The Jewel and the Ember: Love Stories from the Ancient Middle East BN_Top_100 But navigating court politics and

But navigating court politics and pretend relationships is harder than Tyriq imagined-especially when he realizes that he may have accidentally broken his swearing-off-of-love rule

Because someone has more than love on their mind

they share a smile

“Funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect

from revolutionary found poems created by redacting court documents to the astonishing crown of sonnets that serves as the volume's radiant conclusion

The Jewel and the Ember: Love Stories from the Ancient Middle East BN_Top_100 But navigating court politics andThe Jewel and the Ember is a unique collection of enchanting, enlightening, joyful, painful, and funny pre Islamic love stories drawn from ancient sources throughout the Middle East, illustrating our eternal search for enduring love and encouraging the heart to sing. The human soul is eternally engaged in the search for enduring love. The Jewel and the Ember is a unique collection of compelling, enlightening, sometimes joyful, sometimes painful, often