An astonishingly powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women's rights in the Muslim world. Zakia and Ali were from different tribes, but they grew up on neighboring farms in t…
"Ingrid Betancourt, a senator and a presidential candidate in Colombia, grew up among diplomats, literati, and artists who congregated at her parents' elegant home in Paris, France. Her father served as Colombia's ambassador to UNESCO and her mother, a political activist, contin…
"Ingrid Betancourt, a senator and a presidential candidate in Colombia, grew up among diplomats, literati, and artists who congregated at her parents' elegant home in Paris, France. Her father served as Colombia's ambassador to UNESCO and her mother, a political activist, contin…
Couscous and other good food from Morocco
by Wolfert, Paula, Green, Gael, Coryn, Sidonie
Presents the life and political career of the Iranian religious leader, detailing his role in implementing the Islamic revolution and the imposition of strict Islamic rule, his support of the war with Iraq, and his continuing influence on the policies ofthe current government.--…
Presents the life and political career of the Iranian religious leader, detailing his role in implementing the Islamic revolution and the imposition of strict Islamic rule, his support of the war with Iraq, and his continuing influence on the policies ofthe current government.
"When an unexpected medical crisis sends [the author] on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely …
"When an unexpected medical crisis sends [the author] on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely …
An investigation into the cultural and historical significance of psychedelic mushrooms traces their earliest recorded uses by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia to their reemergence on America's popular cultural landscape.
An investigation into the cultural and historical significance of psychedelic mushrooms traces their earliest recorded uses by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia to their reemergence on America's popular cultural landscape.
Looks at the history of the rise of Christianity as expeirenced by the adherents of the traditional religions of the ancient world who directly experienced the major disruptions brought about by the rise of what they viewed as an upstart cult.