Jasmine Nights
Title | Jasmine Nights PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Gregson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2012-06-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1439158177 |
From the award-winning author of East of the Sun, a powerful love story set against the unstable and exotic cities of Cairo and Istanbul during the height of World War II. At twenty-three, Saba Tarcan knows her only hope of escaping the clamor of Cardiff Bay, Wales, lies in her voice. While traveling Britain, singing for wounded soldiers, Saba meets handsome fighter pilot Dom Benson, recovering from burns after a crash. When Saba auditions to entertain troops in far-off lands, Dom follows her to London. Just as their relationship begins to take root, Saba is sent to sing in Africa, and Dom is assigned a new mission in the Middle East. As Saba explores Cairo’s bazaars, finding friendship among the troupe’s acrobats and dancers, Dom returns to the cockpit once again, both thrilled and terrified to be flying above the desert floor. In spite of great danger, the two resolve to reunite. When Saba learns that her position makes her uniquely qualified for a secret mission of international importance, she agrees to help the British Secret Service, concealing her role from Dom. Her decision will jeopardize not only her safety but also the love of her life. Based on true accounts of female entertainers used as spies during World War II, Jasmine Nights is a powerful story of danger, secrets, and love, filled with the colors and sounds of the Middle East’s most beautiful cities.
Jasmine Nights
Title | Jasmine Nights PDF eBook |
Author | S. P. Somtow |
Publisher | |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2013-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780980014945 |
The setting is Thailand and the protagonists are two boys, one Thai, the other African-American. The novel traces their relationship, which is a meeting of East and West. By a Thai-born writer, author of Vampire Junction.
Jasmine Nights
Title | Jasmine Nights PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Gregson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2012-06-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1439155585 |
A novel about a young singer who is recruited by the British Secret Service during the height of World War II, set amidst exquisite and dangerous cities of the Middle East.
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
Title | The Temptation of the Night Jasmine PDF eBook |
Author | Lauren Willig |
Publisher | Allison & Busby |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2011-08-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0749040254 |
After twelve years in India, Robert, Duke of Dovedale, returns to his estates in England with a mission in mind: to infiltrate the infamous Hellfire club to unmask the man who murdered his mentor at the Battle of Assaye. Intent on revenge, Robert never anticipates that an even more difficult challenge awaits him, in the person of one Lady Charlotte Lansdowne.
Night Jasmine
Title | Night Jasmine PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Lou Widmer |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 546 |
Release | 2007-12-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1452050473 |
TWO MEN...ONE LOVE... Brutally exposed to the naked facts of life, Katie Raspanti fled the dingy hovels of the slums to become a kitchen maid in New Orleans's most elegant household. She was no more than a child, but all too soon she became the tantalizing beauty who commanded the hearts of two brothers, both willing to abandon family and fortune to be at her side. Never, ever, did Katie dream that she would be the one to ignite the passions that would divide the legendary Eagan family, that would drive the Eagan boys to greatness, that would propel her to the top of New Orleans society and beyond... NIGHT JASMINE
Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e
Title | Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e PDF eBook |
Author | Jasminne Méndez |
Publisher | Arte Publico Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2018-04-30 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1518504906 |
For Jasminne Mendez, pericardial effusion and pericarditis are not just an abnormal accumulation of fluid and increased inflammation around the heart. It’s what happens “when you stifle the tears and pain of a miscarriage, infertility and chronic illness for so long that your heart does the crying for you until it begins to drown because its tears have nowhere to go.” Diagnosed with scleroderma at 22 and lupus just six years later, her life becomes a roller coaster of doctor visits, medical tests and procedures. Staring at EKG results that look like hieroglyphics, she realizes that she doesn’t want to understand them: “The language of a life lived with chronic illness is not something I want to adapt to. I cannot let this hostile vocabulary hijack my story.” The daughter of Dominican immigrants, Mendez fought for independence against her overly-protective parents, obtaining a full scholarship to college, a dream job after school and a master’s degree shortly thereafter. But the full-time job with medical insurance doesn’t satisfy her urge to write and perform, so she leaves it in search of creative fulfillment. In this stirring collection of personal essays and poetry, Mendez shares her story, writing about encounters with the medical establishment, experiences as an Afro Latina and longing for the life she expected but that eludes her.
Jasmine
Title | Jasmine PDF eBook |
Author | Bharati Mukherjee |
Publisher | Grove Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780802136305 |
After the assassination of her husband, seventeen-year-old Jasmine leaves India to live with a middle-aged banker in a small Iowa town, only to retain some of the traditions and memories of the past.