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  • A sweeping historical romance set during WWII in Normandy.  It is 1942 and the journalist Valentine is on assigment in Honfleur w...

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  • George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...

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  • A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski.  The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...

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  • The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ulitmately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student...

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  • Diaries
    arabic

    Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...

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  • Victoria
    german

    This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...

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  • This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...

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  • Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...

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  • A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright.  Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...

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  • A little girl walks angrily through the park dragging an old purse. Every now and then she stops and yells "Is this how it is?"  ...

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  • A deceptively simple love story by one of Germany's finest writers, this is the story of Adam and his girlfriend, Evelyn. The year is ...

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  • It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...

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  • The delightful debut novel by Brooke Davis is now available in Arabic.  It is the story of a little red-haired girl who has lost ...

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  • When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.

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  • The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...

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  • Elling
    arabic

    Translated from the Norwegian and with a movie by the same name that was nominated for an Oscar, this is an eccentric and truly funny ...

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Social Sciences

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Social Sciences  

  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History, Literature, Politics, Social Science
    Author:  Saad al-Bazai

    This book includes texts of some of the most prominent Western thinkers, writers, critics, and artists who contributed to the establishment and formulation of Western modernity over the three hundred years spanning from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Philosophy, art, music, sociology, psychology, and more from...

    $46.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, LifeStyle, Social Science
    Author:  Jessica Bruder

    From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature, Social Science, Religion
    Author:  Paul Tillich

    The rare synthesis between philosopher-theologian and artist. Here is the intellectual autobiography of Paul Tillich, whose lifelong search for the truth, the reality and the meaning of God lies a the very root of the ecumenical and existential revolution of our times.

    $23.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, Social Science
    Author:  Bertrand Russell

    Iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell lays out a rationalist prescription for living a happy life, including the importance of cultivating interests outside oneself and the dangers of passive pleasure.

    $19.95
  • Language:  Somali
    Subject:  Politics, Social Science
    Author:  Dambisa Moyo

    Somali translation of "Dead Aid," by the pre-eminent Zambian economist and author known for her analysis of macroeconomics and global affairs.   Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's...

    $36.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, Politics, Social Science
    Author:  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Rousseau is known for his contributions to political philosophy and moral psychology as well as his influence on later thinkers. The concern dominating his writings is to find a way of preserving human freedom even as humans become increasingly dependent on one another. This work purports that an individual can only be free under the law by...

    $22.95
  • Language:  Somali
    Subject:  Social Science
    Author:  Maxamed Maxamuud Cali (Maxamed-Kurtun)

    An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature, Social Science
    Author:  Ali Hussein

    The concept and meaning of love is explored through the writings of various philosophers from Sartre to Heidegger and Tolstoy to Einstein.

    $22.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Social Science
    Author:  Julius Lips

    An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultures from around the world.  Expertly researched by Julius Lips, a well-known anthropologist, this book reveals the foundations of tools, habits, traditions, fire, food, the use of cosmetics and jewelry,...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Social Science
    Author:  William James

    The controversial lecture, first published in 1896, defends the right to believe in something without proof or evidence of its truth.  William James was an influential American philosopher and psychologist who was a leading thinker in the late nineteenth century.  He is considered by many to be the "Father of American psychology."

    $16.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Social Science
    Author:  Ali Wardi

    The highly respected and well-known Iraqi social scientist, Ali Wardi, was a keen follower and student of the sociological theories developed by the great Muslim historian and author of the Muqaddimah, Ibn Khaldun. In this book, Wardi analyzes Khaldun's theories of "ilm al-'umran" (the science of culture) and the relationship between human...

    $23.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Social Science
    Author:  Gustave Le Bon

    The popular, and enlightening, book about the characteristics of crowd psychology and its impact on the individual.

    $19.95
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