Lebanese Blonde

Author : Joseph Geha
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472028626
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lebanese Blonde written by Joseph Geha and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lebanese Blonde takes place in 1975-76 at the beginning of Lebanon's sectarian civil war. Set primarily in the Toledo, Ohio, "Little Syria" community, it is the story of two immigrant cousins: Aboodeh, a self-styled entrepreneur; and Samir, his young, reluctant accomplice. Together the two concoct a scheme to import Lebanese Blonde, a potent strain of hashish, into the United States, using the family's mortuary business as a cover. When Teyib, a newly arrived war refugee, stumbles onto their plans, his clumsy efforts to gain acceptance raise suspicion. Who is this mysterious "cousin," and what dangers does his presence pose? Aboodeh and Samir's problems grow still more serious when a shipment goes awry and their links to the war-ravaged homeland are severed. Soon it's not just Aboodeh and Samir's livelihoods and futures that are imperiled, but the stability of the entire family.

Author : Natalie Khazaal
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815654510
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pretty Liar written by Natalie Khazaal and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a new, irresistible brand of television emerge from the Lebanese Civil War (1975–91) to conquer the Arab region in the satellite era? What role did seductive news anchors, cool language teachers, superheroes, and gossip magazines play in negotiating a modern relationship between television and audiences? How did the government lose its television monopoly to sectarian militias? Pretty Liar tells the untold story of the coevolution of Lebanese television and its audience, and the ways in which the Civil War of 1975–91 influenced that transformation. Based on empirical data, Khazaal explores the rise of language and gender politics in Lebanese television and the storm of controversy during which these issues became a referendum on television’s relevance. This groundbreaking book challenges the narrow focus on present-day satellite television and social media, offering the first account of how broadcast television transformed media legitimacy in the Arab world. With its analysis of news, entertainment, and educational shows from Télé Liban and LBC, novels, periodicals, and popular culture, Pretty Liar demonstrates how television became a site for politics and political resistance, feminism, and the cradle of the postwar Lebanese culture. The history of television in Lebanon is not merely a record of corporate technology but the saga of a people and their continuing demand for responsive media during times of civil unrest.

Author : D. J. Short
Publisher : Ed Rosenthal
ISBN 13 : 9780932551597
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Exceptional Cannabis written by D. J. Short and published by Ed Rosenthal. This book was released on 2004-01-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the Marijuana Tips series, this accessible guide shows indoor cultivators how to refine their gardening techniques in order to markedly improve their crops. With an emphasis on organic methods, author DJ Short addresses every aspect of cultivation, from sprouting seeds, to lighting and temperature, to harvesting and curing. He also provides a wealth of information on marijuana breeding and plant selection.

Author : Ken Brawley
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146851850X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welcome Home, Son written by Ken Brawley and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-09-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OUT YONDER? OUT %&#$ING YONDER? WHERE THE HELL IS OUT YONDER AND WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU FROM? Right over there (pointing) that big clearing up there on the side of that hill. Lets send Dickson out there with a white flag and see if we can get him like a tree. Bet I can bust his ass with one shot, if you will order him to stand still. Roscoe, Texas YOURE FROM ROSCOE, TEXAS? Aw, come on Sir, dont tell me you have actually heard of Roscoe, hell, Rand McNally never heard of it. Capt. Robert Willis of Ruidosa, New Mexico was speechless. But just for a moment. Shaking his head, %&#$ING ROSCOE, TEXAS, I DONT BELIEVE THIS, I USE TO DRIVE THROUGH THAT WIDE SPOT WITH A GRAIN ELEVATOR ON THE WAY TO COLLEGE STATION. At the mention of College Station, a silly grin slowly spread across my face. He saw this and just about exploded. GO AHEAD BRAWLEY, MAKE MY DAY, JUST ONE LITTLE AGGIE JOKE AND BY GOD, I WILL HAVE YOU SHOT. GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I DO IT ANYWAY. I almost saluted before going back inside the center but figured that might indeed be the straw to ruin a fairly good camel.

Author : Tom Leins
Publisher : All Due Respect, an imprint of Down & Out Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Repetition Kills You written by Tom Leins and published by All Due Respect, an imprint of Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Repetition Kills You is an experimental noir. A novel-in-stories. A literary jigsaw puzzle. The book comprises 26 short stories, presented in alphabetical order, from ‘Actress on a Mattress’ to ‘Zero Sum’. Combined in different ways, they tell a larger, more complex story. The narrative timeline is warped, like a blood-soaked Möbius Strip. It goes round in circles—like a deranged animal chasing its own tail. The content is brutal and provocative: small-town pornography, gun-running, mutilation and violent, blood-streaked stories of revenge. The cast list includes sex offenders, serial killers, bare-knuckle fighters, carnies and corrupt cops. And a private eye with a dark past—and very little future. Welcome to Paignton Noir.

