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"In this heartbreaking Turkish novel based on the real-life sinking of a refugee ship during World War II, an elderly professor leaves America to revisit the city where he last saw his beloved wife. Istanbul, 1999. Maya Duran is a single mother struggling to balance a demanding job at Istanbul University with the challenges of raising a teenage son. Her worries increase when she is tasked with looking after the enigmatic Maximilian Wagner, an elderly...
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Magical reality of Nadia volume 1
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From Bassem Youssef, a.k.a. The Jon Stewart of the Arab World, comes a hilarious and heartfelt story about prejudice, friendship, empathy, and courage. Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her: - She collects bobbleheads -- she has 77 so far. - She moved from Egypt to America when she was six years old. - The hippo amulet she wears is ancient...as in it's literally from ancient Egypt. - She's going to win the contest to design a new exhibit...
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Nadia Wolf arrives in Las Vegas, knowing her bad luck will return as soon as the plane lands. While Caleb is quite talented at keeping her mind off nearly everything, not even he can stop a past threat that continues to plague them. One by one her friends begin to disappear. When Caleb vanishes next, Nadia must hurry to find him and the others before time runs out and all is lost. Everyone is here for the epic finale! Start reading today!
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Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her:
• She collects bobbleheads - she has 77 so far.
• She moved from Egypt to America when she was six years old.
• The hippo amulet she wears is ancient... as in it's literally from ancient Egypt.
• She's going to win the contest to design a new exhibit at the local museum. Because how cool would that be?!
(Okay, so that last one isn't a fact just yet, but Nadia has plans to make it one.)
But...
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Nadia Stafford duology volume 3
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"In Wild Justice, Nadia is confronted with her most difficult task to date: going after the man who killed her cousin Amy twenty years prior. But when it turns out that someone else has already taken justice into their own hands, she is drawn into a complex situation where everything she knows and loves is thrown into the path of danger. Nadia is forced to take matters into her own hands, ultimately requiring her to confront her darkest secrets--and...
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Tout en apprenant à utiliser son cadeau, Jillian Blairington a rencontré une sœur nommée Nadia qui a le pouvoir de parler dans son esprit. Jillian est devenue plutt amoureuse d'elle.
Maintenant, elle est devenue silencieuse.
Jillian se tourne vers son amie, Danielle Matheson, et ensemble, elles élaborent un plan fou pour amener Jillian aux ctés de Nadia afin qu'elle puisse la sortir du coma.
Pendant ce temps, Danielle essaie d'éviter...
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¿Hasta dónde llegarías para salvar a alguien que amas?
Mientras aprendía a usar su Regalo Moldeador de Sueños, Jillian Blairington conoció a una hermana llamada Nadia que tiene el poder de hablar dentro de la mente. Jillian se ha encariñado bastante con ella.
Ahora, ella se ha quedado en silencio.
Jillian recurre a su amiga, Danielle Matheson, y juntas traman un loco plan para llevar a Jillian al lado de Nadia para que pueda despertarla...
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Cuando la bella lady Gwendolyn Sherbrooke, se encuentra por primera vez con sir Philip Chadleigh, un miembro del parlamento devastadoramente guapo, hay algo que extrañamente le es familiar, algo estremece entre ellos, pero ella está segura de que nunca lo había visto antes, y es advertida, que él estaba irremediablemente poseído por el recuerdo de un amor perdido, una hermosa joven que había muerto por él, hace algunos años atrás. Ninguna...
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tiger tales
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2022.
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"Nadia spends as much time as she can at her friend Violet's house, playing with the kittens that Violet's mom brings home from her job at the animal rescue center. When Violet tells Nadia about a pregnant cat urgently in need of a place to stay, Nadia convinces her parents to foster Gracie for the summer. After Gracie gives birth to five beautiful kittens, Nadia is instantly drawn to the smallest and sweetest, whom she names Luna. But while the other...
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It was hate at first sight…Nadia knew Caleb was the enemy from the day they met. His best friend had devastated one of her squad, and Caleb was nothing but an absolute jerk. In the name of friendship, Nadia is willing to tolerate him … but that doesn't make Mr. Arrogance any more charming. At least game night is still just for the girls, right?Now that Jake's back with his girl, Caleb finds himself bored and lonely. When Nadia needs rescuing from...
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David Estes is a retired Seattle police officer. Prior to joining the police office, he served in Vietnam as an infantry squad leader. He is a native of La Grange, Georgia. At an early age, he moved to South Dakota where he met his wife, Evangeline Schwartz living in Sturgis, South Dakota. He presently resides in Lewiston, Idaho, and is the editor of a monthly newsletter and Internet blog called The Idaho Observer.
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"In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years...
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"The warm and winning story of starting a bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan"--
Cairo, 2002. with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, Wassef founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, culture was languishing under government mismanagement,...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 Yazidi villages have been targets for persecution for centuries, and Kocho was no different. The Yazidis were constantly being pulled between the competing forces of Iraq's Sunni Arabs and Sunni Kurds, who wanted them to deny their Yazidi heritage and conform to Kurdish or Arab identities.
#2 The rest of Iraq was outside of Kocho, and in peacetime, it would take...
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