David Michael

It is 1877, when a heartbreaking tragedy leaves Eleanora Cohen marooned in Istanbul during the last days of the Ottoman Empire. But young Eleonora, clever and engaging beyond her years, soon catches the attention of the Sultan's court.

"For readers interested in exploring the roots of their religious traditions, for critics of religious intolerance, and for anyone who wants to learn about the origins of the ethnic and religious animosities that persist to this day. Throughout history, in the service of politics and power, the biblical concept of chosen people has been used to justify prejudice, persecution, invasion, and genocide. In God's Favorites, prominent biblical scholar Michael...

"An urgent and heartbreaking investigation into the corporate greed and governmental corruption that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns"--Jacket.

Contains entries that provide information about a wide range of events and topics from throughout five thousand years of world history; and includes cross-references, illustrations, and maps. Arranged alphabetically from Fi-to-Hu.

Saesee Tiin steals a secret Separatist starfighter; Ki-Adi-Mundi and Nivi-Anu rescue an army of clone troopers; clone commandos battle in the clouds of a gas planet; and, Plo Koon and Kit Fisto get trapped in an underwater prison.