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TWIN SHADOWS

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"People think obsession arrives loud. Mine didn't. It began with her." To the world, she is a prodigy a brilliant crime writer who maps the minds of killers with chilling accuracy. To him, she is a "little flame," a girl he has studied from the darkness since she was twelve. He knows the scent of her whipped chocolate and ink. He knows the rhythm of her breath while she sleeps. He isn't a ghost. He is the architecture of her chaos. On her 18th birthday, he finally stepped out of the shadows and into her room. On her 19th, he touched her skin and felt her tremble. He thinks he’s the predator keeping her whole. He thinks he owns the silence between them. But she hasn't called the police. She hasn't run. While he was busy memorizing her habits, she was busy turning his obsession into her greatest masterpiece. In a game where both players are hunters, only one can survive the night. Two predators. One story. And neither of them knows who the prey is yet.
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The ultimate mamluk

This is the story of one Georgian man called Davit Manvelashvili.He was born in the family of peasants in Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia.He was separated from his parents and brothers at the age of 5.This happened because he was kidnapped by thugs who traded with slaves.These thugs took him to the Ottoman capital-Istanbul,where he changed several masters and eventually ended up with the man called-Mustafa.He bestowed 11 year-old Davit to the governor of Iraq-Suleiman pasha the Great,who was Georgian.This governor named him Davut and send him to the islamic school-Madrassie.There he learned islamic law,Quran and oriental languages:Arabic,Ottoman Turkish and Persian.He learned all of these subjects very well and as a result,his master paid him special attention.Suleiman personally taught Davut horseriding,swordsmanship and archery.After finishing his studies Suleiman released Davut from slavery and made him free man.Davut became his official bodyguard.At the age of 27,Davut got married with Suleiman's daughter-Rabia.They had 3 sons and 1 daughter. In 1822,he officially became the governor of Iraq.He made Iraq flourish with irrigation channels and wells.He constructed libraries,mosques,silk factories,public bathhouses,hospitals and bridges.He also founded the very first publishing house in 1828-1829.Besides,he had extremely strong army that consisted of 100 thousand Georgian mamluk soldiers.This army was divided in 3 units among his 3 sons.In 1831,he attempted to make Iraq independent from Ottoman empire,but he failed and was captured by Ottoman forces with his family.The Ottoman sultan-Mahmud II exiled him in Bursa(City in Turkey).
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