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BEAUTIFUL RIVALS

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Blurb Winning a scholarship into the prestigious Crestwood Academy was supposed to be a fresh start for Maya Reed, a new start to pursue her dreams and goals, putting behind her, her troubled past, her family issues. That was the goal, until the universe introduced Noah Kingston, the hottest most popular boy in school. Always ready to rack her rules and break into her space. But Maya wasn’t the type to bend for someone either. Between heated arguments and exchange of spiteful words, unexpected moments of kindness, and a tension that either of them understands, the line between hate and attraction begins to blur What started off as hatered, rivalry, slowly becomes something deeper, something they were too scared to accept and too engrossed to ignore. A burn that will not only consume their hearts, but also their souls slowly creeps in. But when long buried secrets threaten to shatter the fragile connection growing between them. Maya must decide if this slow intriguing attraction is worth risking everything for. They were never supposed to feel a thing But it’s is not theirs to decide… What happens when secrets begins to come into limelight and their feelings seems too fragile to stand? What happens when trust begins to shake? Will this love story be for a lifetime or a short while? Find out in this not so smooth ride, hop on and grab your seatbelts tight….
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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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