imtiaz 's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 17 Mar 2017 23:28:40 -0700 60 imtiaz 's bookshelf: all 144 41 https://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Second Sex 457264 746 Simone de Beauvoir 0679724516 imtiaz 0 to-read 4.17 1949 The Second Sex
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]]> <![CDATA[Magic Bites - Fernando's (Curran POV #2)]]> 17792034
During Magic Bites, Curran sees Kate and Crest in Fernando's.]]> 8 Ilona Andrews imtiaz 0 to-read 4.30 2013 Magic Bites - Fernando's (Curran POV #2)
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]]> Kate's Origin (Curran POV #6) 13120490
This is the story Jim tells Curran about Kate’s Daddy.]]> 3 Ilona Andrews imtiaz 0 to-read 4.33 2011 Kate's Origin (Curran POV #6)
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]]> Naked Dinner (Curran POV #7) 17736174
This POV takes place between Magic Strikes and Magic Bleeds and is explaining why Curran missed the Naked Dinner with Kate.]]> 30 Ilona Andrews imtiaz 0 to-read 4.26 2013 Naked Dinner (Curran POV #7)
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]]> Present Perfect (Perfect, #1) 17727279 I’ve been unsure about many things in my life except for one thing, that I have always loved him. Every single minute of every single day that I have been on this earth, my heart has belonged to him. It has never been a question, never a doubt. The love had taken on many different forms over the years, but it had always been a constant.

Everyone has their definition of love. There have been countless songs sung about it. A gazillion books, articles, and poems written about it. There are experts on love who will tell you how to get it, keep it, and get over it.

We’re led to believe love is complicated. It’s not the love that’s complicated. It’s all the crap that we attach to it and put in front of it that makes it difficult. If you’re smart, you’ll realize this before it’s too late and simplify.

Amanda Kelly spent her entire life trying to control every aspect of it, while striving for perfection. Her obsession with being perfect, along with her feelings of worthlessness, consumed her. The one thing she thought was perfect in her life was the bond she shared with her best friend, Noah.

Everything was going according to her life plan until she woke up one day and realized she had fallen in love with him. The one thing she couldn’t control was the affect he had on her. Noah had the power to give her one hundred lifetimes of happiness, which also gave him the power to completely devastate her. He was the one thing in her life that was perfect, but she couldn't allow herself to have him.

Her life begins to unravel. Events take over and force her to let go of her dreams and desires. She needs to realize that a person cannot control the events in their life, only their reaction to them...but will it be too late for her to save her relationship with her best friend?

Present Perfect is a story of how past events have present consequences and how perfect your present could be if you stopped fighting and just allowed it to happen.]]> 420 Alison G. Bailey imtiaz 5 to-read 4.11 2013 Present Perfect (Perfect, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Protecting His Witch (Keepers of the Veil, #1)]]> 23477942
Veterinarian Kat Ramsey hasn't a clue that she's a witch. Sure, she can read minds, and there's the whole “dimension-hopping” issue that she can't quite control, but Kat is determined to keep things normal. That is, until she accidentally hops into the Otherworld, and runs smack into Matthew Ryan–the seriously hot one-night stand from years ago who shoved her out of his dorm. Naked.

And there's the tiny matter of the curse she gave him.

May you never find satisfaction with another woman. Billionaire and former druid Matthew Ryan hasn't forgotten the curse, or the witch who gave it to him. Kat's unexpected return means the curse will finally be broken. Unfortunately, his libido has other ideas–like how to get her back into his bed one last time. But far more worrying is his suspicion that Kat is the seventh Pleiades witch. Because while he's turned his back on his druidic ways, he's still bound to protect the woman who made his life hell...]]> 244 Zoe Forward imtiaz 0 to-read 3.71 2014 Protecting His Witch (Keepers of the Veil, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Graphic Design: A Concise History (World of Art)]]> 2778 232 Richard Hollis 0500203474 imtiaz 5 to-read 3.97 1994 Graphic Design: A Concise History (World of Art)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)]]> 7736182 JASON HAS A PROBLEM. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up in a bus full of kids on a field trip. Apparently he has a girlfriend named Piper, and his best friend is a guy named Leo. They’re all students at the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids," as Leo puts it. What did Jason do to end up here? And where is here, exactly? Jason doesn't know anything—except that everything seems very wrong.

