Husna's Story
Title | Husna's Story PDF eBook |
Author | Farid Ahmed |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2020-03-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1760873675 |
The couple had been praying when a gunman burst into the mosque. He shot and killed 51 people that day and injured many others. In this book Husna's husband, Farid Ahmed, tells Husna's story, including the day of the attack. Farid describes the selflessness and bravery with which Husna lived her life. As well as looking after her daughter and paraplegic husband, Husna was an important member of the community, helping women and running classes for children. Her last selfless act was going back into the mosque to look for her husband on that fateful day, after she had already led other women and children to safety. Husna's husband, quite remarkably, forgives the alleged killer. Farid's philosophy of forgiveness, peace and love is an example of how faith and humanity can be tools for navigating even the most horrific of tragedies.
Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy, Book 3)
Title | Inkdeath (Inkheart Trilogy, Book 3) PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelia Funke |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Pages | 705 |
Release | 2011-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545406277 |
The masterful conclusion to the epic, award-winning, NYT bestselling INKHEART trilogy by internationally acclaimed author Cornelia Funke.The Adderhead--his immortality bound in a book by Meggie's father, Mo--has ordered his henchmen to plunder the villages. The peasants' only defense is a band of outlaws led by the Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double, whose identity he has reluctantly adopted. But the Book of Immortality is unraveling, and the Adderhead again fears the White Women of Death. To bring the renegade Bluejay back to repair the book, the Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, dooming them to slavery in his silver mines unless Mo surrenders. First Dustfinger, now Mo: Can anyone save this cursed story?
Inkspell
Title | Inkspell PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelia Funke |
Publisher | Chicken House |
Pages | 538 |
Release | 2011-11-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1906427984 |
Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of the extraordinary events of Inkheart, and the story whose characters strode out of the pages, and changed her life forever. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater, torn from his world of words, the need to return has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the magical ability to read him back, he sets in motion a dangerous reversal that sees the characters of Inkheart transported to a charmed Inkworld, about to be fought over by rival rebels and princes. But can Meggie, Farid and Fenoglio 'write' the wrongs of a charmed world about to be fought over by rival princes and rebels?
Home and Migrant Identity in Dialogical Life Stories of Moroccan and Turkish Dutch
Title | Home and Migrant Identity in Dialogical Life Stories of Moroccan and Turkish Dutch PDF eBook |
Author | Femke Stock |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 431 |
Release | 2017-09-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004353704 |
In Home and Migrant Identity in Dialogical Life Stories of Moroccan and Turkish Dutch, Femke J. Stock explores the multivoiced life stories of Moroccan and Turkish Dutch. Using Dialogical Self Theory for microanalyses of ambivalent narratives on home and belonging, the book challenges common ideas on Muslim migrants.
Husna's Story
Title | Husna's Story PDF eBook |
Author | Farid Ahmed |
Publisher | |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Bereavement |
ISBN | 9780369333766 |
Husna's Story is written by Husna's husband Farid Ahmed. They were praying at El Noor Mosque in Christchurch when a gunman burst in and shot and killed 51 people and injured many others in a terrorist attack. This book tells Husna's story, describing the day of the attack - in all of its normal, mundane detail up until the tragedy, and then the horrendous tragedy of what followed. Interwoven with this is the story of Husna's life, telling of the selflessness and bravery with which she lived her life. As well as looking after her paraplegic husband, Husna was an important member of the community, helping women when they were giving birth, running classes for children and helping many others. Her last selfless act was going back into the mosque to look for her husband on that fateful day. She had already led the other women and children to safety. Tragically she was shot. Husna's husband, Farid Ahmed, quite incredibly, forgives the alleged killer. His remarkable philosophy of forgiveness, peace and love is an example of how religion and faith, through personal application, can be a tool for navigating the most horrific of tragedies.
The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis
Title | The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Handford |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 865 |
Release | 2023-05-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1000860876 |
The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis covers the major approaches to discourse analysis from critical discourse analysis to multimodal discourse analysis and their applications in key educational and institutional settings. The handbook is divided into eight sections: Approaches to Discourse Analysis, Gender, Race and Sexualities, Narrativity and Discourse, Genre and Register, Spoken Discourse, Social Media and Online Discourse, Educational Applications and Institutional Applications. The chapters are written by a wide range of contributors from around the world, each a leading researcher in their respective field. With a focus on the application of discourse analysis to real-life problems, the contributors introduce the reader to a topic and analyse authentic data. This fully revised second edition includes new sections on Gender, Race and Sexualities, Narrativity and Discourse, Genre and Register, Spoken Discourse, Social Media and Online Discourse and nine new chapters on topics such as digital communication and public policy and political discourse. This volume is vital reading for all students and researchers of discourse analysis in linguistics, applied linguistics, communication and cultural studies, social psychology and anthropology.
Global Cosmopolitans
Title | Global Cosmopolitans PDF eBook |
Author | L. Brimm |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2010-09-17 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0230289797 |
As globalization creates the need for leaders who transcend national borders, this book provides an insider's view of what makes them special. This is the first book to present a framework for understanding this fast-growing and influential group and it provides tools for readers to discover their own inner competitive edge.