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The second volume of the highly acclaimed Cairo Trilogy from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Filled with compelling drama earthy humor and remarkable insight Palace Of Desire is the unforgettable story of the violent clash between ideals and realities dreams and desires
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Review The highest achievement of The Cairo Trilogy is the creation of memorable characters whose circumstances of life are unimaginably remote from our own but whose aspirations are the same The Cairo Trilogy extends our knowledge of life it also confirms it Boston Globe LuminousAll the magic mystery and suffering of Egypt in the 1920s are conveyed on a human scale New York Times Book Review The alleys the houses
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Review The highest achievement of The Cairo Trilogy is the creation of memorable characters whose circumstances of life are unimaginably remote from our own but whose aspirations are the same The Cairo Trilogy extends our knowledge of life it also confirms it Boston Globe LuminousAll the magic mystery and suffering of Egypt in the 1920s are conveyed on a human scale New York Times Book Review The alleys the houses
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nbspNaguib Mahfouzs magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt appears here in one volume for the first time The Nobel Prizewinning writers masterwork is the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britains occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the twentieth centurynbspThe novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch AlSayyid Ahmad Abd alJawad who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of selfindulgence Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle oppressed wife Amina his cloistered daughters Aisha and Khadija and his three sonsthe tragic and idealistic Fahmy the dissolute hedonist Yasin and the soulsearching intellectual Kamal AlSayyid Ahmads rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination in Palace of Desire as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s Sugar Street brings Mahfouzs vivid tapestry of an evolving Egypt to a dramatic climax as the aging patriarch sees one grandson become a Communist one a Muslim fundamentalist and one the lover of a powerful politiciannbspThroughout the trilogy the familys trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two World Wars as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries Filled with compelling drama earthy humor and remarkable insight The Cairo Trilogy is the achievement of a master storyteller
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Protrays an Egyptian family in Cairo at the turn of the century relating the culture and life in an intimacy with all its characters
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The second volume of the highly acclaimednbspnbspCairo Trilogy from the winner of thenbspnbspNobel Prize for Literature Filled with compellingnbspnbspdrama earthy humor and remarkable insightnbspnbspPalace Of Desire is the unforgettablenbspnbspstory of the violent clash between ideals andnbspnbsprealities dreams and desires
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Armed with a simple pocket compass a small boat and an intense desire to find the USS Cairo three menEdwin C Bearss Warren Grabau and Max Don Jacksset out on the Yazoo River on a cool autumn afternoon in 1956 to locate the Civil War gunboat What they found was the discovery of a lifetime Images of Modern America USS Cairo features a photographic account of the discovery raising restoration and preservation efforts surrounding the Cairo One can sense the excitement and awe felt by people who witnessed the raising Today people from all over the world are drawn to visit this Civil War time capsule now in permanent dry dock at Vicksburg National Military Park where commemorative events have occurred since 1980 this collection highlights a variety of these events
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Naguib Mahfouzs magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt Palace Walk Palace of Desire Sugar Street appears here in one volume for the first time the engrossing story of a Muslim family in Cairo during Britains occupation of Egypt in the early years of the twentieth century
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Master storyteller Naguib Mahfouz crowns his bestselling Cairo Trilogy with this final chronicle of the AbdalJawadnbspnbspclan climaxing the story begun in Palace Walk and continued in Palace Of Desire
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This is a book of adventure mystery and wisdom A group of merchants carrying their goods to market arrive in Cairo late in the summer of 1934 But theyre also a band of revolutionaries intent on restoring a displaced king to power Walid Shabeezar is a thirteenyearold boy who gets caught up in the midst of it all and discovers some important secrets about his family that hes never suspected As a result hes launched into the most unexpected adventures of his life With the help of a new best friend hell end up in a palace fighting crime grappling with hidden forces and protecting ancient mysteriesA prologue to this story The Oasis Within A Journey of Preparation described a trip across the desert and the important conversations between Walid and his uncle Ali that have brought them and their friends to the brink of the story that begins here The epic adventure launched in these pages can be read with understanding and profit whether that earlier book of ideas has been consulted or not The Golden Palace is the first in a series of actionandadventure novels entitled Walid and the Mysteries of Phi where through some surprising developments ageold secrets and modern challenges come together in such a way as to sketch the outlines of a profound and fascinating philosophical worldview These books have been referred to collectively as The Alchemist Meets Harry Potter Meets Indiana Jones and have been characterized as overflowing with the wisdom we all need in order to live good and powerful lives