PIPER HAS A SECRET. Her father has been missing for three days, ever since she had that terrifying nightmare about his being in trouble. Piper doesn’t understand her dream, or why her boyfriend suddenly doesn’t recognize her. When a freak storm hits during the school trip, unleashing strange creatures and whisking her, Jason, and Leo away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood, she has a feeling she’s going to find out, whether she wants to or not.

LEO HAS A WAY WITH TOOLS. When he sees his cabin at Camp Half-Blood, filled with power tools and machine parts, he feels right at home. But there’s weird stuff, too—like the curse everyone keeps talking about, and some camper who's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist that each of them—including Leo—is related to a god. Does this have anything to do with Jason's amnesia, or the fact that Leo keeps seeing ghosts?

Join new and old friends from Camp Half-Blood in this thrilling first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Best-selling author Rick Riordan has pumped up the action, humor, suspense, and mystery in an epic adventure that will leave readers panting for the next installment.]]> 576 Rick Riordan 142311339X imtiaz 5 4.27 2010 The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
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]]> Betrayed (House of Night, #2) 676924 Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1

Zoey, High Priestess in training, has managed to settle in at the House of Night and come to terms with the vast powers the Vampyre Goddess Nyx has given her. Just as she finally feels she belongs, the unthinkable happens: human teenagers are being killed, and all evidence points to the House of Night. While danger stalks the humans from Zoey’s old life, she begins to realize that the very powers that make her so unique might also threaten those she loves.]]> 310 P.C. Cast 0312360282 imtiaz 5 to-read 3.93 2007 Betrayed (House of Night, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)]]> 4502507
While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it's up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time.

In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling series, the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy's sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.]]> 11 Rick Riordan imtiaz 5 to-read 4.48 2009 The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)]]> 1582996 Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings — and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.]]> 464 Cassandra Clare 1416914293 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.12 2008 City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
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]]> Broken and Screwed 2 (BS, #2) 17364620 285 Tijan imtiaz 5 4.26 2013 Broken and Screwed 2 (BS, #2)
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]]> Bully (Fall Away, #1) 20803953
But he still won't leave me alone.

We were best friends once. Then he turned on me and made it his mission to ruin my life. I've been humiliated, shut out, and gossiped about all through high school. His pranks and rumors got more sadistic as time wore on, and I made myself sick trying to stay out of his way. I even went to France for a year, just to avoid him.

But I'm done hiding from him now, and there's no way in hell I'll allow him to ruin my senior year. He might not have changed, but I have. It's time to fight back.

I'm not going to let him bully me anymore.

***This novel contains adult/mature young adult situations. It is only suitable for ages 18+ due to language, violence, and sexual situations.]]> 333 Penelope Douglas imtiaz 5 to-read 3.77 2013 Bully (Fall Away, #1)
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]]> Shanna 896621 an alternate cover edition can be found here

Behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison, a pact is sealed in secret -- as a dashing and doomed criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress . . . in return for one night of unparalleled pleasure.

In the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a promise is broken -- as a sensuous free-spirit flees to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the handsome stranger she married to the gallows. But Ruark Beauchamp's destiny is now eternally intertwined with his exquisite, tempestuous Shanna's. And no iron ever forged can imprison his magnificent passion . . . and no hangman's noose will deny him the ecstasy that is rightfully his.

]]> 672 Kathleen E. Woodiwiss 0380385880 imtiaz 5 4.10 1977 Shanna
author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
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]]> Romeo and Juliet 577537 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780486275574

One of Shakespeare's most popular and accessible plays, Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers and the unhappy fate that befell them as a result of a long and bitter feud between their families. The play contains some of Shakespeare's most beautiful and lyrical love poetry and is perhaps the finest celebration of the joys of young love ever written. This inexpensive edition includes the complete, unabridged text with explanatory footnotes. Ideal for classroom use, it is a wonderful addition to the home library of anyone wanting to savor one of literature's most sublime paeans to love.

]]> 396 William Shakespeare imtiaz 5 3.77 1590 Romeo and Juliet
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]]> The Twelve Caesars 29022 The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero, and the recovery that came with his successors. A masterpiece of anecdote, wry observation and detailed physical description, The Twelve Caesars presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn — and all too human — individuals.

