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The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney Review

The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney
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Fans of Lauren Barnholdt will love her newest teen book. It's all about Devon 'Devi' Delaney and her lies.
Devon went away for the summer to get away from things at home and befriended Lexi. She told Lexi a bunch of lies about how back home she's really popular and her boyfriend is Jared, the most popular guy in school. It turns out, Devon is basically a social outcast and now Lexi moves into her town and is going to her school. What's a girl to do? Lie some more to cover up lies already told. Needless to say, things get pretty messy.
It was a very cute book for all teens and I can't wait to read her next book.

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Mom says karma always comes around to get you, and I guess it's true. Because last summer I was a total liar, and now, right in the middle of Mr. Pritchard's third-period math class, my whole world is about to come crashing down. That's because while Devon was living with her grandmother for the summer, she told her "summer friend," Lexi, that she was really popular back home and dating Jared Bentley, only the most popular guy at school. Harmless lies, right? Wrong. Not when Lexi is standing at the front of Devon's class, having just moved to Devon's town. Uh-oh. Devon knows there's only one way to handle this -- she'll just have to become popular! But how is Devon supposed to accomplish that when she's never even talked to Jared, much less dated him?! And it seems the more Devon tries to keep up her "image," the more things go wrong. Her family thinks she's nuts, her best friend won't speak to her, and, as if it's not all complicated enough, Jared starts crushing on Lexi and Devon starts crushing on Jared's best friend, Luke. It all has Devon wondering -- who is the real Devon Delaney?

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Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law Review

Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law
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I won't comment on the actual material of the book, since the content is based on Imam Nawawi's work - Which basically says the text is about as good as it gets.
The content of the book covers the Shafi Fiqh. Basically, all rulings that could concern a Muslim. (ie. Sunnah of Wudu, Fard of divorce proceedings, etc.) It even has quick autobiographies at the end. (A nice touch for background on some of those scholars I had never heard of.)
As for the rest: The translation into English seems excellent, the book is hardcover with good binding: Excellent. And the cover is green and looks nice. The font is nice, and it even has the original Arabic text on the side. Most important, there are several seals on the first several pages indicating that the book has passed inspection from various large Muslim Universities. Something I don't see in other translations.
Recommended.

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The new edition of the in-depth manual of Islamic lawbased on the Shafi'i school of thought, with a detalied index andcommentary on specific rulings. 1,200 pages in an exceptional bindingwith Arabic and facing English text in two column format withoccasional diagrams. 'Umdat al-Salik wa 'Uddat al-Nasik (Reliance ofthe Traveller and tools of the Worshipper) is a classic manual offiqh. It represents the fiqh rulings according to the Shafi'I schoolof jurisprudence. The appendices form an integral part of the book andpresent original texts and translations from classic works byprominent scholars such as al-Ghazali, Ibn Qudamah, al-Nawawi,al-Qurturbi, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hajar and other, on topics of Islamiclaw, faith, spirituality, Qur'anic exegesis and Hadith sciences. Ithas also biographical notes about every person mentioned (391biographies) , bibliography of each work cited (136 works), and adetailed subject index (95 pages). Of the 136 works drawn upon in itscommentary and appendices, 134 are in the original Arabic. Thesections and paragraphs have been numbered to facilitatecross-reference.

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Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better Review

Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better
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I was so glad for a sequel to the first Devon book. I loved DDSTKB and Lauren Barnholdt's writing is hilarious. Devon's voice is distinctive and she's funny, sassy and an original character. Her angst over boys (and getting a cell phone) is so real and like Barnholdt's other books, this is a must read.

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Devon Delaney cannot believe she's lying again. But the thing is, she couldn't help it. Her new boyfriend, Luke, is talking to his (gorgeous) ex-girlfriend, Bailey Barelli (!!!), every single day in mock trial. Devon couldn't just stand by and let him find out that she'd never dated anyone else before. Could she? Oopsie. Too late now.To show how totally unaffected she is by Bailey's obvious Luke hang-up, Devon invents a fake ex-boyfriend of her own: Greg. Fab! What could go wrong? But it isn't long before Devon finds herself in the middle of another supergigantic lie. Can Devon come clean in time to keep the guy? Or will she lose everything due to another lie?

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