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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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...

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  • 21 grams
    arabic

    In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...

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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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  • This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...

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

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Youssef al-Aqsari

    Presents an historical overview of Vikings and their legends including maps and other illustrations.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, History
    Author:  Anne-Marie Bidaud

    Why are the presidents of the film industry always close to power when they are appointed? Why do we meet few workers but many marginalized people in the films? Why does My Fair Lady or Pretty Woman end well? These are all questions answered in this book, which reveals the tight network established between Hollywood, the creative pole, New...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History, Literature, Politics, Social Science
    Author:  Saad al-Bazai

    This book includes texts of some of the most prominent Western thinkers, writers, critics, and artists who contributed to the establishment and formulation of Western modernity over the three hundred years spanning from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Philosophy, art, music, sociology, psychology, and more from...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Malcolm Gladwell

    The book follows the Bomber Mafia, especially Major General Haywood S. Hansell, and the development of a high-altitude precision aerial bombardment strategy in World War II as a means to limit casualties. After difficulties in applying the Bomber Mafia's theoretical strategy, Major General Hansell was replaced by Major General Curtis LeMay, who...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Shakib Arslan

    A summary of the history of Islamic Spain when it was a place of science, arts, poetry, urbanization, and creative engineering. This was also the era of warring and frivolous emirs, which eventually led to the era's downfall.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, History
    Author:  Catherine M. Tucker

    Presents coffee as a commodity that ties the world together, from the coffee producers and pickers who tend the plantations in tropical nations, to the middlemen and processors, to the consumers who drink coffee without ever having to think about how the drink reached their hands. Bibliographical references in English.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Alfred Butler

    The Oxford-educated historian wrote this well-researched book to correct any misunderstanding about the Arab invasion of Egypt. In this work he refutes the unfounded claims that the Egyptians (the Copts) welcomed and assisted the Arabs at the conquest; that the Arabs treated the Egyptians well at the invasion; and that the Arabs were...

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  • 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:  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:  Culture, History
    Author:  Mansour Abd al-Hakim

    Select readings and explanation of Zecharia Sitchin, his life, research, and writings.  Sitchin was well known for his fringe theories of civilization and his books that propose an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts.  He believed that ancient Sumerian culture was created by the Anunnaki, a race of...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History, Politics
    Author:  Alexander Hamilton

    This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and were intended to persuade New York at-large to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. Authored in parts by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, the documents have been referred to and heavily cited countless times in...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History
    Author:  Gustave Le Bon

    Gustave Le Bon was a French Orientalist and researcher in sociology and psychology. This famous book he presents an objective and impartial view of Arab and Islamic civilization and credits their impact on European and Western civilization.

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