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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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  • 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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  • H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...

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  • Bird Box
    arabic

    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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  • Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...

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  • Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...

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  • A 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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  • Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...

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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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  • Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...

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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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  • The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German.  This is his debut memoir, writte...

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

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  • On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...

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  • Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...

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  • George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13
    Author:  Kamal Sayed

    Book one in a gorgeous series on Islamic culture for kids features stories of the prophets. This volume (#7) tells the story of David according to Islamic tradition and features lush illustrations and vocalized text for easier reading.

    $13.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13
    Author:  Kamal Sayed

    A gorgeous series on Islamic culture for kids features stories of the prophets. This volume (#9) tells the story of Jonah and Ezra according to Islamic tradition and features lush illustrations and vocalized text for easier reading.

    $13.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Short Stories
    Author:  Franz Kafka

    Originally written in German in 1922, this short story by Franz Kafka centers on a dog and his inquiries into the rationale of his existence in the world.

    $13.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature
    Author:  Tawfiq al-Hakim

    Originally published in 1933, this play was hailed in literary circles as a landmark in Egyptian drama.  Based on the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, it tells the story of three men and a dog, all of whom sleep for 300 years, in a cave, after fleeing religious persecution and seeking refuge there from a tyrant. They wake up and...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature
    Author:  Tawfiq al-Hakim

    Is it better to be a donkey or a man?  That is the question explored in this play that is a comedic criticism of Egyptian society by the ever popular Tawfiq al-Hakim.

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  • Language:  Arabic, English
    Subject:  Literature
    Author:  William Shakespeare

    Considered 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.

    $22.95
  • 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.

    $34.95
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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.

    $31.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13
    Author:  Kamal Sayed

    A gorgeous series on Islamic culture for kids features stories of the prophets. This volume (#6) tells the story of Moses according to Islamic tradition and features lush illustrations and vocalized text for easier reading.

    $13.95
  • 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.  

    $39.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Jean-Paul Satre

    Jean-Paul Sartre's first, and considered his best, novel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964. A key work of existential fiction, it tells the story of Antoine Roquentin who keeps a diary of his thoughts and feelings that include a "sweet sickness" that he likens to an overpowering feeling of nausea that eventually causes him to...

    $22.95
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  • Language:  German
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5
    Author:  John Irving

    A little boy hears a sound in the night that he doesn't recognize.  His mind dreams up all kinds of scary things and he wakes his dad and says, "it's a sound like someone trying not to make a sound."  Eventually they discover what it is and both go back to sleep.  This endearing story is now available in German.

    $26.95
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