Saleem, fed up with all the violence, religiosity, and strict family hierarchies of his Iraqi village, flees to Spain to establish a new life for himself. But his lonely exile is turned upside down when he encounters his father, Noah, in a Madrid...
Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a pebble and a sling-and ever since, the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants....
This book uncovers the true story behind the bombing of Pearl harbor on December 7, 1941, by Japanese forces that catapulted America into the war. The United States had desired that Japan should commit the first overt act and the plan to provoke...