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Xorriyadda iyo D..
somaliA 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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Diaries
arabicIntroduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
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Taxi
persianInternationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
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Bailey finds a h..
germanBy the author of the bestselling novel, A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture, this illustrated novel for young readers...
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I Don't Know Wha..
arabicSamy is very shy and doesn't like to talk to other people because it's scary and he doesn't know what to say. Now his little dog is lo...
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Red Lines
arabicAward-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...
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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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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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One thousand and..
frenchA modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...
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Pearl Button
spanishMasterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
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The great Americ..
arabicAmerican universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
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Human Stain
arabicThe Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused o...
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Deutschland 83
germanA coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
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The Prophecy of ..
arabicEritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up unde...
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Origin of Things
arabicAn interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...
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Stories of Famou..
arabicBrief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
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Crying: the natural and cultural history...
Language: ArabicSubject: CultureAuthor: Tom LutzDrawing on works of literature, philosophy, art, and science from the writings of Plato and Darwin to the paintings of Picasso to modern medical journals, this book unearths the multiple meanings and uses of tears.
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Boston killer: stories
Language: ArabicSubject: HistoryAuthor: Ali YassineThis book contains true stories that actually happened to real but abnormal people—serial killers, the most brutal in the history of crime in the United States. Under the influence of psychological disorders, they committed numerous crimes that defy reason, logic, and humanity.
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Leading without authority: how the power...
Language: ArabicSubject: BusinessAuthor: Keith FerrazziRedefines collaboration for the twenty-first century with a radical new workplace operating system in which leadership no longer demands an official title. By helping others to be better at what they do, we create a level of trust, candor, mutual accountability, and purpose that exceeds what could have been accomplished under the status quo.
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Kid confidence
Language: ArabicSubject: FamilyAuthor: Eileen Kennedy-MooreA licensed clinical psychologist and parenting expert offers practical, evidence-based parenting strategies to help kids foster satisfying relationships, develop competence, and make choices that fit who they are and want to become.
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Hotel world
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Ali SmithFive people: four are living; three are strangers; two are sisters; one, a teenage hotel chambermaid, has fallen to her death in a dumbwaiter. But her spirit lingers in the world, straining to recall things she never knew. And one night all five women find themselves in the smooth plush environs of the Global Hotel, where the intersection of...
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Horsehair: a general biography
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Najwa ibn ShatwanThe novel unfolds through the voice of the all-knowing embryo narrator, presenting a biography of humanity. He recounts the story of his earliest ancestors as if it were his own, touching upon historical events where various human societies intersect with the Libyan society into which he will be born.
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Hard to break: why our brains make habits...
Language: ArabicSubject: Self-helpAuthor: Russell PoldrackA clear-eyed view of what neuroscience can tell us about breaking habits and introduces evidence-based strategies that give us the best possible chance to break cycles of bad behavior.
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Your health is your choice
Language: ArabicSubject: LifeStyleAuthor: Dr. Rana AmirThe keys to good health are making the right food choices. This book is your guide to better health.
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Fire of God
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Elias CanettiBy the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1981), this novel is a dark and disorienting tale of the self-destructive character of totalitarian thinking.
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Mother of strangers
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Suad AmiryBased on the true story of two Jaffa teenagers, this novel follows the daily lives of Subhi, a fifteen-year-old mechanic, and Shams, the thirteen-year-old student he hopes to marry one day. In this prosperous and cosmopolitan port city, with its bustling markets, cinemas, and cafés on the hills overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, we...
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The Curriculum that isn't taught
Language: ArabicSubject: Self-helpAuthor: Dr. Khawla Fuad AliThis book is for everyone seeking inner peace and tranquility, coupled with modern, outward creativity. This book teaches what you don't learn in school -- how to have true peace and happiness amid the chaos of life.
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Complete works of fiction
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Taha HusseinNominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 21 times, and called the "Dean of Arabic Literature", Taha Hussein is one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers. This is the complete collection of his novels in one sturdy volume.
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The Night Mail
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Hoda BarakatWinner 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.
