nomad publishing jun 2023 (2 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - King Farouk came to the throne in 1936, at the tender age of 16. The young monarch's rule was to the be the last in a dynasty that had run this ancient land since 1805. Melekper Toussoun's account is a history told from the inside, as someone who was part of that final dynasty which held the helm until the monarchy was toppled in a coup d'é tat in 1952 - a coup d' é tat that would probably not have taken place had the young king not suffered an accident that affected the neuronal pathways in his brain. This evocative and highly personal narrative tells the story of the young monarch, and pivots on one central event that was to change everything - Farouk's car accident on a country road in 1943, in which he sustained an injury which, without damaging his intellectual faculties, changed instantly and permanently his behaviour and personality. Melekper Toussoun evocatively conveys the stresses and strains the king was under through those tortured years, and highlights the gulf between his behaviour before and after the accident where 'Farouk was no longer Farouk.'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - No visitor will travel far through the Lebanese mountains without hearing Mayylu!, that warm invitation - a prelude to making new friends and to sharing good food and company. This ancient invocation of welcome captures the very essence of life in this rugged terrain. The spirit of Mayylu lies at the center of this heart-warming food book which is, in many ways, the embodiment of that shared experience. Lovingly told, with close step-by-step visuals of the preparation processes, a great many of these secrets of Lebanon's ancient culinary heritage are published here for the first time. The ingredients are frequently garnered wild from the mountain slopes nearby, following bygone values of sustainability and love of the environment that enjoy a renaissance in the modern world. The wisdom in these rich personal accounts has been handed down from generation to generation, part of an oral tradition that, if not recorded here in this book, runs the risk of one day being lost to us forever. Mayylu! is far more than a cookbook - it is a window into a vanishing world and a celebration of a whole way of life. 'Mayylu! Come and join us!' Includes dual measures.