Nadeem Mansour Thuraya

Le tribolate vicende di questo romanzo, ambientato tra il Pakistan e l'Afghanistan invaso dagli americani dopo l'11 settembre, si snodano sullo sfondo di un giardino incantato, come ad assorbire la violenza di ciò che accade intorno, contrapponendo l'innocenza della natura alla crudeltà degli uomini e alle loro guerre insensate. Il giardino appartiene al vecchio Rohan, saggio e devoto musulmano che ha costruito un'oasi di pace nella città pachistana di Heer - una scuola aperta ad allievi di ogni credo religioso nel tentativo di allargare gli orizzonti di giovani altrimenti facili prede del fondamentalismo islamico nelle madrasse. Ma le speranze di Rohan di porre un freno alle violenze della guerra che infuria oltreconfine saranno tragicamente deluse: i suoi stessi figli, Jeo e Mikal - partiti in segreto per l'Afghanistan per contribuire alla liberazione del paese dalla tirannia talebana -, vengono rapiti dai fondamentalisti e costretti a partecipare alla jihad, a combattere contro il popolo che avrebbero voluto difendere..

Covering the latest developments in both open and minimally invasive surgery, Atlas of Procedures in Gynecologic Oncology, Second Edition has been massively updated to keep abreast with the latest developments in the field.
SLN mapping for cervical cancer

Chemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites analyzes the critical metabolic reactions and structural features essential for parasite survival, and advocates the latest molecular strategies with which to identify effective antiparasitic agents.

This volume is dedicated to plant and food wastes play an important role in reducing these costs and recycling dump bio-materials. Production of biofuels from non-food biomass has emerged as a sustainable option to tackle the problems associated with growing demands for energy.

This volume addresses several topics of ship strength in greater depth than in the previous edition of PNA, bringing much of the material up to date and introducing some new subjects. Modern developments in classification society strength standards and modern rule developments are covered including Common Structural Rules for tankers and bulk carriers.

This book presents systematic and comprehensive reviews on free radicals and their involvement in lipid peroxidation with special emphasis on their important role in different diseases.

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching. With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.

This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching. With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.