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Of mice and men
Language: Arabic, EnglishSubject: NovelsAuthor: John SteinbeckOriginally 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...
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To kill a mockingbird
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Harper LeeConsidered 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.
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Small death
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Mohammed Hasan AlwanWinner 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.
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Celestial Bodies
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Jukhah al-HarithiThe 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...
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The Fault in Our Stars
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Teen/YAAuthor: John GreenThe 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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Diary of a wimpy kid: the third wheel
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 11-13Author: Jeff KinneyTranslated 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?
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Diary of a wimpy kid: old school
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 11-13Author: Jeff KinneyWhen Greg's mom is successful in petitioning the town to turn off the electricity for 48 hours, poor Greg has to learn how to cope without modern conveniences and be "old school."
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Wonder
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 11-13Author: R. J. PalacioNow 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.
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Namesake
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Jhumpa LahiriThe 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...
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Great Gatsby
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: F. Scott FitzgeraldThe 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...
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No such thing as over-exposure
Language: ArabicSubject: BiographyAuthor: Robert SlaterHere is an opportunity to go back and read about Donald Trump before he became the Republican presidential nominee. Author Robert Slater was granted more than 100 hours of private conversations with the billionaire icon and his employees and colleagues, as well as access to private meetings and secret deals. Here is Trump, the man revealed...
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Favorite Stories from the Bible
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13Author: Ura MillerIllustrated stories from the Old and New Testatments of the Bible including scripture references and discussion questions for young readers.
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One thousand and one nights: Aladdin
Language: FrenchChildren Books: Ages 11-13, Teen/YAAuthor: Antoine GallandA modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story of Aladdin, though not originally part of 1001 nights, was told to Galland by a Syrian storyteller from Aleppo. Beautifully illustrated, the story of Aladdin is as magical and exciting as ever.
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Olive tree
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 6-10Author: Ifa KuzmaA beautifully illustrated story about an olive tree and its central place in the village. Shortlisted for the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature 2017.
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Mister Cleghorn's seal
Language: GermanChildren Books: Ages 6-10Author: Judith KerrA heartwarming story about Mr. Albert who finds an abandoned seal pup on a rock in the middle of the sea. Naturally, Albert brings the seal home with him, but little does he realize how complicated it is to have a seal for a roommate!
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What Sin Caused Her to Die?
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Mohammed Al-MaazuzRaheel, even though she is divorced, is determined to remain hopeful. She resists depression through music, uses her new found freedom to play and sing as a way of sowing seeds of hope. Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2019.
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The Merchant of Venice
Language: Arabic, EnglishSubject: LiteratureAuthor: William ShakespeareConsidered one of Shakespeare's great comedies, this play is also known for several dramatic scenes. Written in the 16th century, it tells of a merchant in Venice who defaults on a loan from a Jewish moneylender. Bilingual in Arabic and English.
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Fear of Flying
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Erica JongThe Arabic translation of the famously controversial novel by Erica Jong that was originally published in 1973. It tells the story of a bold, young female author of erotic poetry who is trying to find her place, as a woman, in the world. The English language version has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
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Holidays
Language: FrenchChildren Books: Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13Author: Comtesse de SegurSophie 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. In Holidays, Sophie and her friends are waiting for the cousins to arrive for the summer holiday. The children's care-free days of games and picnics, take...
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Diary of a wimpy kid: the third wheel
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 11-13Author: Jeff KinneyTranslated 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?
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Parables of Jesus 2 : Bible Stories for...
Language: Arabic, EnglishChildren Books: Ages 3-5Author: Sabry BotrosSimple illustrations and language introduce the life and teachings of Jesus to little ones. This book presents the parable of the lost sheep and the parable of the lost coin. Bilingual Arabic and English.
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Save Me the Waltz
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Zelda FitzgeraldThe semi-autographical novel by the beautiful and high-spirited American writer, socialite, and painter. It was written in just six weeks while the author was a patient in a sanatorium, and is considered a classic novel of the woman's expeirence in American society during the golden Jazz Age.
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Deutschland 83
Language: GermanGenre: DramaCast: Jonas NayDirector : Edward Berger, Samira RadsiA coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in the 1980s.