Robert Graves's celebrated translation, sensitively revised by Michael Grant, captures all the wit and immediacy of Suetonius' original.]]> 363 Suetonius 0140449213 imtiaz 0 4.03 121 The Twelve Caesars
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]]> <![CDATA[And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris]]> 8096025 416 Alan Riding 0307268977 imtiaz 0 to-read 3.73 And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris
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]]> <![CDATA[Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State]]> 54273
In this groundbreaking book, historian Götz Aly addresses one of modern history's greatest conundrums: How did Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans? The answer is as shocking as it is persuasive: by engaging in a campaign of theft on an almost unimaginable scale—and by channeling the proceeds into generous social programs—Hitler literally "bought" his people's consent.

Drawing on secret files and financial records, Aly shows that while Jews and citizens of occupied lands suffered crippling taxation, mass looting, enslavement, and destruction, most Germans enjoyed an improved standard of living. Buoyed by millions of packages soldiers sent from the front, Germans also benefited from the systematic plunder of Jewish possessions. Any qualms were swept away by waves of tax breaks and government handouts.

Hitler's Beneficiaries has been hailed as "startling" by Richard Evans, and as "fascinating and important" by Christopher Browning. Above all, as Omer Bartov testifies, this remarkable book "irreversibly transforms our understanding of the Third Reich."]]> 431 Götz Aly 0805079262 imtiaz 5 4.08 2005 Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State
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]]> Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris 93996 845 Ian Kershaw 0393320359 imtiaz 5 4.13 1998 Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris
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]]> Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis 64719 The New Yorker declared the first volume of Ian Kershaw's two-volume masterpiece "as close to definitive as anything we are likely to see," and that promise is fulfilled in this stunning second volume. As Nemesis opens, Adolf Hitler has achieved absolute power within Germany and triumphed in his first challenge to the European powers. Idolized by large segments of the population and firmly supported by the Nazi regime, Hitler is poised to subjugate Europe. Nine years later, his vaunted war machine destroyed, Allied forces sweeping across Germany, Hitler will end his life with a pistol shot to his head. "[M]ore probing, more judicious, more authoritative in its rich detail...more commanding in its mastery of the horrific narrative."—Milton J. Rosenberg, Chicago Tribune]]> 1115 Ian Kershaw 0393322521 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.36 2000 Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis
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]]> <![CDATA[The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America]]> 45000 polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its records–recently declared a national treasure–are now being translated. Drawing on this remarkable archive, Russell Shorto has created a gripping narrative–a story of global sweep centered on a wilderness called Manhattan–that transforms our understanding of early America.

The Dutch colony pre-dated the “original” thirteen colonies, yet it seems strikingly familiar. Its capital was cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic, and its citizens valued free trade, individual rights, and religious freedom. Their champion was a progressive, young lawyer named Adriaen van der Donck, who emerges in these pages as a forgotten American patriot and whose political vision brought him into conflict with Peter Stuyvesant, the autocratic director of the Dutch colony. The struggle between these two strong-willed men laid the foundation for New York City and helped shape American culture. The Island at the Center of the World uncovers a lost world and offers a surprising new perspective on our own.]]> 384 Russell Shorto 1400078679 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.16 2004 The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
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]]> Cleopatra: A Life 7968243 The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt.

Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator.

Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and–after his murder–three more with his protégé. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since.

Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra’s supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff ‘s is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life.]]> 369 Stacy Schiff 0316001929 imtiaz 5 to-read 3.74 2010 Cleopatra: A Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History]]> 6514074 In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture.

Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis.

]]> 473 Robert M. Edsel 1599951495 imtiaz 5 to-read 3.79 2009 The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
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]]> A Night to Remember 61834 A Night to Remember remains the definitive, classic tale of the sinking of the Titanic. Walter Lord interviewed more than sixty survivors before committing their searingly vivid recollections to his minute-by-minute account of the Titanic's fatal collision and the experiences of both passengers and crew under pressure of the unthinkable: the swift plummet into icy waters of the ship promised never to sink.

