While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
A crime occurs with multiple causes and motives, but the real killer succeeds in concealing his identity perfectly. A final mission for an officer who intends to retire, but his conscience forces him to find the thread that leads him to solve the case. Did the girl end her life by her own hand or did someone sneak in and do it for her?
The famed Iraqi Assyriologist, academic, author and researcher who specializes in the science and history of ancient religions and civilizations attempts to examine the entire system of eternal return, including beliefs, myths, and rituals, and even investigates it in poetry, novels, photography, cosmology, and physics in particular. The book...
The darkly humorous thriller is narrated by a scriptwriter in Tangier, a life-long insomniac who one day learns that murder is the secret to getting a good night’s sleep. Desperate for slumber, he kills his mother first. As the effects of his deed wear off he realises he has to stick to his murderous ways to ensure another restful night....
She kept taking all the elusive ways to reach him. With all doors closed! This girl appeared at a time when he was standing on the brink of despair. In the midst of a cycle of fear, apprehension, and anticipation of war. Does he love her? Or does he love the hope she brings to him?
An inspiring story about finding the light inside to help you shine through good times and bad.
My dad writes children's books in his office. But why is it called an office if he doesn't work inside? All he does is walk from one side of the office to the other. Dad can't seem to find the inspiration to finish the book he started. What happens when nothing happens?
A beautifully illustrated retelling of the fairytale of the girl with the long golden hair who was shut up in a tower by the wicked witch.
Warda loves colors and the texture of fabrics. Her biggest passion is buttons. She dreams of becoming a fashion designer when she grows up.
Raised textures and lively rhyming text introduce little ones to numbers and counting.
This graphic novel tells the story of the famine that decimated Egypt during the rule of al-Mustansir Billah. The story begins with a kind man who transports the dead and who goes from house to house to confirm whether the occupants are alive or not. Fate introduces him to a boy who robs the homes of the dead.
A painful and captivating novel that embodies everything that women can suffer in our Eastern societies. It monitors the social conflicts in Iran in all their diversity, through the real tragedy of Rehana Jabbari, who was executed in her early years. This girl whose story became a symbol of oppression and a symbol of all the stories that have...
Winner of the 2017 International Prize for Arabic fiction, this novel, by Saudi author, Mohammed Hasan Alwan, is the fictionalized telling of the life of a Sufi saint, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Ibn Arabi was born in 12th century Muslim Spain and became a Sufi mystic who traveled the Middle East and wrote about his experiences.
The fresh and delightful Toddler Tools series by award-winning author, Elizabeth Verdick, is now available in Arabic. The series is colorful and fun and deals with all the transitions, routines, and struggles that toddlers face on a daily basis. This title helps toddlers learn how to open their eyes and ears, but close their mouths, so they can...
The award-winning author of "The Interpreter of Maladies" continues the theme of the immigrant experience fraught with the problems of assimilation and the conflicted path between old and new generations. The Namesake takes the Ganguli family from their tradition-bound life in Calcutta through their vexing transformation into...
Originally published in 1937, this novel tells the story of two displaced migrant farm workers who move around California searching for work during the Great Depression. It has been banned or challenged numerous times for offensive and racist language and appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of the...
The classic novel of 1920s American prosperity and idealism tells the story of the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his passion and obsession for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered a "Great American Novel", it provides a critical social histroy of America during the Roaring Twenties, and is a long-standing regular on...
Considered one of the best novels of the 20th century, yet consistently banned and challenged since it was first published in 1962, Harper Lee's novel of race relations in the 1930s American South has been translated into 40 languages with 40 million copies sold. It is available here in a new Arabic 2016 edition.
Translated into 35 languages, the ever popular series for middle school readers is back with Greg and his buddy Rowley trying to find dates for the Valentine's Day dance. Who will get a date first and who will be the third wheel?
Now a major motion picture, this is the story of 10-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with severe facial abnormalities. Though not expected to survive, he does, and goes from being home-schooled to finally entering fifth grade at a private school. There he learns to endure the taunts, bullying and fear of his classmates.
The critically-acclaimed and ever popular YA novel by John Green is here in Arabic. It is the moving, and at times humorous, story of 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster, who has cancer. Her parents force her to attend a support group where she meets and falls in love with a 17-year-old ex-basketball player and amputee.
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Winner of the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, this novel tells the stories of people in exile through their letters. Author Hoda Barakat is known for exploring the psychological effects of conflict and trauma in her works.
The winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019 is available here in its original Arabic. It tells the story of Oman's evolution from a traditional society to the modern crossroads where it finds itself today. Told from the viewpoint of three sisters from one family, we meet Mayya who has married on the rebound; Asma who has married...
Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur's books are well-known, well-loved French classics. This is the story of Camille and Madeleine, two perfect, well-behaved little girls. When Margeurite, her widowed mother, and the orphan Sophie, come to stay, the...
Ibn Arabi's collection of Sufi love poetry was inspired during his first pilgrimage to Mecca. It was also the first of his works to be translated into English. This volume contains the poems as well as commentary on the meaning and interpretation of the spiritual truths presented.
