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Victoria
germanThis 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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Together: the ri..
arabicThis thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
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Where is my frie..
arabicA 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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Cilmiga Ciqaabta
somaliAn exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
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The Cholera Scare
somaliWhen cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
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Accidental
arabicPreviously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
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Bird Box
arabicIn an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choi...
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Sophie's misfort..
frenchSophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
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Short History of..
arabicH.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...
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The Kindergarten..
hebrewThe 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
arabicIntroduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
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Elling
arabicTranslated 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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A girl walks hom..
persianStrange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
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Adam and Evelyn
arabicA 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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Song for Valenti..
germanA 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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Islamic civilization in thirty lives : the...
Language: ArabicSubject: History, Literature, Politics, ReligionAuthor: Chase F. RobinsonReligious thinkers, political leaders, lawmakers, writers, and philosophers have shaped the 1,400-year-long development of the world's second-largest religion. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives and the ways in which they influenced their societies? The author traces the rise and fall of Islamic states through the...
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Film form
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Sergei EisensteinTwelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein's film theory and in particular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Sergei Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor, and film theorist. He was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.
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World Cup Encyclopedia
Language: ArabicSubject: Biography, History, SportsAuthor: Yasser ThabetBiographies of key players, strategies, famous matches, and more for the beautiful game.
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Purebred Arabian camels
Language: ArabicSubject: History, Natural ScienceAuthor: Yusuf Abu HajjajEverything you need to know about the characteristics, types, behaviors, racing, and more of purebred Arabian camels.
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Viking myths: a new vision
Language: ArabicSubject: HistoryAuthor: Youssef al-AqsariPresents an historical overview of Vikings and their legends including maps and other illustrations.
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Hollywood and the American Dream
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Anne-Marie BidaudWhy are the presidents of the film industry always close to power when they are appointed? Why do we meet few workers but many marginalized people in the films? Why does My Fair Lady or Pretty Woman end well? These are all questions answered in this book, which reveals the tight network established between Hollywood, the creative pole, New...
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Landmarks of Modernity
Language: ArabicSubject: History, Literature, Politics, Social ScienceAuthor: Saad al-BazaiThis 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...
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The Bomber Mafia
Language: ArabicSubject: HistoryAuthor: Malcolm GladwellThe book follows the Bomber Mafia, especially Major General Haywood S. Hansell, and the development of a high-altitude precision aerial bombardment strategy in World War II as a means to limit casualties. After difficulties in applying the Bomber Mafia's theoretical strategy, Major General Hansell was replaced by Major General Curtis LeMay, who...
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A Brief History of Andalusia
Language: ArabicSubject: HistoryAuthor: Shakib ArslanA summary of the history of Islamic Spain when it was a place of science, arts, poetry, urbanization, and creative engineering. This was also the era of warring and frivolous emirs, which eventually led to the era's downfall.
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Coffee Culture: Local Experiences, Global...
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Catherine M. TuckerPresents coffee as a commodity that ties the world together, from the coffee producers and pickers who tend the plantations in tropical nations, to the middlemen and processors, to the consumers who drink coffee without ever having to think about how the drink reached their hands. Bibliographical references in English.
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Arab Conquest of Egypt
Language: ArabicSubject: HistoryAuthor: Alfred ButlerThe Oxford-educated historian wrote this well-researched book to correct any misunderstanding about the Arab invasion of Egypt. In this work he refutes the unfounded claims that the Egyptians (the Copts) welcomed and assisted the Arabs at the conquest; that the Arabs treated the Egyptians well at the invasion; and that the Arabs were...
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Timekeepers: how the world became obsessed...
Language: ArabicSubject: HistoryAuthor: Simon GarfieldAn entertaining exploration of the ways we have perceived, contained, and saved time over the last 250 years.
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