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Red Lines
Language: ArabicGenre: DocumentaryDirector : Andrea Kalin, Oliver LukacsAward-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.
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A girl walks home alone at night
Language: PersianGenre: Romance, ThrillerCast: Sheila Vand, Arash MarandiDirector : Ana Lily AmirpourStrange 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
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Victoria
Language: GermanGenre: Drama, ThrillerCast: Laia Costa, Frederick LauDirector : Sebastian SchipperThis 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.
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Strongest man
Language: SpanishGenre: ComedyCast: Robert Lorie, Paul Chamberlain, Ashly BurchDirector : Kenny RichesA 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.
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Decent one
Language: GermanGenre: DocumentaryDirector : Vanessa LapaOn 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...
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Pearl Button
Language: SpanishGenre: DocumentaryDirector : Patricio GuzmanMasterfully 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.
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Wanted 18
Language: Arabic, HebrewGenre: Animation, DocumentaryDirector : Amer Shomali, Paul CowanThrough 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."
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Taxi
Language: PersianGenre: Comedy, DramaDirector : Jafar PanahiInternationally 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...
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The Kindergarten Teacher
Language: HebrewGenre: DramaCast: Sarit Larry, Avi SchnaidmanDirector : Nadav LapidThe 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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Gueros
Language: SpanishGenre: Comedy, DramaCast: Tenoch Huerta, Leonardo Ortizgris, Sebastian AguirreDirector : Alonso RuizpalaciosEver 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...
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The great American university
Language: ArabicSubject: Education, HistoryAuthor: Jonathan R. ColeAmerican universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the author presents the American university as a national resource that should be supported and protected as a catalyst for economic growth and a source for solutions to the myriad of complex problems dotting the...
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Xorriyadda iyo Dawladda Dasriga ah
Language: SomaliSubject: PoliticsAuthor: Harold LaskiA Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landscape to discuss the meaning and place of liberty and freedom in the global context and includes some undelivered lectures by economist and political theorist, Harold Laski.
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Diaries
Language: ArabicSubject: BiographyAuthor: George OrwellIntroduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books throughout his career, the eleven surviving diaries collected here record Orwell's youthful travels among miners and itinerant laborers, the fearsome rise of totalitarianism, the horrific drama of World War...
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History of modern philosophy
Language: ArabicSubject: Reference, Social ScienceAuthor: William Kelley WrightA 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy to understand layman's terms, this book will take the reader on a jaunt through history from Francis Bacon to Locke to Kant to William James.
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Fear of Fifty: a Midlife Memoir
Language: ArabicSubject: BiographyAuthor: Erica JongThe iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherhood.
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Language: ArabicSubject: LiteratureAuthor: Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheNietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his wisdom to the world. The book is a combination of prose and poetry.
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Notes: Clan War 1990-1994
Language: SomaliSubject: HistoryAuthor: Siciid Cismaan KeenadiidThe author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan militias during this horrendous time in Somali history. An estimated 350,000 Somalis die of disease, famine, and civil war.
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Trump Revealed: an American Journey of...
Language: ArabicSubject: Biography, PoliticsAuthor: Michael KranishThe definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in military school to his ventures in real estate and eventually his celebrity status. It discusses his successes and failures in business, conflicts with jouranlists and sexual misconduct accusations; and...
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Abraham Lincoln
Language: ArabicSubject: Biography, History, PoliticsAuthor: Ibrahim al-KhafifA biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States. He would change the course of history.
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Big history and the future of humanity
Language: ArabicSubject: History, Natural ScienceAuthor: Fred SpierAvailable in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its place in the overarching history of life, the Earth, and the Universe. Author, scholar, researcher and lecturer, Fred Spier, offers new theories into the future of humanity with a sweeping view of the past....
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Stories of Famous Artists
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13Author: Sair Basma JiBrief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vowelled text for easier pronunciation. A great introduction to art history for young readers.
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Woody Allen on Woody Allen
Language: ArabicSubject: BiographyAuthor: Woody AllenIn this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his films, and also reveals his thoughts on his childhood, his work, and his relationships.
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