With a new introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory, this fiftieth-anniversary edition of Walter Lord's classic brings the drama of that night back to life. As Philbrick concludes in his introduction: "From first to last, A Night to Remember is about the people who briefly inhabited the Titanic, and never again will an author have the opportunity to speak to so many of them. In this most essential way, Lord's book can never be outdone, making A Night to Remember the ultimate survivors' tale."]]> 182 Walter Lord 0805077642 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.08 1955 A Night to Remember
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932]]> 19809 When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace, Imperial Britain stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power. Yet within a few years, the Empire would hover on the brink of a catastrophic new era. This first volume of the best-selling biography of the adventurer, aristocrat, soldier, and statesman covers the first 58 years of the remarkable man whose courageous vision guided the destiny of those darkly troubled times and who looms today as one of the greatest figures of the 20th century.

Black and white photos & illustrations.]]> 992 William Manchester 0385313489 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.31 1983 The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932
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]]> The Histories 1362
Here is the historian, investigating and judging what he has seen, heard, and read, and seeking out the true causes and consequences of the great deeds of the past. In his History , the war between the Greeks and Persians, the origins of their enmity, and all the more general features of the civilizations of the world of his day are seen as a unity and expressed as the vision of one man who as a child lived through the last of the great acts in this universal drama.

In Grene's remarkable translation and commentary, we see the historian as a storyteller, combining through his own narration the skeletal "historical" facts and the imaginative reality toward which his story reaches. Herodotus emerges in all his charm and complexity as a writer and the first historian in the Western tradition, perhaps unique in the way he has seen the interrelation of fact and fantasy.]]> 784 Herodotus 0140449086 imtiaz 5 to-read 3.98 -430 The Histories
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]]> <![CDATA[Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption]]> 8664353
The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.

Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.]]> 475 Laura Hillenbrand 1400064163 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.38 2010 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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]]> <![CDATA[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus]]> 39020 In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.

]]> 563 Charles C. Mann 1400032059 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.04 2005 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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]]> <![CDATA[The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914]]> 192955
In "The Proud Tower", Barbara W. Tuchman brings the era to vivid life: the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy; the Anarchists of Europe and America; Germany and its self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss; Diaghilev’s Russian ballet and Stravinsky’s music; the Dreyfus Affair; the Peace Conferences in The Hague; and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaurès on the night the Great War began and an epoch came to a close.]]> 588 Barbara W. Tuchman 0345405013 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.12 1965 The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
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]]> <![CDATA[The Spartans: The World of the Warrior - Heroes of Ancient Greece, From Utopia to Crisis and Collapse]]> 89287
This book, written by one of the world’s leading experts on Sparta, traces the rise and fall of Spartan society and explores the tremendous influence the Spartans had on their world and even on ours.

Paul Cartledge brings to life figures like legendary founding father Lycurgus and King Leonidas, who embodied the heroism so closely identified with this unique culture, and he shows how Spartan women enjoyed an unusually dominant and powerful role in this hyper-masculine society.

Based firmly on original sources, The Spartans is the definitive book about one of the most fascinating cultures of ancient Greece.]]> 320 Paul Cartledge 1400078857 imtiaz 5 to-read 3.83 2002 The Spartans: The World of the Warrior - Heroes of Ancient Greece, From Utopia to Crisis and Collapse
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]]> <![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe in Her Own Words]]> 956492 122 Roger Taylor 0399410147 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.08 1983 Marilyn Monroe in Her Own Words
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]]> <![CDATA[Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters]]> 8343766 Fragments is an event—an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe's humanity.

Marilyn's image is so universal that we can't help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety—and by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her.

Beyond the headlines—and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation—was a woman far more curious, searching, witty, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Now, for the first time, readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a way we never have before. Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifacts—notes to herself, letters, even poems—in Marilyn's own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos.

