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Gueros
spanishEver since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
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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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Fear of Fifty: a..
arabicThe iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
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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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Lost & found
arabicThe 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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Advice from the ..
germanA collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
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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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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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Stories of the G..
arabicProvides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
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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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Notes: Clan War ..
somaliThe 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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Caballero
frenchGenaro Reyes is a student who falls in with the wrong crowd. He goes on a drinking binge with his "friends" and ends up in a com...
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The Federalist P..
arabicThis collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
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Strongest man
spanishA funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...
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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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Days in Mexico : in the company of Diego...
Language: ArabicSubject: BiographyAuthor: Heidi AbdelatifThis book serves as an invitation to discover one of the lands of ancient civilizations—Mexico. As the primary gateway to Central and South America, Mexico extends its cultural and civilizational influence across all the surrounding nations. Indeed, to truly comprehend the history of this Latin continent, one must gain a deep understanding...
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The Wonder
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Emma DonoghueIn 1862, a nurse haunted by her past travels from England to a remote Irish village to investigate allegations about a young girl whose religious family claimed she had lived without food for four months.
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Finding a bear
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 11-13Author: Hannah GoldWhile journeying to the northernmost reaches of the Arctic, April Wood discovers a tiny polar bear cub in desperate need of her help, and in freezing temperatures and on dangerous terrain, she must face her deepest fears to save him.
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Multiple personality disorder
Language: ArabicSubject: Self-helpAuthor: Boris SidisThis pioneering work delves into the complexities of dissociation, exploring how the mind copes with trauma by creating distinct identities.
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Fragments of horror
Language: ArabicSubject: Short StoriesAuthor: Junji ItoA collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome, these stories showcase the...
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The Amazing Dandash and other stories
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 6-10Author: Kamil KilaniDandash was a cunning fox who set out with his two sons in search of food for them all. He resorted to tricks and ruses to hunt birds and rabbits; however, a crow exposed his schemes to the other animals and birds, who then conspired to reveal his treachery. When the dogs learned of this, Dandash fled in terror, fearing their retribution.
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Dana the pearl
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 3-5Author: Jameela SultanThe clam was in great pain after a tiny grain of sand got stuck in its stomach. No medicine helped, so it set off with its friends in search of a cure. The remedy from the octopus doctor didn’t work, and neither did the help from the coral or the sponge. So, how did the clam’s pain finally stop? This magical secret awaits those who...
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A Mask the color of the sky
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Basim KhandaqjiNur, an archaeologist living in a refugee camp in Ramallah, finds a blue identity card belonging to an Israeli in the pocket of an old coat. He adopts the mask of the occupier in an attempt to understand the Zionist mindset. Winner: 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).
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The American roommate experiment
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Elena ArmasRosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well-paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn't told her family and now has terrible writer's block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina's spare key while she's out of town. But Rosie...
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Why we eat (too much)
Language: ArabicSubject: LifeStyleAuthor: Andrew JenkinsonA third of us are currently on a diet - how do we stop? And why are so many of us eating more but feeling hungrier than ever? For over 20 years, Dr Andrew Jenkinson has helped thousands of people to solve their weight problems. Looking at how we eat today, in this book he explores why modern nutrition has failed us. This title draws on the...
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Joys of simple living
Language: ArabicSubject: PoetryAuthor: Hermann HesseWhat is happiness? Hermann Hesse explored the meaning of this word, which he also loved for its sound, throughout his life. What he himself experienced as blissful was rarely of a material nature – for him, the deepest source of happiness lay in the impressions we owe to the receptiveness of our senses, the capacity to fall in love and...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie...
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Mary Ann ShafferIt's January, 1946, and writer Juliet Ashton sits at her desk, vainly seeking a subject for her next book. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from one Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - by chance, he's acquired a secondhand book that once belonged to Juliet - and, spurred on by their mutual love of Charles Lamb, they begin a correspondence.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Next door waiting for the stars
Language: GermanSubject: NovelsAuthor: Lori Nelson SpielmanThe third novel by international bestselling Michigan author, Lori Nelson Spielman. An emotional novel about mothers, sisters, daughters. When her sister dies in a train accident, Annie struggles with survivor guilt (she was supposed to be on that train, too), and tries to find comfort in their mother, Erika, who has withdrawn into her work. Can...
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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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I am a human
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13Author: Zina Khori, Sirsa QurshaThis beautifully illustrated book explains the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so children can understand them and know when and how to apply them at home, at school, and in the community at large. It's never too early to teach kids about human rights and to respect the differences and rights of others in order to promote...
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Why are You Running Away? : Little...
Language: Arabic, EnglishChildren Books: Ages 3-5Author: Gong RupingBumblebee is running. Frog is running. Stork is running. Fox is running. Why is everyone running away? The answer will surprise you! Books in this fun, easy-to-read series feature large vowelled text for early readers, simple interesting illustrations, and a handy English translation of the story at the back.
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Ten nights and the teller of stories
Language: ArabicSubject: Short StoriesAuthor: Tahar Ben JellounWinner of the Dublin Prize, this is undoubtedly one of the most enchanted books by the award-winning Moroccan author. Ben Jelloun takes the ten tales of Perrault (Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, etc.), masterfully reworks them in an Arab and Muslim context, and presents them in the manner of the Thousand and One Nights.
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Dancing sheep
Language: ArabicChildren Books: Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10Author: Fatimah SharafeddineRafiq is a very smart sheep who devises a plan to keep himself from being sold to the local butcher.
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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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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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Candide
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: VoltaireA new Arabic translation of Voltaire's satirical "magnum opus" about the human condition as seen through the eyes of Candide, a sheltered young man who becomes disillusioned with the world after he experiences many hardships.
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The Birth of Jesus : 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 story of the birth of Jesus. Bilingual Arabic and English.
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Decision points: a memoir
Language: ArabicSubject: BiographyAuthor: George W. BushGeorge W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Oval Office.
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Sneezy
Language: FrenchChildren Books: Ages 11-13Author: Lenia MajorAntoine, Leon, Clemence and Lily are four friends who find a small fawn in the forest that has lost its mother. They know it won't survive on its own so they decide to keep it, but of course, they can't tell their parents. They decide to hide the fawn, which they name Sneezy, in the shed in Leon's backyard. Will they be able to care for the fawn...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Decision points: a memoir
Language: ArabicSubject: BiographyAuthor: George W. BushGeorge W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Oval Office.
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Human Stain
Language: ArabicSubject: NovelsAuthor: Philip RothThe Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused of racism and forced to resign. The story twists and turns with subtly complex characters against the backdrop of America in the 1940s.
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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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