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"The Emperor’s Three Questions" is a parable of an emperor who seeks out a holy man for answers to questions he believes will help him to be a great ruler. Knowing that wisdom needs to be experienced, the holy man cannot just tell the emperor. The answers that unfold in the narrative will be better remembered.

A short story by Leo Tolstoy first published in 1885 as part of the collection What Men Live By, and Other Tales. The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life.

When Dr. Watson returns to London from a weekend seminar, he finds hat Sherlock Holmes has been arrested. Inspector Lestrade refers Watson to a questionable psychiatric hospital where Holmes is jailed for mental incapacity.

As a member of the Bourbon Street Boys private security firm, Antoinette "Toni" Delacourte is one strong woman, but despite her reputation for being tough as nails, she is haunted by her past mistakes. Now they're catching up to her, and throwing her for a loop. Ten years ago, Toni kissed Lucky, her brother's best friend. Worried it would break apart the group she'd come to see as family, she walked away - straight into the arms of Charlie, and an abusive relationship.

Las tres preguntas es un relato que nos muestra la aventura de un rey, quien busca respuestas a estas tres preguntas: ¿Cuál es el mejor momento para hacer algo? ¿Quién es la persona más importante con la que uno debe estar? ¿Cuál es la cosa más importante que uno debe hacer en la vida? El rey recibe infinidad de respuestas, pero es el bondadoso y sabio ermitaño del pueblo quien le da las tres respuestas. Tres respuestas que, claro, cambiarán su vida.

A flood of desperate people in search of a haven. The threat of a new plague. Trapped between her ex-husband’s betrayal and a cult leader hiding a deadly secret, can Lena survive? All Lena wanted was to live in peace. Her new family struggled to create a home in a disintegrating civilization. The dream was almost in her grasp. Then people fleeing the gang ridden cities come demanding help she can’t give. Brian, her ex-husband, is determined to undermine her family. Scott, her lover, hungers for adventure. And a charismatic leader brings a terrible threat to her doorstep.

هذا المجلّد الثالث يتابع سرد الحكاية الفلسطينية في المنفى . يبدأ بالعام 1958 الذي شهد انضمام سورية إلى مصر في دولة الجمهورية العربية المتحدة ، كما شهد تبلور السعي الفلسطينيّ لإعادة بناء الحركة الوطنيّة الفلسطينية التي دمرتها نكبةُ 1948. ويُغطّي المجلّد الفترة من 1958 حتى 1963، أي الى العام الذي تسلّم فيه السلطة في سورية التحالف الذي ضمّ حزب البعث العربي الإشتراكي والحركة الناصريّة وهو ذاته العام الذي شهد انفكاك هذا التحالف ودخول طرفيه في صراع دام هو صراع الذي بلغ ذروته في 18 تموز/يوليو 1963 ،