Jotted in notebooks, typed on paper, or written on hotel letterhead, these texts reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft. They show a Marilyn Monroe unsparing in her analysis of her own life, but also playful, funny, and impossibly charming. The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her performances indelible emerge on the page, as does the simmering tragedy that made her last appearances so affecting.]]> 239 Marilyn Monroe 0374158355 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.21 2010 Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
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]]> My Story 182230
تلك الرّغبةُ في اجتذاب الانتباه كان لديها دورٌ ما لتقومَ به، أظنُّ مع مشكلتي في الكنيسة أيّام الآحاد. فلم أكَدْ أصبحُ داخل المقصورة أثناء عزف الأورغون، والجميع يُنشِدون ترنمية؛ حتى تأتيني الرّغبة في أن أنزع جميع ملابسي. كنت أريدُ على نحوٍ يتّسمُ بالتهوّر أن أقف عاريةً من أجل الرّب، ولأجْلِ الجميع أيضًا كي يروني.

نزوتي بأن أظهر عاريةً وأحلامي عن ذلك لم تتضمّن أيَّ شعورٍ بالخزي أو بالذنب. الحُلم بالناس يتطلّعون إليّ جعلني أشعر أنّني أقلَّ وحدة. أظنُّ أنّي أردتُ أن يرَوْني عارية لأنني كنت أخجل من ملابسي التي كنت أرتديها-فستانُ الفقر الأزرق الباهت الذي أبدًا لا يتغيّر. أمّا حين أكون عارية؛ فأنا أكون مثل الفتيات الأُخْرَيات، وليس مثل شخصٍ يرتدي الزيَّ الموحَّدَ للأيتام.

هوليوود التي عرفتُها كانت هوليوود الفشل. تقريبًا كلُّ شخصٍ قابلته كان يعاني من سوء المأكلِ أو لديه نزواتٍ للانتحار. هوليوود مكانٌ حيثُ سيدفعون لك آلاف الدولارات مُقابل قُبْلة، وخمسين سِنتًا من أجل رُوحك. كانت مكانًا بشريًّا أكثرَ منه جنةً قد حلمتُ بها ووجدتُها.]]> 208 Marilyn Monroe 1589793161 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.10 1974 My Story
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]]> The Collected Poems 31426 349 Sylvia Plath 0808595040 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.21 1981 The Collected Poems
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]]> Paradise Lost 15997 Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny. The struggle rages across three worlds - heaven, hell, and earth - as Satan and his band of rebel angels plot their revenge against God. At the center of the conflict are Adam and Eve, who are motivated by all too human temptations but whose ultimate downfall is unyielding love.

Marked by Milton's characteristic erudition, Paradise Lost is a work epic both in scale and, notoriously, in ambition. For nearly 350 years, it has held generation upon generation of audiences in rapt attention, and its profound influence can be seen in almost every corner of Western culture.]]> 453 John Milton 0140424393 imtiaz 5 to-read 3.85 1667 Paradise Lost
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]]> <![CDATA[Le bleu est une couleur chaude]]> 7963189 157 Jul Maroh 272346783X imtiaz 5 to-read 3.90 2010 Le bleu est une couleur chaude
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]]> Alexander the Great 287426 From award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time.Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India.His achievements were unparalleled - he had excelled as leader to his men, founded eighteen new cities and stamped the face of Greek culture on the ancient East. The myth he created is as potent today as it was in the ancient world.Combining historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, Alexander the Great brings this colossal figure vividly to life.'So enjoyable and well-written ... Fox's book became my main guide through Alexander's amazing story' Oliver Stone, director of Alexander'I do not know which to admire most, his vast erudition or his imaginative grasp of so remote and complicated a period and such a complex personality' Cyril Connolly, Sunday Times'An achievement of Alexandrian proportions' New StatesmanRobin Lane Fox was the main historical advisor to Oliver Stone on his film Alexander, and took part in many of its most dramatic re-enactments. His books include The Classical An Epic History of Greece and Rome, The Unauthorised Truth and Fiction in the Bible, Travelling Greeks and their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer and Pagans and Christians in the Mediterranean World from the Second Century AD to the Conversion of Constantine.]]> 576 Robin Lane Fox 0141020768 imtiaz 5 to-read 4.11 1962 Alexander the Great
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]]> <![CDATA[Herkules: Bodies Like Masterpieces]]> 18175809 80 Firat Kara 3942831732 imtiaz 5 5.00 2013 Herkules: Bodies Like Masterpieces
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]]> Herkules 2395156
Von der Website des Arena-Verlag:
Auguste Lechner erzählt in diesem Band die 12 Abenteuer des berühmtesten Helden der Antike. Seine Kämpfe mit dem Nemeischen Löwen oder mit der Hydra, dem neunköpfigen Ungeheuer, mit dem Stier von Kreta oder schließlich mit dem Kerberos im Hades werden für den Leser lebendig.]]> 0 Auguste Lechner 3401015001 imtiaz 5 to-read 3.84 1985 Herkules
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]]> <![CDATA[When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)]]> 110396 Everything was so much simpler... when he was wicked.