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Contents Gawhara Palace Citadel Cairo 181214 Shoubra Palace Nymphaeum Shoubra 180821 Ras ElTin Palace Alexandria 181117 Hosh AlBasha Southern Cemetery Cairo c1820 Monasterly Salamlik Roda Island Cairo Early 1860s Mena House Pyramids Giza 186769 Gezira Palace Zamalek Cairo 186369 Abdin Palace Cairo 186374 Antoniadis Villa amp Gardens Nouzha Alexandria c1865 Khedive Ismails Rest House Armant Qena province 1860s Abd ElRazik Salamlik Abu Gerg province of Minya c1860 Mohamed Amin Wali House ElNazla Faiyoum 1860s LHotel SaintMaurice Giza 187279 Residency Bayt AlLurd Garden City Cairo 189294 Fatima Hanem Chahin House Kasr elDoubara Cairo 1890s Winter Palace Luxor 1907 Montaza Palace amp Salamlik Alexandria 1892 Cataract Aswan 1899 ElMasri Pasha Salamlik Maghagha Minya province 18951905 Bindernagel Villa Alexandria 190007 Fakhry Bey Abd ElNour Villa Girga province of Sohag 190206 Zaafaran Palace Ain Shams 1902 Manial Palace Roda Island Cairo 190133 Baron Empain Palace Heliopolis c191011 Youssef Pasha Soliman Villa Abbasiya 1914 Loutfy Mansour House Alexandria 1910s Prince Youssef Kamal Hall Matariya 1920s Palazzina Dr Ali Pasha Ibrahim Garden City Cairo c1922 Mizrahi Pasha Villa Maadi 1920s Sinout Bey Hanna Villa Giza 1924 Greiss Palace Mir province of Assiout 192224 Villa of the Papal Nuncio Zamalek Cairo 1927 Royal Legation of Italy Garden City Cairo 192730 ElChennaoui House Mansoura Dakahliya province 1928 BadrawiAshur Palace Drin province of Dakahliya 1930s Abaza Villa Robamiya Sharkiya province 1932 Spahi House Alexandria 192630 Hamed Said Studio amp House ElMarg 194245 Toussoun Abu Gabal House Giza 1947 ElMallawany House near Tanta Gharbiya province 195860 ElMezlawy Palace Sohag 195060
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A desire to recreate Minoan palaces villas and houses of the Late Bronze Age inspired the author of this book to undertake an eight year research program that has radically modified our conception of the appearance of Cretan dwellings He not only interprets the use of the rooms that partially survive but reconstructs the guest suites and banquet halls of the vanished upper storeys Written both as a preparation for a visit to Crete and as an actual guide to the sites the book is prefaced with an account of the islands geography history and culture in antiquity and packed with illustrations including photographs plans reconstructions and a map of the island showing the sitesOriginally published in 1987The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest printondemand technology to again make available previously outofprint books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905Originally published in 1962The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest printondemand technology to again make available previously outofprint books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
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The eternal desire for immortality is at the core of this epic series from an Australian author
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SHEIKH IN DISGUISEWhen his countrys priceless heirloom jewel is stolen darkly aristocratic Prince Karim vows to recover itby kidnapping socialite Caroline Langley In disguise he lures her to his palace But he doesnt anticipate the urgent primitive stirrings the beautiful foreigner arouses Now he must have Carolinebody and soulA WILLING CAPTIVECaroline cannot resist Prince Karims arrogant potent masculinity Letting him introduce her to the pleasures of womanhood is an opportunity for unimaginable fulfillment But betrayal and deceit mar her fairy tale What if his ardor is just an act And if the princes ransom isnt met will Caroline become the sheikhs most precious gemPowerful sheikhs born to rule and destined to find love as eternal as the sandsSONS OF THE DESERT
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A century ago the popularity of early Washington landmarks like Stoneleigh Court and the controversial Cairo which at a soaring twelve stories shocked District officials into enacting the citys height limit made it clear that apartment living was here to stay By the 1920s Beaux Art and Art Deco palaces offered residents all the luxuries of a firstclass hotel barbershops ballrooms rooftop terraces and indoor pools Soon other innovations in apartment livingthe garden complex the cooperative and the mixeduse buildingput Washington at the forefront of urban planning Today the resurgence of the historic heart of the nations capital has created an apartment boom rivaled only by that of the 1920sThrough residents personal recollections original floor plans and more than 690 photographs Best Addresses offers an intimate tour behind the facades of 162 remarkable buildings Some have already been destroyed or disfigured beyond repair making their preservation here especially valuable while others continue to set the standard for elegant living in the nations capital
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Ancient culture meets modern style in this wideranging selection of interiors throughout the magical land of Egypt From an apartment in Cairo to a house at the foot of the pyramids a casbah on the banks of the Nile and an Arabian palace the homes featured within offer us the chance to explore Egypts most unique interiors
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Egypt one of the most densely populated countries in the world has a colonial history that stretches back centuries Between 1860 and 1940 Cairo and other large cities witnessed a major construction boom that gave birth to extraordinary palaces and lavish buildings Today many lie empty and neglected rapidly succumbing to time real estate frenzy and an ongoing overpopulation crisisIn 2006 Xenia Nikolskaya began the process of documenting these extraordinary structures She has gained exceptional access and has photographed at some thirty locations including Cairo Alexandria Luxor Minya Esna and Port Said
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From the earliest resthouses serving travelers on the Overland Route between Britain and Bombay to the grand Edwardian palaces on the Nile that made Egypt the exotic alternative to wintering on the Riviera the hotels of Alexandria Cairo Luxor and Aswan were always about far more than just bed and board As bridgeheads for African exploration neutral territories for conducting diplomacy headquarters for armies providers of home comforts for writers painters scholars and archaeologists in the field and social hubs for an international elite more of importance happened in Egypts hotels than in any other setting It was through the hotels that visitors from the westthe earliest adventurers then the travelers and finally the touristsexperienced the Orient This book tells the stories of Egypts historic hotels including the Cecil Shepheards the Mena House Gezira Palace Semiramis Winter Palace and Cataract and some of the people who stayed in them from Amelia Edwards Lucie Duff Gordon and Florence Nightingale to Agatha Christie Conan Doyle Winston Churchill and TE Lawrence
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