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  • By the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWI...

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  • In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...

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  • Taxi
    persian

    Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010.  In a courageous a...

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  • Chris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...

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  • Bird Box
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    In 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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  • A delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a li...

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  • By 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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  • American 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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  • Victoria
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    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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  • Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...

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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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  • Winner of both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize, this is the story of a "Don Juan" lover of women during the e...

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  • An 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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  • Mandrake
    arabic

    The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524.  Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...

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

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Novels
      Author:  Harper Lee

      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. 

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Children Books:  Teen/YA
      Author:  John Green

      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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Novels
      Author:  Hoda Barakat

      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.

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Novels
      Author:  Jhumpa Lahiri

      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...

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    • Full MARC RDA records are available in all languages for your convenience. These can be customized to your needs.  If you would like a sample, please send us an email. To add MARC records to your order, add MARC record to cart.  In the shopping cart summary, set the quantity of records to match the number of titles in your order...

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Novels
      Author:  Mohammed Hasan Alwan

      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.

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Children Books:  Ages 11-13
      Author:  Jeff Kinney

      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?

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Novels
      Author:  F. Scott Fitzgerald

      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...

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Children Books:  Ages 11-13
      Author:  Jeff Kinney

      When 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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    • Language:  Arabic, English
      Subject:  Novels
      Author:  John Steinbeck

      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...

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Novels
      Author:  Jukhah al-Harithi

      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...

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Children Books:  Ages 11-13
      Author:  R. J. Palacio

      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.

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Children Books:  Ages 6-10
      Author:  Ifa Kuzma

      A 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Biography
      Author:  Muhammad Asad

      A fascinating and beautifully written autobiography by Muhammad Asad, formerly known as Leopold Weiss.  Born into a Jewish family and a descendant of a long line of Jewish rabbis, Weiss converted to Islam and became one of the most influential European Muslims of the 20th century.  

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    • Language:  Spanish, English
      Subject:  Self-help
      Author:  Moira Kovats

      Ideal for adult English language learners.  Adult-themed dual language reader for new literates in Spanish and English.  Tony works as a plumber to support his wife and two kids, but money is always tight and they need a bigger place to live.  And then Tony is offered a deal . . .

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    • Language:  French
      Children Books:  Ages 11-13
      Author:  Lenia Major

      Antoine, 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Novels
      Author:  Zelda Fitzgerald

      The 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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    • Language:  German
      Children Books:  Ages 6-10
      Author:  Judith Kerr

      A 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Self-help
      Author:  Mark Manson

      Learn to take a grounded, realistic approach to your life with this first Arabic edition of the wildly popular, New York Times bestselling self-help guide by superstar blogger, Mark Manson.

      $26.95
    • Language:  Spanish, English
      Subject:  Self-help
      Author:  Linda Kita-Bradley

      Ideal for adult English language learners.  Adult-themed dual language reader for new literates in Spanish and English.  Eva is a busy mom with too many responsibilities.  To make matters worse, she can never get a good night's sleep because once the light goes off, her mind turns on.  She tosses and turns and thinks and worries.  What can she do?

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    • Language:  French
      Children Books:  Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13
      Author:  Comtesse de Segur

      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.  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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Politics
      Author:  Michael Wolff

      The fiery New York Times bestseller that offers a controversial behind-the-scenes look at President Donald Trump's first nine months.

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
      Author:  Fatimah Sharafeddine

      Rafiq is a very smart sheep who devises a plan to keep himself from being sold to the local butcher.

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Social Science
      Author:  Wolfgang Bauer

      German reporter for Der Zeit, Wolfgang Bauer chronicles the treacherous and often deadly journey of Syrian refugees as they cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of life and safety. As the Syrian civil war continues to rage, millions of refugees are on the run. Bauer captures their dramatic stories with a passionate appeal for a more...

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    • Language:  Spanish
      Genre:  Documentary
      Director :  Patricio Guzman

      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.

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Genre:  Documentary
      Director :  Andrea Kalin, Oliver Lukacs

      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.

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    • Language:  German
      Genre:  Drama
      Cast:  Jonas Nay
      Director :  Edward Berger, Samira Radsi

      A 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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    • Language:  Spanish
      Genre:  Comedy
      Cast:  Robert Lorie, Paul Chamberlain, Ashly Burch
      Director :  Kenny Riches

      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.

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    • Language:  Arabic, Hebrew
      Genre:  Animation, Documentary
      Director :  Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan

      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."

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    • Language:  German
      Genre:  Drama, Thriller
      Cast:  Laia Costa, Frederick Lau
      Director :  Sebastian Schipper

      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.

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    • Language:  German
      Genre:  Documentary
      Director :  Vanessa Lapa

      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...

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    • Language:  Hebrew
      Genre:  Drama
      Cast:  Sarit Larry, Avi Schnaidman
      Director :  Nadav Lapid

      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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    • Language:  Persian
      Genre:  Romance, Thriller
      Cast:  Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi
      Director :  Ana Lily Amirpour

      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

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    • Language:  Spanish
      Genre:  Comedy, Drama
      Cast:  Tenoch Huerta, Leonardo Ortizgris, Sebastian Aguirre
      Director :  Alonso Ruizpalacios

      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...

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    • Language:  Persian
      Genre:  Comedy, Drama
      Director :  Jafar Panahi

      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...

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Education, History
      Author:  Jonathan R. Cole

      American 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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    • Language:  Somali
      Subject:  Politics
      Author:  Harold Laski

      A 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Biography
      Author:  George Orwell

      Introduces 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Reference, Social Science
      Author:  William Kelley Wright

      A 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Biography
      Author:  Erica Jong

      The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherhood.

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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Literature
      Author:  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

      Nietzsche'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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    • Language:  Somali
      Subject:  History
      Author:  Siciid Cismaan Keenadiid

      The 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Biography, Politics
      Author:  Michael Kranish

      The 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Biography, History, Politics
      Author:  Ibrahim al-Khafif

      A 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  History, Natural Science
      Author:  Fred Spier

      Available 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Children Books:  Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13
      Author:  Sair Basma Ji

      Brief 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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    • Language:  Arabic
      Subject:  Biography
      Author:  Woody Allen

      In 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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