The Golden Chariot
Author: Salwa Bakr
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789774161797
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Author: Salwa Bakr
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789774161797
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Author: Salwa Bakr
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2008-04-01
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 1617971936
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From her cell in a women's prison, Aziza decides to create a golden chariot to take her to heaven, where her wishes and dreams can be fulfilled. As she muses on who to take with her, she tells the life stories of her fellow prisoners and decides in her heart which ones deserve a free ride to paradise. Aziza's cruelly frank comments about her friends and their various crimes including murder, theft, and drug-dealing weave these tales together into a contemporary Arabian Nights. Salwa Bakr takes a wry and cynical look at how women from widely differing backgrounds, some innocent and some guilty, come together in a single prison ward. Salwa Bakr's writing depicts life at the grassroots of Egypt's culture, admiring its resilience in the face of poverty and inequality. With a strong distrust of imported kitsch, western consumerism is contrasted with the indigenous culture. In The Golden Chariot, Salwa Bakr opens a magical door, through which we are able to see the injustices of a society in transition. Beyond these stories of crime, we glimpse the yearning and longing for a better life, and the problems of not being able to realize these dreams by honest means.
Author: Jen Kallimer
Publisher: CF4kids
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781845509811
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Author: Philippa Wiat
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780709173298
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Chris Richards
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2012-11-01
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781481001007
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It lay undiscovered for 4000 years the fabulous Golden Chariot of King Artemis bided it's time until the true ruler of the Berber nation came to reclaim it and lead his people to victory. Unearthed again amid the chaos of war the Chariot leads the warriors of a new age to a very different fate. The Golden Chariot is a tale of greed, betrayal and young love lost and found. Will Eddie lay his demons to rest? Will Hoffer assassinate the Fuhrer and bring about a new world order? Will Susan rediscover her one true love? Will Merklemann finally get his hands on the treasure? Find out in The Golden Chariot. Book one of the Spoils of War series.
Author: Damian Harvey
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9780749674151
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Brightly illustrated, exciting retellings of classic stories, not more than 400 words long to promote visual literacy. 5 yrs+
Author: Lafayette Janes Robertson
Publisher:
Published: 1946
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jack Ford
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-07-31
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1496713095
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on little-known true events, this astonishing account from Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Jack Ford vividly recreates a treacherous journey toward freedom, a time when the traditions of the Old South still thrived—and is a testament to determination, friendship, and courage . . . Two decades before the Civil War, a middle-class farmer named Samuel Maddox lies on his deathbed. Elsewhere in his Virginia home, a young woman named Kitty knows her life is about to change. She is one of the Maddox family’s slaves—and Samuel’s biological daughter. When Samuel’s wife, Mary, inherits her husband’s property, she will own Kitty, too, along with Kitty’s three small children. Already in her fifties and with no children of her own, Mary Maddox has struggled to accept her husband’s daughter, a strong-willed, confident, educated woman who works in the house and has been treated more like family than slave. After Samuel’s death, Mary decides to grant Kitty and her children their freedom, and travels with them to Pennsylvania, where she will file papers declaring Kitty’s emancipation. Helped on their perilous flight by Quaker families along the Underground Railroad, they finally reach the free state. But Kitty is not yet safe. Dragged back to Virginia by a gang of slave catchers led by Samuel’s own nephew, who is determined to sell her and her children, Kitty takes a defiant step: charging the younger Maddox with kidnapping and assault. On the surface, the move is brave yet hopeless. But Kitty has allies—her former mistress, Mary, and Fanny Withers, a rich and influential socialite who is persuaded to adopt Kitty’s cause and uses her resources and charm to secure a lawyer. The sensational trial that follows will decide the fate of Kitty and her children—and bond three extraordinary yet very different women together in their quest for justice.
Author: USA House of Representatives
Publisher:
Published: 1870
Total Pages: 878
ISBN-13:
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