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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, History, Social Science
    Author:  Ali al-Wardi

    Ali al-Wardi was a 20th century Iraqi social scientist who wrote many books on the social history of Iraq.  He was a modern, liberal thinker who defied his family's traditional rules to pursue a formal education including a master's degree and a Ph.D from the University of Texas. This is one of his most notable, and controversial, works in...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Gerbrand Bakker

    This gripping second novel by award-winning author, Gerbrand Bakker, tells the story of a Dutch woman named Emilie (not her real name) who severs all ties with her former life, including a husband who his alive and well, and moves to an isolated cottage on the coast of Wales.  Bakker was awarded the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014 for...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Salim Shaykhali

    By a popular Iraqi author who is well-known for his skillful weaving of words into tight powerful stories.  With a woman's voice and the abaya as a symbol for the Iraqi woman, he tells the story of a woman, synonymous with any woman anywhere, searching for existence in a dangerous world. 

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  • 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:  Novels
    Author:  Abdullah al-Busais

    In this novel by Kuwaiti poet, Abdullah al-Busais, we find a man who feels alienated by the "pack" of his tribe because he is neither violent nor a fighter.  The main character is a poet and lover of all humankind who, because of the madness and ignorance of those around him, is forced to do something he doesn't wish to do. ...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Muhammad Sulayman al-Fakki Shadhili

    Muhammad Sulayman alFakki Shadhili is a Sudanese novelist and poet who has produced works in Arabic, English, and French.  He has received several awards including the Sudan Ministry of Youth Story Prize, the University of Khartoum Story Prize, as well as the Tayeb Salih International Prize for Creative Writing.  This novel was...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Amélie Nothomb

    This autobiographical novel by Belgian author Amelie Nothomb was awarded the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise the same year it was published. It tells the story of a young woman who takes a job on a one-year contract as a translator at a prestigious Japanese company.  What follows is a comical and perplexing dance through...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  George R.R. Martin

    Now available in Arabic! A Storm of Swords, book three of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire". An epic masterpiece of lords and ladies, assassins and bastards, soldiers and witchcraft, with a dragon or two or three thrown in for good measure. This product is one book in two volumes. The English language novel won both...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Paulo Coelho

    This novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho was first published in 1988 and went on to become an international bestseller.  It is available in more than 70 languages and has been adapted for film, theatre and musical composition. The novel tells the story of a young shepherd named Santiago and his journey to the pyramids of Egypt in search...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Saud Alsanousi

    The newest novel by award-winning Kuwaiti author and journalist, Saud Alsanousi. His debut novel "The Prisoner of Mirrors" (2010) won the Leila Othman Prize; and his acclaimed novel "The Bamboo Stalk," about immigrant workers, won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2013).

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Francois Mauriac

    A masterpiece by one of the great modern French writers, the story is told in the form of a confessional letter.  A bitter, aging lawyer, Monsier Louis, writes a letter to his estranged family explaining why his heart is like a knot of vipers.  The novel presents a gripping look at the effects of pride, hatred, and greed upon a man's...

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