2021, ISBN: 9780871403735

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New York: Scholastic , 2001. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial boards. School/Library Binding (sewn). "With this impeccabl… Mehr…

New York: Scholastic , 2001. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial boards. School/Library Binding (sewn). "With this impeccably crafted novel two-time Newbery Medalist Konigsburg (The View from Saturday) again demonstrates her keen insight into the needs and tastes of a middle-grade audience. Here she ventures into what seems, for her, unusually dark territory. The story begins with a transcript of a 911 phone call. The caller himself (shortly afterward identified as 13-year-old Branwell Zamborska) appears silent, then a young British woman (an au pair) takes the phone and says that a six-month baby is unconscious: "He dropped her." As the comatose baby undergoes hospitalization, Branwell is struck mute and brought to a county facility for disturbed youths while prosecutors weigh charges against him. Young readers, unlikely to recall Louise Woodward and the Eappens, will be rapt as Konigsburg slowly unravels the true circumstances of the baby's accident and of Branwell's silence. Connor, Branwell's best friend, narrates and serves as detective, ingeniously finding a way to prise clues out of Branwell and piece them together. He enlists the help of his 20-something half-sister Margaret, one of those brilliant, slightly cryptic and idiosyncratic heroines Konigsburg fashions so well. In her classic style, the author inlays the plot with intriguing facts that prove significant (e.g., a Frenchman paralyzed completely except for his left eye "wrote" a book by having a friend recite the alphabet, then blinking when she came to the letter he needed). Along the way, Konigsburg also investigates the dynamics of step-families, preadolescent sexuality and other knotty subjects -- the extraordinary achievement here is that she joins every element so seamlessly in the service of her gripping story. Ages 10-14." -- Publishers Weekly. "Silent to the Bone is an amazing children's book. Only E.L. Konigsburg could have written it because almost no other author has such an understanding of young people. No other author could have given the reader such insight to the character's lives. Silent to the Bone is mostly about these insights. The plot follows Connor and Branwell, two thirteen-year-olds. Branwell has been accused of shaking and dropping the baby, but has become mute after whatever it was that happenned. Connor doesn't think that Branwell committed the crime; so he takes it upon himself to get Branwell to speak. To do this, though, means Connor (with his sister's help) must begin to peal back the layers of Branwell's life. He must learn exactly why Branwell became silent. He must learn about the tension and stress in the family's like (all the while, learning about his own family). Connor must try to piece together what happened at Branwell's home the months preceeding the accident as well as the day of the accident. The end result is almost a detective novel, but one with psychological insights. Silent to the Bone is a novel which will make a person think. Some of the themes may be too mature for younger readers, but young adults and older readers will gain from this novel and will certainly be fascinated and entertained by it." -- review by John. Book is in very good condition with very mild edge wear, surface smudging. Pages are clean and binding is tight. No dust jacket, Scholastic, 2001, 3, np. Times Books (c1980) HARDCOVER. VG+/Good dj. (top outer edge dust soiled, previous owners name on endpaper, endpapers lightly/partially foxed else covers & text clean/unmarked/tight. jacket complete/clean, lightly scuffed & edge worn) Small 8vo. Book Club Edition., Times Books, 2.75, LIttle Scholarz Pvt. Ltd., 2021. Paperback. New. 140 X 216 mm. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax.As the story begins in 1866, a mysterious sea monster, theorized by some to be a giant narwhal, is sighted by ships of several nations, an ocean liner is also damaged by the creature. The United States government finally assembles an expedition in New York City to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time and is a recognized expert in his field, is issued a last-minute invitation to join the expedition, and he accepts. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful assistant Conseil are also brought on board......, LIttle Scholarz Pvt. Ltd., 2021, 6, LIttle Scholarz Pvt. Ltd., 2019. Paperback. New. 158 X 241 mm. All Time Favourite 'Tales of Arabian Nights' is a series of interwoven stories. There was once a king known for his ravenous desire and destructive passion. His rapine hunger devoured many women and left them dead with his throes of passion. King Shahryar was known for his lust and when his eyes befell the gorgeous Scheherazade, all thought the girl was lost to his hunger. However, Scheherazade hatched a plan. She proposed telling Shahryar stories and the curious ruler agreed, though impatient to make love to her. He listened and as soon, she had his attention, but Scheherazade stopped the story, promising to continue the next night. Curious to know what happened next, the ruler left her untouched.Her plan continued for 1001 nights and engulfed Shahryar in a series of stories, which mixed all the magic, and mystery of Arabia.All the twelve stories are full of entertainment and fun. These are so beautifully narrated as to keep the young readers absorbed in reading the whole book in one go., LIttle Scholarz Pvt. Ltd., 2019, 6, LIttle Scholarz Pvt. Ltd., 2021. Paperback. New. 140 X 216 mm. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax.As the story begins in 1866, a mysterious sea monster, theorized by some to be a giant narwhal, is sighted by ships of several nations, an ocean liner is also damaged by the creature. The United States government finally assembles an expedition in New York City to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time and is a recognized expert in his field, is issued a last-minute invitation to join the expedition, and he accepts. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful assistant Conseil are also brought on board......, LIttle Scholarz Pvt. Ltd., 2021, 6, LIttle Scholarz Pvt. Ltd., 2019. Paperback. New. 158 X 241 mm. All Time Favourite 'Tales of Arabian Nights' is a series of interwoven stories. There was once a king known for his ravenous desire and destructive passion. His rapine hunger devoured many women and left them dead with his throes of passion. King Shahryar was known for his lust and when his eyes befell the gorgeous Scheherazade, all thought the girl was lost to his hunger. However, Scheherazade hatched a plan. She proposed telling Shahryar stories and the curious ruler agreed, though impatient to make love to her. He listened and as soon, she had his attention, but Scheherazade stopped the story, promising to continue the next night. Curious to know what happened next, the ruler left her untouched.Her plan continued for 1001 nights and engulfed Shahryar in a series of stories, which mixed all the magic, and mystery of Arabia.All the twelve stories are full of entertainment and fun. These are so beautifully narrated as to keep the young readers absorbed in reading the whole book in one go., LIttle Scholarz Pvt. Ltd., 2019, 6, Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist for Non-FictionLonglisted for the Cundill History PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice SelectionA revelatory and game-changing narrative that rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world.With majestic prose, Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Flying in the face of everything we thought we knew, The Islamic Enlightenment becomes an astonishing and revelatory history that offers a game-changing assessment of the Middle East since the Napoleonic Wars.Beginning his account in 1798, de Bellaigue demonstrates how Middle Eastern heartlands have long welcomed modern ideals and practices, including the adoption of modern medicine, the emergence of women from seclusion, and the development of democracy. With trenchant political and historical insight, de Bellaigue further shows how the violence of an infinitesimally small minority is in fact the tragic blowback from these modernizing processes.Structuring his groundbreaking history around Istanbul, Cairo, and Tehran, the three main loci of Islamic culture, de Bellaigue directly challenges ossified perceptions of a supposedly benighted Muslim world through the forgotten, and inspiring, stories of philosophers, anti-clerics, journalists, and feminists who opened up their societies to political and intellectual emancipation. His sweeping and vivid account includes remarkable men and women from across the Muslim world, including Ibrahim Sinasi, who brought newspapers to Istanbul; Mirza Saleh Shirzi, whose Persian memoirs describe how the Turkish harems were finally shuttered; and Qurrat al-Ayn, an Iranian noble woman, who defied her husband to become a charismatic prophet.What makes The Islamic Enlightenment particularly germane is that non-Muslim pundits in the post-9/11 era have repeatedly called for Islam to subject itself to the transformations that the West has already achieved since the Enlightenmentthe absurd implication being that if Muslims do not stop reading or following the tenets of the Qur'an and other holy books, they will never emerge from a benighted state of backwardness. The Islamic Enlightenment, with its revolutionary argument, completely refutes this view and, in the process, reveals the folly of Westerners demanding modernity from those whose lives are already drenched in it., Liveright, 2017, 2.75<

