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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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  • 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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  • It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...

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  • Genaro 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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  • Gueros
    spanish

    Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...

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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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  • 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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  • Previously 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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  • 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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  • When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...

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

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  • A 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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  • 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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  • Culture
    arabic

    Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...

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

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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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Non-Fiction

Adult non-fiction books in all of Sawa's world languages.

Non-Fiction  

  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Self-help
    Author:  Richard Reed

    Some of the world's most remarkable people share their most valuable pieces of wisdom. Life lessons from 50 of today's most accomplished, diverse, and influential voices in an engaging collection of profiles including: President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Stephen Fry, Dame Judi Dench, and more.

    $36.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Simon Garfield

    An entertaining exploration of the ways we have perceived, contained, and saved time over the last 250 years.

    $34.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Self-help
    Author:  Steve Taylor

    Tells the stories of more than 20 people who have undergone permanent spiritual awakening after intense trauma and turmoil in their lives. This book explains why turmoil has an 'awakening' effect, and illustrates the almost infinite capacity of human beings to overcome suffering. It suggests that, so long as we have the courage to face up...

    $28.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature, Novels
    Author:  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    An Arabic translation of Goethe's classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther."  This is the story of the sensitive and passionate Werther and his extreme response to unrequited love presented in a collection of letters written by Werther to his friend Wilhelm. Not so much a tale of love and romance, it is believed to be a chronicle mental health...

    $23.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Cookbooks
    Author:  Nigella Lawson

    Nigella presents her solution to eating well when time is short with fabulous fast foods, ingenious short cuts, terrific time-saving ideas, effortless entertaining and simple, scrumptious meals. 

    $49.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Biography
    Author:  Ernst Krause

    A first person account of a young man who was swept up by the Nazi Party in 1933 when it was promising a properous future.

    $23.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Biography, Self-help
    Author:  Ola Diop

    A collection of stories of inspirational women throughout history who knew their own worth and fought for their dreams despite obstacles on all fronts.

    $31.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Biography
    Author:  Stefan Zweig

    Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's final work, posted to his publisher the day before his tragic death by suicide, brings the destruction of a war-torn Europe vividly to rise.  He feels the need to bear witness to the next generation of what his age has gone through. He realizes that his past is "out of reach". Zweig makes it clear that...

    $24.95
  • 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:  Culture, Social Science
    Author:  Bertrand Russell

    Iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell lays out a rationalist prescription for living a happy life, including the importance of cultivating interests outside oneself and the dangers of passive pleasure.

    $19.95
  • 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:  Somali
    Subject:  Politics, Social Science
    Author:  Dambisa Moyo

    Somali translation of "Dead Aid," by the pre-eminent Zambian economist and author known for her analysis of macroeconomics and global affairs.   Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's...

    $36.95
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