Shadows & Light, The Life of James McBey
by Alasdair Soussi
Creative genius, war artist, adventurer, lover. These are just some of the words that can be used to describe Aberdeenshire-born painter and printmaker James McBey (1883– 1959). This illegitimate son of a blacksmiths’ daughter was the acknowledged heir to Whistler and Rembrandt. But after his death in 1959, his renown as one of Britain’s most accomplished artists faded. At the heart of this biography is his time as a war artist in the Middle East during the Great War, his love affairs, marriage to a beautiful American and his enduring passion for Morocco. This biography reinstates a great 20th century artist whose respectful focus brought the Arab world into the British consciousness.
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The Abode of Bliss
by D.C.Fernback
This book is 120,000 words long about 350 pages. The Abode of Bliss is a love story set in the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century, the golden age of power, that takes the reader deep into the inner sanctum of the Sultan’s palace, into the world of the harem, the true locus of power of The Ottoman Empire. We learn of the fascinating politics of this dynasty and the means of recruitment to dynastic service, and slowly its weaknesses and strengths are exposed and the menace of the ruthless Janissaries and the executioner’s silken chord becomes clear.
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FictionSeptember 2020Doing It the Left Way
by H. L. Clifford
A solo, 10-day vacation in southern Italy. What could be better for a newly divorced mother of two? Nothing! Mila couldn't be more excited! With her first trip to Europe and the first time away from her children, she's ready to jump start her new life. Gorgeous Italian scenery, the excitement of experiencing a new country and the promises from a beautiful Italian man. Mila is set... for everything. Hot sunny days turn into steamy nights on the Amalfi Coast and Mila learns how to maneuver through it all. But men and the world... have they changed, or has she?
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FictionJanuary 2018Victims for Sale
by Nish Amarnath
A fledgling TV reporter fights to expose a crime ring where mentally challenged women are sexually abused and forcibly sterilized. Sandy swaps a TV gig in Mumbai for life as a media researcher and BBC stringer in London, where she arranges to live as a paying guest with the Sawants, The Sawants are a regular quiet Indian family. Or so she thinks. But her first night at the Sawants' home finds her waking up to a young woman with a knife at her throat...and a dark secret. An ominous stranger is found snooping on the Sawants' porch, weeks later. The family seems to be hiding something. It's only after Sandy runs a sting operation on a care home for differently-abled women that she makes a connection between an institute acting as a front for a sinister nexus and the odd family she lives with. Chasing the truth up a trail of brutal murders, Sandy must expose the predators and step up to the deranged kingpin of a thriving sex racket. Before time runs out. For fans of Stieg Larsson's 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' and Sophie Hannah's 'A Room Swept White', this debut psychological thriller and crime suspense novel, set in London, is a strident expose on an under-reported form of social injustice where the line of distinction between the betrayer and the betrayed increasingly fades into oblivion.
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RomanceAugust 2014For Your Love
by Candy Caine
Struggling through an unhappy relationship, Carla Millhouse decides on a makeover—of herself and her life. She joins a gym to lose weight, buys a sexy wardrobe and changes her hair. But even though she is focused on trying to save her relationship, she finds herself gradually becoming intrigued by her hunky, green-eyed gym buddy, Richard. Especially when she starts having torrid, sexy dreams about him. Trying to put a devastating broken engagement behind him, high powered attorney, Richard Klein, is definitely not in the market for a relationship. Then he begins having hot fantasies about his dusky, voluptuous friend, Carla--but she belongs to someone else. And in Richard’s book, it’s against the rules to poach. But after one explosive, passionate evening together, he sets out to change the rules…
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The ArtsOctober 2020The Elements of Song Craft
by Billy Seidman
An effective new songwriting vocabulary supported by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. The Elements Of Song Craft does for songwriters what William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White’s The Elements Of Style did for English language students and writers alike; gives an all-in-one definitive manifesto for contemporary songwriters in every genre to organize, understand, and practice the rules, principles, definitions, forms, and song craft needed to create good songs, songs of undeniable creative power and beauty, songs that last.The Elements of Song Craft beelines directly to the most important aspect of writing good songs—identifying the key emotion living at the heart of the song—then offers a step-by-step process to harnessing that singular emotional power. Additionally, a dozen other strategies, formulas, perspectives, and exercises are offered in the book.The Elements of Song Craft introduces, for the first time to a general songwriting audience, an effective new songwriting vocabulary utilized by songwriters taught in the SONG ARTS ACADEMY method and supported by ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC, the world’s leading Performance Rights Organizations at the heart of the songwriting business, as well as at NYU Steinhardt’s and The New School’s songwriting programs, for over sixteen years. Thousands of song arts participants, including hit songwriters and The Voice and American Idol contestants, have been trained in this method.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMusic against walls in the Arab-Israeli conflict
by Ana Arambarri
With an agile, precise and sustained style Música Contra los Muros explores the influence of music on the human being in extreme circumstances. Different choral voices immerse the reader in the geopolitical labyrinth of the Middle East and tell a true and little-known story: that of famous musicians who canceled all their commitments and voluntarily traveled to Israel to encourage their compatriots who were fighting at the front. Against this backdrop, suggestive narrative threads are woven: the passionate romance of the pianist Daniel Barenboim with the cellist Jacqueline du Pré during the Six Day War; the account of Israeli soldiers, whose voices were censored for forty years, forced to participate in a war in which they did not believe; or the torn lives of thousands of Palestinians who, since the occupation, lost the right to a decent and dignified life. Hand in hand with a narrative strategy that recalls the New Journalism that emerged in the sixties, a reconciliation proposal is offered: the case of the West-Eastern Divan orchestra, made up of Arab, Israeli and Palestinian musicians, shows that thanks to music, coexistence is possible. Edward Said, a Palestinian thinker and philosopher, asked himself: Who knows how far we are going to be able to change the thoughts and convictions of these young people thanks to music? The energy of this interrogation continues to challenge the possibilities of the present, while confirming the success of an experience as unusual as it is fascinating.
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June 2022I Only Cry With Emoticons
by Yuvi Zalkow
I Only Cry with Emoticons is a story about the many superficial ways we connect in a world full of communication devices, and how one guy learns how to connect with the people he cares about in real life. Saul’s the kind of guy who hides in the bathroom at his high-tech day job in order to write a novel about his dead grandfather, and then he wonders why his boss wants to fire him. Saul tells his almost-ex-wife about a blind date and then wonders why she slams the door in his face. When Saul gets drunk and tells his new girlfriend that he wants her to meet his ex-wife, he doesn’t understand why his girlfriend leaves him. While Saul’s career and love life crumble, he tries not to let that mess up his precious relationship with his seven-year-old son, who’s more comfortable living with Saul’s ex and her new boyfriend. When the pieces of Saul’s life crash into each other, we find out if he can wake up and cobble together a more connected life, a life as a decent dad in a decent relationship, while still finishing that novel about his bankrupt, drunk grandfather who struggled with the very same things. I Only Cry with Emoticons is about the ways that we try to connect with each other in a time when we’re sometimes more connected to our devices than our friends and family.
