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Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Looking at the social, political and legal changes in Oman since 1970, this book challenges the Islamic and tribal traditional cultural norms relating to marriage, divorce and women's rights which guide social and legal practice in the modern Omani state. The book argues that despite the establishment of legal instruments guaranteeing equality for all citizens, the fact that the state depends upon Islamic and tribal elites for its legitimacy invalidates...
83) The outsiders
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyboy.
84) The River
Series
Criterion collection volume 276
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River in India, around which their daily lives unfold.
Author
Series
Routledge library editions. Education volume 202
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2012,c1977
Language
English
90) The journey back
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
After spending three years hiding from the Nazis, a Jewish family is reunited and begins the job of rebuilding their country and family. Reiss describes her efforts to be reunited with her family & rebuild their lives. This a moving story that is even more emotional because it is true. How does it feel to leave the people you've grown to love -- and go back to a family you no longer know? Holland, 1945 -- World War II has finally ended. For thirteen-year-old...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Rumours and gossip are the lifeblood of London... Olivia Bevelstoke, the only daughter of the Earl of Rudland, is beautiful, wealthy, twenty-one and unmarried, making her the subject of much gossip: 'What is she waiting for? A prince?' But Olivia isn't stuck up, and neither is she hopeless. She is simply waiting for something - or someone. enter Sir Harry Valentine, her intriguing new neighbour... Sir Harry Valentine is not a spy, but he's had all...
Author
Series
Lewis Henry Morgan lectures volume 1980
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Author
Series
Cairo papers in social science volume 28, no. 1, spring 2005
Publisher
American University in Cairo Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Post-Western Social Sciences and Global Knowledge volume Volume 1
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English