In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For Michael Stirling, London's most infamous rake, that moment came the first time he laid eyes on Francesca Bridgerton.

After a lifetime of chasing women, of smiling slyly as they chased him, of allowing himself to be caught but never permitting his heart to become engaged, he took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and hard into love it was a wonder he managed to remain standing. Unfortunately for Michael, however, Francesca's surname was to remain Bridgerton for only a mere thirty-six hours longer—the occasion of their meeting was, lamentably, a supper celebrating her imminent wedding to his cousin.

But that was then... Now Michael is the earl and Francesca is free, but still she thinks of him as nothing other than her dear friend and confidant. Michael dares not speak to her of his love... until one dangerous night, when she steps innocently into his arms, and passion proves stronger than even the most wicked of secrets...]]> 368 Julia Quinn 0060531231 imtiaz 5 3.95 2004 When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam]]> 25307 No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islam—the origins and evolution of the faith—in all its beauty and complexity. This updated edition addresses the events of the past decade, analyzing how they have influenced Islam’s position in modern culture. Aslan explores what the popular demonstrations pushing for democracy in the Middle East mean for the future of Islam in the region, how the Internet and social media have affected Islam’s evolution, and how the war on terror has altered the geopolitical balance of power in the Middle East. He also provides an update on the contemporary Muslim women’s movement, a discussion of the controversy over veiling in Europe, an in-depth history of Jihadism, and a look at how Muslims living in North America and Europe are changing the face of Islam. Timely and persuasive, No god but God is an elegantly written account that explains this magnificent yet misunderstood faith.]]> 310 Reza Aslan 0812971892 imtiaz 3 4.12 2005 No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam
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]]> <![CDATA[Andheri Raat Ke Musafir / اندھیری رات کے مسافر]]> 6588905 এমনি সময়ে সহসা স্পেনের উপকূলে উদয় হলো তুর্কী রণতরী। প্রথম অভিযানেই তারা উদ্ধার করলো বিপ্লবী নেতা হামিদ বিন জোহরাকে। জাহাজকে বিদায় জানিয়ে উপকূলে নেমে এলেন কাপ্তান সালমান। কিন্তু কেন? স্পেনের মাটিতে কী তার কাজ? যে জাতির সুলতান অর্থব আর উজির গাদ্দার তাদের পতন কি ঠেকাতে পারবেন তিনি? পারবেন কি হামিদ বিন জোহরার হত্যা প্রচেষ্টা রুখতে? কেন তিনি একের পর এক অবিশ্বাস্য বিপজ্জনক অভিযানে মেতে উঠছেন? কীসের স্ব‍ার্থে? কেন? গ্রানাডা কন্যা আতেকার পেছনে ছুটছে দুর্বৃত্ত ওতবা ও ওমর। রক্তের নেশায় পাগল হয়ে উঠেছে এরা। হন্যে হয়ে খুঁজছে তার প্রেমিক পুরুষ সাঈদকে। এদের কি বাচাতে পারবেন সালমান? কী হবে অপহৃত মনসুরের পরিণতি? কার জন্য মালা গাঁথছে বদরিয়া? কেন ভীনদেশী এক পুরুষের জন্য প্রাণ কাঁদে তার?]]> 491 Naseem Hijazi imtiaz 5 to-read 4.04 1988 Andheri Raat Ke Musafir / اندھیری رات کے مسافر
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1)]]> 295961 352 Jack Higgins 0140273344 imtiaz 5 ]]> 4.18 1975 The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1)
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average rating: 4.18
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i want to read this book but i really don't know who to get to read this book could you show me who i will get to read this book

]]> The Princess Bride 21787
As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.

Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.

What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.

In short, it's about everything.]]> 429 William Goldman 0345418263 imtiaz 1 4.27 1973 The Princess Bride
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