{"product_id":"2940015582345","title":"The Eye of Istar: A Romance of the Land of No Return","description":"The Eye of Istar: A Romance of the Land of No Return by  William Le Queux; Illustrations by Alfred Pearse\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003ePrologue.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Blast of the Onbeia.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Sun and Silence.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Azala.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Mark of the Asps.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Black Eunuch.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Rage and Remorse.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The White City.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Veiled Men of the Desert.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. An Audience of the Khalifa.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. By Imperial Request.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Tiamo the Dwarf.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Mysteries of Eblis.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Prism of Destiny.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. A Sign Afar.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Tales of the Story-Tellers.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. A Secret of State.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. Flight.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. The Alarm.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. Mohammed El-Arewa.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. The Father of the Blue Hand.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. In the Wilderness.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. Zu, the Bird-God.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. The Forest of Perpetual Night.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. A Pagan Land.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25. Avisibba.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26. The Ivory Raiders.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27. Ngalyema.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28. Pigmies of the Forest.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29. Facing Malec.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30. A Prophecy.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 31. On the Horizon.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 32. The Great Sin.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 33. Where Dwelt the Devourer.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 34. The Land of the No Return.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 35. A Visitant from the Mists.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 36. The Torture-Wheel.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 37. Ea.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 38. Istar.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 39. Foretokens.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 40. The Festival of Tammuz.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 41. The Temple of Love.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 42. Crooked Paths.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 43. Doom.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 44. The Talisman.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 45. Conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePEACE, O READER!  Constant, blessed and abundant salutations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf a verity the groves of my hopes have been refreshed by cooling showers from the clouds of Allah’s blessing, my rose garden has been weeded of the thorns of despondency, and the tree of my prosperity has become fruit-bearing from the breeze of his bounty.  He is the Giver of Gifts, the Source of Liberality, the Sovereign, the dust of whose sandals is deservedly the collyrium of the eyes of mortal men; and I, called by my fellows El-Motardjim, am the servant who, in compliance with the exalted command, have placed my finger of acquiescence on the vision of obedience.  During many hopeless nights I waited for the radiation of the sun of the benefits of prosperity, and counted the stars till the rise of dawn, but, by my ill-luck and the machinations of enemies, was deprived of the felicity of penetrating the mystery of the Land Forbidden.\u003cbr\u003eAt length, however, on a happy day when the fire of my anguish burned so brightly that it was not easy to extinguish it with the water of patience, the Abolisher of the signs of darkness and aberration invested me with the robe of the favoured, guarded me through the calamities and vicissitudes of fortune during long journeys, directed my footsteps through the mazes of paths untrodden, and revealed unto my dazzled eyes weird and wondrous marvels stranger than men have dreamed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTherefore, O Reader! wipe the dust of ennui and fatigue from the speculum of thy mind, withdraw the tongue of blame into thy palate, and lend a willing ear to this my Tarik; for, verily, I have elucidated the secret of the mystic Land of the No Return; I have torn the veil that hideth the Great Sin from the eyes of men, and have gazed into the Eye of Istar.  “Imsh Allah!”","brand":"Denise Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070998003952,"sku":"2940015582345","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015582345","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}