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100 0 _aNoor
_cQueen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan
_2Local
_9143198
245 1 0 _aLeap of faith
_bmemoirs of an unexpected life
_cQueen Noor.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York
_bMiramax Books
_cc2003.
300 _axi, 467 p., [16] p. of plates
_bill. (some col.)
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aFirst impressions -- Roots -- Tehran journal -- Audience with the King -- Leap of faith -- Honeymoon at Gleneagles -- Young bride in the royal houeshold -- Pomp and circumstance -- One crisis after another -- America through new eyes -- At home and abroad -- "Women hold up half the sky" -- Parenthood -- Growing pains -- Prelude to war -- Fire in the Gulf -- Test of faith -- Day like no other -- Edge of the Abyss -- White bird -- Skies cried.
520 _aSharing a personal perspective on the past three decades of world history, Queen Noor talks frankly of the many challenges of her life as wife and partner to the monarch, providing both an intimate portrait of the late King Hussein and a moving account of their public role.
600 0 0 _aNoor
_cQueen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan
_d1951-
_2Local
_9143198
600 0 0 _aHussein, King of Jordan.
_cKing of Jordan
_d1935-
_2Local
_9237017
651 0 _aJordan.
_xPolitics and government
_y1952-1999.
_2Local
_9118170
999 _c188064
_d188064