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Together: the ri..
arabicThis thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
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Serafin: reading..
germanTwo friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...
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Woody Allen on W..
arabicIn 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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Taxi
persianInternationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
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Little Biscuit a..
arabicA delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a li...
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How to ruin ever..
germanThe 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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Stories of the G..
arabicProvides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
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Human Stain
arabicThe Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused o...
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I Don't Know Wha..
arabicSamy is very shy and doesn't like to talk to other people because it's scary and he doesn't know what to say. Now his little dog is lo...
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There but for th..
arabicIt 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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Deutschland 83
germanA 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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Cilmiga Ciqaabta
somaliAn exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
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One thousand and..
frenchA 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 Federalist P..
arabicThis 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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G : a novel
arabicWinner of both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize, this is the story of a "Don Juan" lover of women during the e...
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21 grams
arabicIn 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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The Story of our ancestors
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Warida KaloushPieces together the unknown history of the Amazigh.
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A Brief look at the beauty of the world
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, LifeStyleAuthor: Rami HamdiA series of engaging, interconnected literary essays. In each chapter, the author encounters a famous figure—writers, artists, musicians, architects, doctors, and others, both living and deceased—at a restaurant he designed in real life.
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Crying: the natural and cultural history...
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Tom LutzDrawing on works of literature, philosophy, art, and science from the writings of Plato and Darwin to the paintings of Picasso to modern medical journals, this book unearths the multiple meanings and uses of tears.
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Film form
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Sergei EisensteinTwelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein's film theory and in particular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Sergei Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor, and film theorist. He was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.
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Surrounded by idiots: the four types of...
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, Reference, BusinessAuthor: Thomas EriksonThe author explains that there are four key behavior types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Reds are dominant and commanding, Yellows are social and optimistic, Greens are laid back and friendly, and Blues are analytical and precise. Understanding someone's pattern of behavior is the key to successful...
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Hollywood and the American Dream
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Anne-Marie BidaudWhy 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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Nomadland
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, LifeStyle, Social ScienceAuthor: Jessica BruderFrom the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great...
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Coffee Culture: Local Experiences, Global...
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Catherine M. TuckerPresents 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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Notes on a Nervous Planet
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, LifeStyle, TechnologyAuthor: Matt HaigThe world is messing with our minds. What if there was something we could do about it? Looking at sleep, news, social media, addiction, work and play, the author invites us to feel calmer, happier and to question the habits of the digital age. This book might even change the way you spend your precious time on earth.
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Conquest of Happiness
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, Social ScienceAuthor: Bertrand RussellIconoclastic 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.
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The Social Contract
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, Politics, Social ScienceAuthor: Jean-Jacques RousseauRousseau is known for his contributions to political philosophy and moral psychology as well as his influence on later thinkers. The concern dominating his writings is to find a way of preserving human freedom even as humans become increasingly dependent on one another. This work purports that an individual can only be free under the law by...
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Anunnaki : Sumerian Civilization, the...
Language: ArabicSubject: Culture, HistoryAuthor: Mansour Abd al-HakimSelect 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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