Author : Peter Bowles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1847377688
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ask Me if I'm Happy written by Peter Bowles and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Britain's best-loved comic actors, Peter Bowles is perhaps most famous for his role as nouveau riche lord of the manor, Richard de Vere, in the hit television comedy To the Manor Born. The show earned itself cult sit-com status when it first aired in the 1970s and 80s and, as the success of the 2007 Christmas special showed, it continues to be hugely popular around the world. Now, in this witty, charming and colourful memoir, Peter Bowles recalls experiences and anecdotes from the time as well as from countless other productions he has worked on during more than half a century in the business. From his early days at Stratford under the direction of John Osborne to roles on iconic television programmes like The Avengers and The Irish R.M., to his current work with the great Peter Hall, Peter Bowles has worked, and laughed, with some of the biggest names in British drama. Funny, candid and warming in equal measure, Peter Bowlesis the very personal story of this inspiring and quintessentially British actor.

Author : Nellooli Rajasekharan
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Pawn written by Nellooli Rajasekharan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-09-03 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The college-dropout son of an American professor and a Syrian refugee mother, Robert Frost, has two enemies: the US Army for wrongly dismissing him and the Syrian regime for slaughtering his mother’s family during the 1982 Hama massacre in Syria. Robert accepts to lead a dangerous mission to destabilize the Syrian Government. Using the money, he hopes to win back his wife and two daughters who had left him. Under different identities, he blazes a destructive trail with murders, betrayal, and intrigue with the Russians close on his heels. Will Robert succeed in paving the way for democracy in Syria and enthrone new masters? Set in war-torn Syria, this fast-paced thriller blends the author’s personal experience, deep insights, and history. With an intricate plot, convincing details, and many unforgettable characters, the story immortalizes the laments of the Syrian people. King Pawn is as thrilling as it is informative and prophetic about the end game in Syria.

Author : Carol Fadda-Conrey
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479826928
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Arab-American Literature written by Carol Fadda-Conrey and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last couple of decades have witnessed a flourishing of Arab-American literature across multiple genres. Yet, increased interest in this literature is ironically paralleled by a prevalent bias against Arabs and Muslims that portrays their long presence in the US as a recent and unwelcome phenomenon. Spanning the 1990s to the present, Carol Fadda-Conrey takes in the sweep of literary and cultural texts by Arab-American writers in order to understand the ways in which their depictions of Arab homelands, whether actual or imagined, play a crucial role in shaping cultural articulations of US citizenship and belonging. By asserting themselves within a US framework while maintaining connections to their homelands, Arab-Americans contest the blanket representations of themselves as dictated by the US nation-state. Deploying a multidisciplinary framework at the intersection of Middle-Eastern studies, US ethnic studies, and diaspora studies, Fadda-Conrey argues for a transnational discourse that overturns the often rigid affiliations embedded in ethnic labels. Tracing the shifts in transnational perspectives, from the founders of Arab-American literature, like Gibran Kahlil Gibran and Ameen Rihani, to modern writers such as Naomi Shihab Nye, Joseph Geha, Randa Jarrar, and Suheir Hammad, Fadda-Conrey finds that contemporary Arab-American writers depict strong yet complex attachments to the US landscape. She explores how the idea of home is negotiated between immigrant parents and subsequent generations, alongside analyses of texts that work toward fostering more nuanced understandings of Arab and Muslim identities in the wake of post-9/11 anti-Arab sentiments.

Author : Scott McEwen
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250088240
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Camp Valor written by Scott McEwen and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Wyatt avoids a prison sentence by agreeing to spend three months in a secret government training camp for teenage agents, but when enemies try to root out Camp Valor's secrets, Wyatt and his friends have to put their training into practice to protect their country.

Author : Raymond Barrett
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
ISBN 13 : 1473644631
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dubai Dreams written by Raymond Barrett and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Dubai: a place where the confines of the imagination no longer apply. Dubai has become the watchword for all things new, glittering and very bling - a billionaire's dream world and a haven for international expatriates promising a fantasy land of tax-free fun, sun and sin. In less than a generation, this small city-state on the Arabian Gulf has been transformed from a sleepy smuggler's cove to a global financial and entertainment hub home to a number of world records, including the world's tallest building, the largest man-made island and the biggest shopping mall. But what is life really like for the people who live and work in the city of Dubai, beyond the towering skyscrapers, luxury resorts and opulent mansions? Rather than just desert Sheikhs and designer-clad Emiratis, Raymond Barrett also encounters a dizzy melange of expatriates - Iranians, Ethiopians, Indians, Afghans, British and Chinese - all living their own version of The Dubai Dream. Behind the hyperbole and marketing spin, what are the real stories the city has to tell? From seven-star hotels to immigrant labour camps, from Sunni mosques to Hindu temples and from the courthouse to a back-alley speakeasy, Barrett draws a fascinating picture of the brave new world emerging from these desert sands. He reveals the hidden side of this playboy paradise and considers whether Dubai is a doomed Plastic Arabia or an authentic 21st century success story.