Some secrets refuse to stay buried.As Refika's health declines, she decides to reveal a truth she has hidden for more than forty years, a secret that changed several lives and separated a child from her mother.While Güneş searches for her true identity, her path leads her to Şehmus and the ancient heart of Mesopotamia. Their growing love becomes intertwined with family secrets, painful memories, and the hope of forgiveness.Sun of Mesopotamia is an emotional novel ab...

The Gentle Wisdom of My Garden, by Arzu Saydam, is a personal growth book inspired by the author's profound connection with nature. It invites readers to pause, turn inward, and rediscover themselves through the quiet wisdom of the natural world.Every flower growing in the garden is more than a plant. Each becomes a gentle teacher, offering lessons in patience, change, hope, courage, letting go, and beginning again. Throughout the book, magnolias, lavender, hydrangeas, rhododendron...

A vacation was supposed to help her escape. Instead, it draws her into a reality she can no longer trust.Şükran sets out with her longtime friend Zinnur on a late summer journey through the haunting beauty of Turkey's Aegean coast. But before they even leave Istanbul, an inexplicable sense of dread takes hold of her. Soon, disturbing visions begin to intrude upon the ordinary: a familiar face appears to melt, strangers seem to follow them, and a horrifying discovery in the sea raises quest...

In the vibrant streets of 1970s Istanbul, Salih lives a modest life shaped by hard work, painful memories, and an enduring fascination with birds. Still haunted by Katya, the woman he once loved and lost, he finds comfort in his pigeons and in Gaki, a clever young crow he rescues and raises.Salih's quiet world begins to change when he grows closer to Feride, a courageous mother struggling to protect herself and her young son, Kemal. Their journey from Istanbul's historic neighborho...

One cannot escape oneself.The truths we deny do not disappear. They wait. And sooner or later, they return as fate.After the greatest loss of her life, Nazlı tries to rebuild herself and find a new direction. But as the world begins to change under the shadow of a global pandemic, the past refuses to remain silent.An old notebook. A stolen violin. A life devoted to preserving memory. And a stranger whose choices will quietly alter the lives of everyone connected to Den...

How will the world evolve in the coming centuries?Will time travel ever be possible?Are we likely to encounter extraterrestrial life?Will science eventually grant us immortality?We know little of what the future holds, but history suggests one certainty: we will always crave more than we have.This book explores our enduring pursuit of freedom, love, power, and immortality, tracing these desires through our material and spiritual evolution from the present...

What does running teach us about life?For Kevin Borg, the marathon is not only a race. It is a mirror of human experience, a test of patience, discipline, endurance, humility, and inner strength.In The Philosophy of Running, Borg reflects on his lifelong relationship with running, from childhood memories to marathon preparation, from exhaustion and doubt to transformation and self discovery. This is not a technical training manual. It is a personal and philosophical journey i...

Welcome to London's Chatsfield Hotel, where the world's most elite come to stay—and play—behind closed doors. From the USA Today–bestselling author.When the Sheikh comes to town . . .Sheikh Sayed of Zeena Sarha and his harem of beautiful women are staying at the exclusive, opulent Chatsfield Hotel, London, for the last stop on his worldwide tour before his wedding. But when his engagement is unceremoniously broken, Sayed sets his sights on his sexy c...

Barbara Nadel's gripping Ikmen mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, BBC Two's sensational eight-part TV crime drama series, out now.A family built on lies, secrets and murder...The House of Four is a gripping Istanbul crime thriller featuring Inspector Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph) from Barbara Nadel. Perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Jason Goodwin....

A sheikh marries his matchmaker to fulfill his royal duty and falls in love, in this sexy international romance from a New York Times–bestselling author.As the black sheep of the Fehrs, a powerful desert family, middle son Zayed has sworn off love and marriage. This playboy prince is happiest when cruising the casinos of Monte Carlo. But then family tragedy leaves him the heir to his kingdom's throne. Custom dictates that a wife must be seated beside him, a...

Barbara Nadel's gripping Ikmen mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, BBC Two's sensational eight-part TV crime drama series, out now.GREED, LUST AND BETRAYAL LEAD TO MURDER i****n Barbara Nadel's twenty-third Ikmen mystery, as Ikmen and Süleyman work to uncover a tragic tale of dark secrets and double lives...In the early hours of the morning, Turkish TV star Erol Gencer is ...

"Dead Egyptians takes the reader on a vast, rollicking ride through history, reincarnation, romance and more... " –Susan Martell Huebner, author She Thought the Door Was LockedIn Egypt, all things are possible. So discovers Albion Stanley, a recent Cambridge graduate and brilliant linguist, newly arrived in Cairo in 1902. Albion sees the unseen, including ghosts. It is a less than comfortable reality, which he tends to with copious amounts of whiskey and n...