Gazelle

2007-12-18 Fiction

Author : Rikki Ducornet
Release : 2007-12-18
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 009/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Gazelle by : Rikki Ducornet

Download or read book Gazelle written by Rikki Ducornet. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As mesmerizing as a tale from the lips of Sheherazade, Gazelle traces the story of Elizabeth, a thirteen-year-old American girl whose adolescent passion is awakened in the exotic climate of 1950s Cairo. While her mother–whose beauty and sexual prowess both frighten and fascinate Elizabeth–moves into a hotel to pursue a string of lovers, her father, a historian, loses himself in a world of chess and toy soldiers. Elizabeth’s imagination, primed by an explicit edition of The Arabian Nights, leads her to fantasies about her father’s friend, a gentle, older man named Ramses Ragab, a perfume maker who visits their house regularly to play games of war and who opens her up to the mystery of hieroglyphics and the art of exotic scents.

The Beduins' Gazelle

1998-01-17 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Frances Temple
Release : 1998-01-17
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 695/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Beduins' Gazelle written by Frances Temple. This book was released on 1998-01-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When she and he were only babies, they were pledged in marriage. Now Atiyah has been sent away -- a political pawn in a war between the Beduin tribes in the year 1302. He vows to return to her as soon as he can. But while Atiyah is studying at the great university in Fez, Halima is lost in a sandstorm. Rescued by an enemy tribe, she is told that she must marry their powerful sheikh and live in his harem -- never to see her people again. Halima does what she can to resist, but she has no choice. In three moons' time she will become the youngest wife of the cruel and greedy Raisulu -- unless Atiyah can find her. But where in the vast sea of desert can he begin his search for his beloved?The last novel from award-winning author Frances Temple, this companion to The Ramsay Scallop is a romantic tale of intrigue, adventure, and true love, set against the backdrop of medieval Arabia. ‘Temple’s evocation of the Beduin—a grand, generous nation of poets and storytellers shaped by their religion and their hostile, sometimes beautiful, environment—is easily as vivid as the storyline. . . . This book glitters with the intelligence and skill of a gifted storyteller, and will sweep readers along on an exotic, satisfying adventure.’ —Pointer/Kirkus Reviews An American Bookseller Association Pick of the Lists, 1996 A Book Links Editors' Choice of 1996The last novel from award-winning author Frances Temple, this companion to The Ramsay Scallop is a romantic tale of intrigue, adventure, and true love, set against the backdrop of medieval Arabia. ‘Temple’s evocation of the Beduin—a grand, generous nation of poets and storytellers shaped by their religion and their hostile, sometimes beautiful, environment—is easily as vivid as the storyline. . . . This book glitters with the intelligence and skill of a gifted storyteller, and will sweep readers along on an exotic, satisfying adventure.’ —Pointer/Kirkus Reviews An American Bookseller Association Pick of the Lists, 1996 A Book Links Editors' Choice of 1996

The Riddle of the Ruby Gazelle

2013-01-08 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Carolyn Keene
Release : 2013-01-08
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 817/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Riddle of the Ruby Gazelle written by Carolyn Keene. This book was released on 2013-01-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While helping raise money for a Brooklyn park, Nancy must track down the kidnapper who has abducted a performing band’s lead singer—and discovers a hidden motive buried deep in the city’s past.

19 Varieties of Gazelle

2005-03-15 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Naomi Shihab Nye
Release : 2005-03-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 048/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book 19 Varieties of Gazelle written by Naomi Shihab Nye. This book was released on 2005-03-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EM"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."/em Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside. EMMaybe they have something to tell us./em Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.

Gazelles

2011-08-01 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Release : 2011-08-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 213/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Gazelles written by Megan Borgert-Spaniol. This book was released on 2011-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an act known as Òpronking,Ó gazelles leap straight into the air with their backs arched before landing on all four feet. Their motive is a mystery, but it may just be their way of telling predators ÒCanÕt touch this!Ó See what else gazelles can do in this fact-filled title.

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