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For 13 years, 22 series and 175 shows, Richard Porter was script editor of Top Gear, from the first faltering pilot episode in 2002 until the very last show presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May in 2015. Along the way they destroyed cars, sparked diplomatic incidents, set fire to caravans, almost killed one of the presenters, and somehow transformed Top Gear from a shabby BBC Two motoring show into an Emmy-winning, record-breaking, planet-straddling behemoth.

Imogen, the daughter of King Cymbeline, is persecuted by her wicked stepmother, the Queen, and by Cloten, the Queen's doltish son. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to find her husband, the banished Posthumus. On her journey, she unwittingly meets her two brothers, stolen from the court as infants. Posthumus, meanwhile, has been convinced by the villainous Iachimo that Imogen is unchaste and agrees to a test of her faithfulness.

At the behest of his teacher and some of the rulers of Saudi Arabia, al-Shaykh 'Abd Allah al-Qar'awi penned the story of his life and work. His memoirs, which were originally published in al-Manhal magazine, cover his family lineage, his birth, his upbringing, his education, his travels, his travails, and his tireless efforts to spread tawhid and uproot shirk and heresies in Southern Saudi Arabia and Northern Yemen. This work is a testimony to Shaykh al-Qar'awi's patience, resolve, and adherence to the methodology of the Prophets and Messengers.

Khul’a is the way a woman can divorce her husband in Islam, and mahr is the Arabic word for dowry, but the khul’a involves more than the woman giving back the dowry. Knowledge of the other essential details of the khul’a is paramount to understanding the wisdom in this lawful procedure prescribed in Islam.

In this concise work, explore the story of Hajar, the wife of prophet Ibrahim (Abraham), the mother of Ismail. Hajar’s story is both powerful and inspiring.

There are several reasons people leave the faith, including arrogance, ignorance, a love of the world, and so on. But the remedy for all of these can be found in the Book of Allah and in the Prophetic traditions of Muhammad (the choicest blessings and peace be upon him). This is the basis of this treatise. The book before the noble listener is an attempt to direct people to the sound creed of Islam, the fortification against the slings and arrows of disbelief and apostasy.

In this short treatise, the great scholar Ahmad Shakir vigorously defends one of the most maligned and misunderstood matters in the religion of Islam: plural marriage.