1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148639903321

Autore

Hayley Elizabeth

Titolo

Dazzling / / Elizabeth Hayley ; foreword by James Patterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Little, Brown and Company, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-316-27641-3

0-316-27644-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (117 pages)

Collana

The Diamond Trilogy ; ; Book I

Disciplina

813/.6

Soggetti

Food service hostesses

Billionaires

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Chapter 23 -- Chapter 24 -- Chapter 25 -- Chapter 26 -- Chapter 27 -- Chapter 28 -- Chapter 29 -- A Preview of "Radiant" -- About The Author -- Newsletters -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

Siobhan came to New York with a purpose: She wants to become a successful artist. To pay her bills in the meantime, she's the hostess at The Stone Room, a bar for the beautiful and the billionaires. She's fine with being on her own, until tech billionaire Derick takes her breath away.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779019903321

Autore

Shavarini Mitra K. <1962->

Titolo

Desert roots [[electronic resource] ] : journey of an Iranian immigrant family / / Mitra Karbassi Shavarini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, Tex., : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012

ISBN

1-59332-598-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society

Disciplina

305.89155/073

Soggetti

Iranian Americans

Iranian Americans - Cultural assimilation

Immigrants - Family relationships - United States

Return migration - Iran

Place attachment

Iran Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Desert Roots; Introduction; Chapter 1: Ghorbat; Chapter 2: Eshgh; Chapter 3: Tasbih; Chapter 4: Shimr; Chapter 5: Vatan Parast; Chapter 6: Curse; Chapter 7: Soghra; Chapter 8: Brother; Chapter 9: Kambiz; Chapter 10: Doors; Chapter 11: Iran

Sommario/riassunto

Desert Roots is the true story of the author's parents who, after being self-imposed exiles from their native Iran for 33 years, decided to leave the United States and return to their homeland. In this family biography, Shavarini explores the issues that brought them to America-and eventually drew them back home again. The experiences of her family will help readers understand the struggles many Iranians-those living in Iran and abroad-have faced. Threaded throughout the story are universal themes that connect readers to the many characters within: a mother trying to raise her children in a ne