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

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

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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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  • A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...

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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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  • A little girl walks angrily through the park dragging an old purse. Every now and then she stops and yells "Is this how it is?"  ...

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  • Mandrake
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    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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  • Culture
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    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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  • 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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Non-Fiction

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

Non-Fiction  

  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, History, Social Science
    Author:  Gustave Le Bon

    Gustave Le Bon was a 19th century French polymath whose travels and research in the emerging field of anthropology would result in a number of influential books as well as the Godard Prize from the French Academy of Sciences. In this highly respected work, Le Bon writes about early Arab peoples and culture and their valuable contributions to...

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  • Language:  Arabic, German
    Subject:  Poetry
    Author:  Asmaa Azaizeh

    A modern collection of poems about what it means to be an Arab living in the West.

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  • 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:  Religion

     The holy book for Muslims.

    $23.95
  • 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:  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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  • Language:  German
    Subject:  Spirituality
    Author:  Dalai Lama

    A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardless of where they are on the path.  A pocket-sized book that is big in heart.

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  • Language:  Somali
    Subject:  Culture, History
    Author:  Mohammed Sh. Hassan

    Divided into two parts, this invaluable resource first documents the history of Somali arts from the 1940s onward, and the second part details the productions of some 70 well-known plays.  Included is information about the theaters, directors, producers, and performers.  Illustrations include photographs, facsimiles of playbills, and...

    $36.95
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