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  • Audiolibro

    Crescent

    Narrato da Nike Doukas, Marcelo Tubert ...

    Ridotta

    8 ore 47 minuti

    An Arab-American Chocolat-a sensual blend of food, love and longing. ... Altre info

    21,84 €

  • Audiolibro

    No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories

    Integrale

    5 ore 46 minuti

    From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series of short stories told in "spare, unpretentious…picturesque prose" (Library Journal)Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life in South America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories and illusions, and of lost ... Altre info

    15,13 €

  • Silverworld

    Fall under the spell of this fantasy-adventure story about a Lebanese-American girl who finds the courage to save her grandmother. Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon.Teta, Sami's Lebanese grandmother, has been ill for a while, slipping from reality and speaking in a language only Sami can understand. Her family thinks Teta belongs in a nursing home, but Sami doesn't believe she's sick ... Altre info

    4,72 €

  • The Language of Baklava

    A Memoir with Recipes

    Diana Abu-Jaber’s vibrant, humorous memoir weaves together delicious food memories that illuminate the two cultures of her childhood—American and Jordanian. Here are stories of being raised by a food-obsessed Jordanian father and tales of Lake Ontario shish kabob cookouts and goat stew feasts under Bedouin tents in the desert. These sensuously evoked repasts, complete with recipes, paint a loving ... Altre info

    9,14 €

  • Fencing with the King

    A Novel

    One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of the MonthA mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent.The King of Jordan is turning 60! How better to celebrate the occasion than with his favorite pastime—fencing—and with his favorite sparring partner, Gabriel Hamdan, who must be enticed back from America, where he lives with his wife and ... Altre info

    13,61 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Life Without a Recipe

    A Memoir

    A “bold, luscious” memoir, “indispensable to anyone trying to forge their own truer path” (Ruth Reichl).On one side, there is Grace: prize-winning author Diana Abu-Jaber’s tough, independent sugar-fiend of a German grandmother, wielding a suitcase full of holiday cookies. On the other, Bud: a flamboyant, spice-obsessed Arab father, full of passionate argument. The two could not agree on anything: ... Altre info

    11,85 €

  • Birds of Paradise

    A Novel

    "A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at [Abu-Jaber's] table."—Ron Charles, Washington PostAt thirteen, Felice Muir ran away from home to punish herself for some horrible thing she had done—leaving a hole in the hearts of her pastry-chef mother, her real estate attorney father, and her foodie-entrepreneurial brother. After five years of ... Altre info

    Era 13,61 € Ora 12,05 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Origin

    A Novel

    "Finally, a novel of literary suspense that gets almost everything right—forensically and psychologically." —Sarah Weinman, Baltimore SunSecretly, in her heart of hearts, Lena Dawson hides the strangest of beliefs about her childhood. Hiding behind a cool competence as a superb fingerprint analyst in a crime lab in snowy Syracuse, New York, she feels totally out of place in the ordinary world of ... Altre info

    13,61 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Arabian Jazz

    A Novel

    "This oracular first novel, which unfurls like gossamer [has] characters of a depth seldom found in a debut." — The New YorkerIn Diana Abu-Jaber's "impressive, entertaining" ( Chicago Tribune) first novel, a small, poor-white community in upstate New York becomes home to the transplanted Jordanian family of Matussem Ramoud: his grown daughters, Jemorah and Melvina; his sister Fatima; and her ... Altre info

    13,61 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Crescent

    A Novel

    "Abu-Jaber's voluptuous prose features insights into the Arab American community that are wisely, warmly depicted."— San Francisco ChronicleSirine, the heroine of this "deliciously romantic romp" ( Vanity Fair) is thirty-nine, never married, and living in the Arab-American community of Los Angeles. She has a passion for cooking and works contentedly in a Lebanese restaurant, while her storytelling ... Altre info

    13,61 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    Fencing with the King

    A Novel

    Narrato da Rasha Zamamiri ...

    Integrale

    11 ore 7 minuti

    A mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances by the award-winning author of Crescent. Featuring a heartfelt author's note read by the author herself.Amani is hooked on a mystery―a poem on airmail paper that slips out of one of her father’s books. It seems to have been written by her grandmother, a refugee who arrived in Jordan during the First World War. Soon the perfect ... Altre info

    22,31 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    Birds of Paradise

    Narrato da Tamara Marston ...

    Integrale

    14 ore 38 minuti

    Avis Muir is a brilliant pastry chef, Brian Muir a corporate real estate attorney. Their son, Stanley, is the proprietor of a trendy food market. Their beautiful daughter, Felice, is missing. A runaway at 13, Felice has spent five years modeling tattoos, skateboarding, clubbing, and sleeping in a squat house or on the beach. She’s about to turn 18. Soon all of the Muirs will be forced to confront ... Altre info

    23,09 €