It all begins with an ad in the newspaper. When Jean Sasson, a young Southern woman living in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, answers a call to work in the royal hospital in Saudi Arabia, what should have been a two-year...
This is a compelling and bewitching first novel, perfect for book groups, that mixes old world magic with modern adventure. Welcome to the Empty Quarter, the domain of Djinn, ghouls, demons and the effrit who take the shapes of...
Daughters of Iraq” is the compelling story of three women from the same family. It is the story of emigration from Iraq to Israel in the early 1950’s as experienced by two sisters: Violet, whom we learn about through...
Osborne travels from Dubai, to Calcutta, on to the Andamans, Bangkok, Bali and finally Papua New Guineau. An opinionated and insightful view of these wonderful places with a bit of history thrown in.
This novel from Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth, takes place in Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the First World. Virtually every European country is in Iraq, waiting for the weakened Ottoman Empire to...
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