Dar al Saqi
Dar al Saqi is an award-winning independent publishing house based in Beirut. Founded in 1990, their books cover various subjects including children's and young adults’ for ages between 3 and 18.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2019Waiting for the revolution
The British far left from 1956
by Evan Smith, Matthew Worley, Jacquelyn Arnold, Daniel Finn, Michael Fitzpatrick, Diarmaid Kelliher, Jack Saunders, J Daniel Taylor, Jodi Burkett, Gavin Brown, Daisy Payling, Christopher Massey, Sheryl-Bernadett Buckley, Daryl Leeworthy, Rory Scothorne, Ewan Gibbs, Lyndon White (Lawrence Parker)
Waiting for the revolution is a volume of essays examining the diverse currents of British left-wing politics from 1956 to the present day. The book is designed to complement the previous volume, Against the grain: The far left in Britain from 1956, bringing together young and established academics and writers to discuss the realignments and fissures that maintain leftist politics into the twenty-first century. The two books endeavour to historicise the British left, detailing but also seeking to understand the diverse currents that comprise 'the far left'. Their objective is less to intervene in ongoing issues relevant to the left and politics more generally, than to uncover and explore the traditions and issues that have preoccupied leftist groups, activists and struggles. To this end, the book will appeal to scholars and anyone interested in British politics.
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HorticultureMarch 2007Postharvest
An introduction to the physiology and handling of fruit, vegetables and ornamentals, 5th edition
by Ron Wills, Barry McGlasson, Doug Graham, Daryl Joyce
Effective postharvest handling is critical in maintaining the quality and freshness of crops from the time when they are harvested to when they are sold to the consumer.Presented in a new larger format with an expanded colour section, this broad-based introductory level textbook covers the key concepts and practical technologies to slow the inevitable deterioration of harvested produce, including handling, packaging, transport, temperature management and the control of pests and diseases.The 5th edition is updated with current industry developments and practices, including:- A review of ethylene synthesis with mention of genetic control.- Trucking practices updated.- A review of pathology technologies for current relevance to industry; greater emphasis is given to non-chemical methods such as heat treatments, UV radiation and elicitors for wastage control.- A new section on organic produce.
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FictionOctober 2019I'm not asking for much
by Megan Maxwell
Carol works as a showgirl, but her dream is to be a stewardess, and the opportunity presents itself in the form of the company High Drogo. Daryl is the captain and he travels all over the world as a pilot for the same company. The two of them meet through Lola, who is Daryl’s sister and Carol’s friend. They are attracted to each other, and both are open to sex with no strings attaches, but they try not to get too close, because this could cause problems for Lola. And yet, everything will change when the heart wins out over logic and work lands them on the same flights and in the same cities. Unable to resist the attraction they feel for each other, they decide to take advantage of the moment, to live, to enjoy it.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersWar + Ink
New Perspectives on Ernest Hemingway’s Early Life and Writings
by Steve Paul, (editor) Gail Sinclair, (editor) Steven Trout (editor)
Casts fresh light on the formative years of one of the twentieth century's most important literary figuresErnest Hemingway’s early adulthood (1917–1929) was marked by his work as a journalist, wartime service, marriage, conflicts with parents, expatriation, artistic struggle, and spectacular success. In War + Ink, veteran and emerging Hemingway scholars, alongside experts in related fields, present pathbreaking research that provides important insights into this period of Hemingway’s life.Comprised of sixteen elegantly written essays, War + Ink revisits Hemingway’s formative experiences as a cub reporter in Kansas City. It establishes a fresh set of contexts for his Italian adventure in 1918 and his novels and short stories of the 1920s, offers some provocative reflections on his fiction and the issue of truth-telling in war literature, and reexamines his later career in terms of themes, issues, or places tied to his early life. The essays vary in methodology, theoretical assumptions, and scope; what they share is an eagerness to question—and to look beyond—truisms that have long prevailed in Hemingway scholarship.Highlights include historian Jennifer Keene’s persuasive analysis of Hemingway as a “typical doughboy,” Ellen Andrew Knodt’s unearthing of “Hemingwayesque” language spread throughout the correspondence penned by his World War I contemporaries, Susan Beegel’s account of the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and its previously unrecognized impact on the young Hemingway, Jennifer Haytock’s adroit analysis of “destructive spectatorship” in The Sun Also Rises, Mark Cirino’s groundbreaking discussion of the instantaneous “life review” experienced by Hemingway’s dying characters (an intrusion of the speculative and the fantastic into fiction better known for its hard surfaces and harsh truths), and Matthew Nickel’s detailed interpretation of the significance of Kansas City in Across the River and Into the Trees. A trio of scholars—Celia Kingsbury, William Blazek, and Daryl Palmer—focus on “Soldier’s Home,” offering three very different readings of this quintessential narrative of an American soldier’s homecoming. Finally, Dan Clayton and Thomas G. Bowie reexamine Hemingway’s war stories in light of those told by today’s veterans.War + Ink offers a cross section of today’s Hemingway scholarship at its best—and reintroduces us to a young Hemingway we only thought we knew.
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The ArtsRock Stars At Home
by Chris Charlesworth, Daryl Easlea, Eddi Fiegel, Bryan Reesman, Colin Salter & Simon Spence
Rock Stars At Home brings the reader up close and personal with the most ostentatious, outrageous and over-the-top homes in rock 'n' roll history. From Elvis's renowned Graceland to Keith Richards's notorious Redlands hideaway; from Michael Jackson's Neverland pleasure palace to Jimi Hendrix's love nest in London's Mayfair; and from Bob Dylan's Hi Lo Ha at Woodstock to Ozzy Osbourne's mansion in Beverley HIlls, where reality TV was born, take a tour of the iconic houses where the stars lived and (occasionally) died.
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The ArtsOctober 2020RIDLEY SCOTT
A Retrospective
by Ian Nathan
Illustrated with images as iconic as they are stunning and including the author’s first-hand experiences on set and interviews with Scott himself, this book charts the extraordinary journey of Britain’s greatest living director.Telling the stories behind Alien and Blade Runner, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, and many more, it also goes in search of the themes and motifs that unite such different films, and the methods and madness of Scott’s approach to his medium.This is the account of a director who has never been less than stubbornly, brilliantly, unforgettably his own man. Author Ian Nathan is one of the UK’s best-known film writers. He is the author of eight previous books, including Alien Vault, the bestselling history of Ridley Scott’s masterpiece, and Terminator Vault. He is the former editor and executive editor of Empire, where he remains a contributing editor.
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Biography & True StoriesJune 2018These Are Such Perfect Days
The Del Amitri Story
by Charles Rawlings Wray
Glasgow band Del Amitri have sold more than six million albums. Their 1995 single Roll To Me cracked the Top 10 in the US, and five of their albums went Top 10 in the UK. But as yet there hasn t been anything substantial written about the band...until now! From ambition to success, this is the complete story of Del Amitri's rise from initial formation through six albums that took them to global recognition. From early Peel sessions, to touring with Morrissey; to appearing on Letterman and cracking the US, the book follows every up and down of the band s incredible career, as well as providing unique and original insights into their personalities and music.