In this bright new series, cars and other transport vehicles come to life! Little guys and gals will learn all about buses, police cars, boats, and more. These colorful stories feature full-vowelled text for easy reading and Arabic pronunciation.
Everything a new mother needs to know about breastfeeding from nutrition to nipple care to advice for getting reluctant babes to latch on. Fully illustrated with color photographs.
Eden likes to play a game with people. She holds something tightly in her hand and asks people to guess what she is holding. What do you think happens if they guess correctly? Shortlisted for the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature 2017.
The classic fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen can be found in this beautifully illustrated, hardcover book. The collection includes The Emperor's New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and more.
This is the true story of Yasmeena, a young Lebanese woman who was imprisoned in Kuwait during the first Gulf War. Yasmeena's shocking journey is a tale of the madness of war, of the sexual brutality unleashed by chaos, and of one woman’s courage to stand in danger’s way to aid her fellow sufferers. This is an explicit, graphic, and...
In this exciting Disney Pixar film adaptation, Merida is a skilled archer and the impetuous daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the lords of the land, unleashing chaos and fury in the kingdom. But when she turns to an eccentric, old wise woman for help, she...
A collection of popular Somali folktales that have been passed from generation to generation. The stories center on a cowardly man who was still very wise and talented to survive the hostile Somali nomadic environment. Bilingual English/Somali.
May 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the original publication of this novel by the award-winning Colombian author. Originally published in 1967, this novel went on to sell more than 45 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 44 languages. It is considered to be the Bible of magical realism -- a literary style that...
The classic novel of 1920s American prosperity and idealism tells the story of the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his passion and obsession for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered a "Great American Novel", it provides a critical social histroy of America during the Roaring Twenties, and is a long-standing regular on...
A small mouse dreams of traveling to outer space. He trains just as hard as the bigger mice and is chosen for the mission! While in space, disaster strikes and only the smallest member of the crew can save the day.
A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban construction worker and his Korean friend Conan (Paul Chamberlain), as their lives get bumped off track the moment they agree to attend a spiritual meditation class.
Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous act of artistic and political defiance he has made three features since then including Jafar Panahi's Taxi. In Taxi he drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of Tehran, picking up...
Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the town's most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom . . . blood red. B&W
On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds of private letters, documents, diaries, and photographs. The Decent One makes use of these materials to sketch the biography and expose the inner mind, ideals, plans and secrets of SS commander and...
The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ulitmately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student.
Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict, taking us from the trenches to geopolitical jockeying and becoming, a long the way, a searing expose of an ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army's pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared "a threat to the national security of the state of Israel."
This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one single take. Two hours and eighteen minutes. No cuts. No CGI. No cheap tickets. No expensive ones, either. Just one shot.
In 1954, a reclusive ex-soldier (Viggo Mortensen) is thrown into the woes of rebellion when he's ordered to escort a village (Reda Kateb) accused of murder to prison during the Algerian War.
A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in the 1980s.
Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the strike will bring. They begin to look for strange ways to kill time. But their routine is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of...
Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Patagonian waterways and the tragic journey of Jemmy Button, who in 1830 was bought by the English Navy for the price of a mother-of-pearl button.
Nody is a creative little girl who likes to create her own dances and dreams of becoming a ballerina. Features fully-vowelled text for easy reading.
Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army's pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared "a threat to the national security of the state of Israel."
By the author of the bestselling novel, A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture, this illustrated novel for young readers is a moving tale about a dog and his boy. When Bailey goes to live with 8-year-old Ethan, he soon learns his purpose is to be the boy's best friend -- through thick and thin.
More parables from the court of Harun al-Rashid, who in real life, ruled during the peak of the Islamic Golden Age and established the legendary House of Wisdom library in Baghdad. From the Arabian Nights in Arabic and English. Learn 55 new vocabulary words in both languages. Includes a handy glossary at the back. ...
A new Arabic translation of the stunning and ever popular novel about man's will to survive against all odds. When an epidemic sweeps through a city and leaves everyone blind, the worst and best of mankind emerges. Written by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature.
A guide for finding and keeping the love of your life.
Three bored, unlikely friends learn that they can do so much more together -- and have way more fun!
Life is a struggle and this book aims to help the reader overcome obstacles, make good decisions, develop self-confidence, remain optimistic, and achieve his or her dream.
The critically-acclaimed, award-winning novel by Giuseppe Catozzella, soon to be a major motion picture, is based on the incredible true story of a young woman from Somalia who risks her life on a migrant journey across Africa and Europe to run in the Olympic games.
This historical novel by the Peruvian Nobel Prize in Literature laureate is considered by some to be a masterpiece of Latin American literature. It masterfully weaves together fact and fiction to narrate an actual event: the assassination and its aftermath of the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.
This book brings to life popular games and rhymes from Somali culture -- past and present.
A girl is so shy when the teacher calls on her class, her hands are shaking and her voice won't work. She runs home in tears where her mother helps her learn the confidence to speak boldly in class.