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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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  • The 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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  • 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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  • A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...

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  • The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...

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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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  • 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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  • The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in ...

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  • A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...

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  • When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.

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  • An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.

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  • Diaries
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    Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...

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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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  • A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright.  Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...

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  • Elling
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    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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  • 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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Adult

Adult fiction and nonfiction in all of Sawa's world languages

Adult  

  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature
    Author:  Niccolo Machiavelli

    The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524.  Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beautiful married woman and the protagonist who conspires to sleep with her with the help of an unethical doctor and a drug made from mandrake root.  The comedy is believed to have been written as a critique of...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Abd Allah Ibn Bakhit

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  • Language:  Arabic, English
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Alexandre Dumas

    The great adventure novel by French author, Alexandre Dumas, was published in 1844.  It is a tale of adventure and friendship featuring d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, members of the Paris-based Musketeers of the Guard. This is the bilingual edition in Arabic and English.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Religion

     The holy book for Muslims.

    $23.95
  • 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.

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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
    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
    Subject:  Biography
    Author:  George Watsky

    The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German.  This is his debut memoir, written in a series of essays, that is boldy honest and wonderfully humorous.  A hit in English; it's not to be missed in German.

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