2017, ISBN: 9780871403735

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist for Non-FictionLonglisted for the Cundill History PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice SelectionA revelatory and game-chang… Mehr…

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist for Non-FictionLonglisted for the Cundill History PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice SelectionA revelatory and game-changing narrative that rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world.With majestic prose, Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Flying in the face of everything we thought we knew, The Islamic Enlightenment becomes an astonishing and revelatory history that offers a game-changing assessment of the Middle East since the Napoleonic Wars.Beginning his account in 1798, de Bellaigue demonstrates how Middle Eastern heartlands have long welcomed modern ideals and practices, including the adoption of modern medicine, the emergence of women from seclusion, and the development of democracy. With trenchant political and historical insight, de Bellaigue further shows how the violence of an infinitesimally small minority is in fact the tragic blowback from these modernizing processes.Structuring his groundbreaking history around Istanbul, Cairo, and Tehran, the three main loci of Islamic culture, de Bellaigue directly challenges ossified perceptions of a supposedly benighted Muslim world through the forgotten, and inspiring, stories of philosophers, anti-clerics, journalists, and feminists who opened up their societies to political and intellectual emancipation. His sweeping and vivid account includes remarkable men and women from across the Muslim world, including Ibrahim Sinasi, who brought newspapers to Istanbul; Mirza Saleh Shirzi, whose Persian memoirs describe how the Turkish harems were finally shuttered; and Qurrat al-Ayn, an Iranian noble woman, who defied her husband to become a charismatic prophet.What makes The Islamic Enlightenment particularly germane is that non-Muslim pundits in the post-9/11 era have repeatedly called for Islam to subject itself to the transformations that the West has already achieved since the Enlightenmentthe absurd implication being that if Muslims do not stop reading or following the tenets of the Qur'an and other holy books, they will never emerge from a benighted state of backwardness. The Islamic Enlightenment, with its revolutionary argument, completely refutes this view and, in the process, reveals the folly of Westerners demanding modernity from those whose lives are already drenched in it., Liveright, 2017, 2.75<

2017, ISBN: 9780871403735

New York and London: Liveright Publishing Corporation; W. W. Norton & Company, 2017. xxxiv, 398 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. … Mehr…

New York and London: Liveright Publishing Corporation; W. W. Norton & Company, 2017. xxxiv, 398 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A revelatory and game-changing narrative that rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world. With majestic prose, Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Flying in the face of everything we thought we knew, The Islamic Enlightenment becomes an astonishing and revelatory history that offers a game-changing assessment of the Middle East since the Napoleonic Wars. Beginning his account in 1798, de Bellaigue demonstrates how Middle Eastern heartlands have long welcomed modern ideals and practices, including the adoption of modern medicine, the emergence of women from seclusion, and the development of democracy. With trenchant political and historical insight, de Bellaigue further shows how the violence of an infinitesimally small minority is in fact the tragic blowback from these modernizing processes. What makes The Islamic Enlightenment particularly germane is that non-Muslim pundits in the post-9/11 era have repeatedly called for Islam to subject itself to the transformations that the West has already achieved since the Enlightenment--the absurd implication being that if Muslims do not stop reading or following the tenets of the Qur'an and other holy books, they will never emerge from a benighted state of backwardness. The Islamic Enlightenment, with its revolutionary argument, completely refutes this view and, in the process, reveals the folly of Westerners demanding modernity from those whose lives are already drenched in it." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible., Liveright Publishing Corporation; W. W. Norton & Company, 2017, 5<