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Marvel Comics presents the all-new Ms. Marvel, the groundbreaking heroine that has become an international sensation.
Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm!
As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them as well. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to handle? Kamala has no idea either. But she's comin' for you, New York!
From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an
epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian
peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow
Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen established her as a vital
American Muslim literary voice. The Bird King tells the story of
Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate
of Muslim Spain, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace
mapmaker. Hassan has a secret - he can draw maps of places he's
never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of
the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan's
surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realising that
she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian
Spanish rule. With their freedoms at stake, what will Fatima risk
to save Hassan and escape the palace walls? As Fatima and Hassan
traverse Spain to find safety, The Bird King asks us to consider
what love is and the price of freedom at a time when the West and
the Muslim world were not yet separate.
From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an
epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian
peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow
Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post
Best Book of the Year, and it established her as a vital American
Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King, a stunning
new novel that tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in the royal
court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain, and her dearest
friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker. Hassan has a secret--he can
draw maps of places he's never seen and bend the shape of reality.
When representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to
negotiate the sultan's surrender, Fatima befriends one of the
women, not realizing that she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and
a threat to Christian Spanish rule. With their freedoms at stake,
what will Fatima risk to save Hassan and escape the palace walls?
As Fatima and Hassan traverse Spain with the help of a clever jinn
to find safety, The Bird King asks us to consider what love is and
the price of freedom at a time when the West and the Muslim world
were not yet separate.
Kneel before the Gods of the DC Universe in Lazarus Planet: Revenge
of the Gods! After the events of Lazarus Planet, the gods of the
Multiverse have decided to take down the heroes they once called
champions and the world they've sworn to protect. For years the
gods sat idle atop their mountains as their legends faded into
obscurity along with their bodies. Now is their time to remind the
selfish mortals of their existence and take back the world with
something more powerful than belief...fear. Only the brave heroes
Wonder Woman and Shazam stand in their way, but will their combined
powers be enough?
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Air Volume 3 (Paperback)
G. Willow Wilson, M. K. Perker; Illustrated by Chris Chuckry
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A fantastical journey set at the height of the Spanish Inquisition
from the award-winning author of Alif the Unseen and writer of the
Ms. Marvel series, G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King is a jubilant
story of love versus power, religion versus faith, and freedom
versus safety. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was
an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and it
established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she
delivers The Bird King, a stunning new novel that tells the story
of Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last
emirate of Muslim Spain, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace
mapmaker. Hassan has a secret--he can draw maps of places he's
never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of
the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan's
surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realizing that
she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian
Spanish rule. With their freedoms at stake, what will Fatima risk
to save Hassan and escape the palace walls? As Fatima and Hassan
traverse Spain with the help of a clever jinn to find safety, The
Bird King asks us to consider what love is and the price of freedom
at a time when the West and the Muslim world were not yet separate.
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Air Volume 2 (Paperback)
G. Willow Wilson, M. K. Perker, Chris Chuckry
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R541
R488
Discovery Miles 4 880
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Ships in 9 - 17 working days
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"G. Willow Wilson has a deft hand with myth and with magic, and the
kind of smart, honest writing mind that knits together and bridges
cultures and people. You should read what she writes."--Neil
Gaiman, author of Stardust and American Gods "Driven by a hot ionic
charge between higher math and Arabian myth, G. Willow Wilson
conjures up a tale of literary enchantment, political change, and
religious mystery. Open the first page and you will be forced to do
its bidding: To read on."--Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and
Out of Oz In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young
Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients--dissidents, outlaws,
Islamists, and other watched groups--from surveillance and tries to
stay out of trouble. He goes by Alif--the first letter of the
Arabic alphabet, and a convenient handle to hide behind. The
aristocratic woman Alif loves has jilted him for a prince chosen by
her parents, and his computer has just been breached by the state's
electronic security force, putting his clients and his own neck on
the line. Then it turns out his lover's new fiance is the "Hand of
God," as they call the head of state security, and his henchmen
come after Alif, driving him underground. When Alif discovers The
Thousand and One Days, the secret book of the jinn, which both he
and the Hand suspect may unleash a new level of information
technology, the stakes are raised and Alif must struggle for life
or death, aided by forces seen and unseen. With shades of Neal
Stephenson, Philip Pullman, and The Thousand and One Nights, Alif
the Unseen is a tour de force debut--a sophisticated melting pot of
ideas, philosophy, technology, and spirituality smuggled inside an
irresistible page-turner. "[A] Harry Potter-ish action-adventure
romance [that] unfolds against the backdrop of the Arab Spring. . .
. Improbably charming . . . A bookload of wizardry and
glee."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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Air Volume 1 (Paperback)
G. Willow Wilson, M. K. Perker, Chris Chuckry
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R545
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Discovery Miles 4 920
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The Butterfly Mosque, journalist G. Willow Wilson's remarkable
story of converting to Islam and falling in love with an Egyptian
man in a volatile post-9/11 world, was praised as "an eye-opening
look at a misunderstood and often polarizing faith" (Booklist) and
"a tremendously heartfelt, healing crosscultural fusion"
(Publishers Weekly). Inspired by her experience during a college
Islamic Studies course, Wilson, who was raised an atheist, decides
to risk everything to convert to Islam and embark on a fated
journey across continents and into an uncertain future. She settles
in Cairo, where she attempts to submerge herself in a culture based
on her adopted religion and where she meets Omar, a man with a mild
resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. They begin a
daring relationship that calls into question the very nature of
family, belief, and tradition. Torn between the secular West and
Muslim East, Wilson records her intensely personal struggle to
forge a "third culture" that might accommodate her values without
compromising them or the friends and family on both sides of the
divide.
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