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The beloved Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali presents his own American ghazals. Calling on a line or phrase from fellow poets, Ali salutes those known and loved—W. S. Merwin, Mark Strand, James Tate, and more—while in other searingly honest verse he courageously faces his own mortality....
Saladin Ahmed
2021-01-31T18:19:07.000ZImaro is a rousing adventure... a tale of a young man’s continuing struggle to gain acceptance amongst his people, and to break the cycle of alienation and violence that plagues his life. Imaro is heroic fantasy like it’s never been done before. Based on Africa, and African traditions and legends, Charles Saunders has created Nyumbani (which means ...
Saladin Ahmed
2021-01-25T00:04:48.000ZDuring the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology exerted major influences on the daily lives of ordinary people. Explore how everyday living changed during these years when use of automobiles and home electrification first became commonplace, when radio emerged, and when cinema, ...
Saladin Ahmed
2020-12-02T20:15:57.000ZWinner of the 2017 Newbery Medal The New York Times Bestseller An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016 Named to KirkusReviews Best B...
Saladin Ahmed
2018-02-18T23:01:40.000Z
A Mopsy Treasury
Volume 1
She is beautiful and energetic, clever if not especially bright, and always a barrel of fun – she is MOPSY, created, written and drawn by Gladys Parker over a period that spanned four decades of the 20th Century. MOPSY had no special plotline or story arc --- she was just a young woman trying to get ahead in the world. She became famous in the news...
Saladin Ahmed
2014-08-07T17:20:32.000Z