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Al-Hasan al-Wazzan - born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco - became famous as the great Renaissance writer Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the Pope; when he was released and baptized, he lived a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone....

Bob Cornuke is a real-life Indiana Jones, searching for evidence of biblical events and artifacts. In this book, he tells the story of his search for the remains of Noah's ark. Using investigative skills learned during his years as a police officer, Bob investigates all the clues, from ancient Scriptures to modern day eyewitness accounts. His quest to learn the truth about Noah's ark leads him from his safe home in the foothills of Colorado to the dangerous mountain ranges in Turkey and Iran.

Autor Oliver Broudy sucht eine Flucht aus seinem Alltag, als ein routinemäßiger Journalismus-Job ihm das Projekt seines Lebens offeriert: James Otis - ein Kreativer, Sammler von Gandhi-bezogenen Memorabilien und wohlhabender Verehrer des großen Mahatmas. So beginnt ein Abenteuer, das Broudy um die halbe Welt führt, und ihn gezwungenermaßen im Namen von Otis in die Rolle des Freundes, Beschützers, PR-Agenten, und vielen anderen schlüpfen lässt.