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    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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    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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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, LifeStyle
    Author:  Richard Sennett

    This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil society in this modern day and age. The author explores how people can cooperate in school, online, at work, in politics, and on street corners; and why it is necessary for our survival.

    $25.46 $29.95 -15%
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Elias Khoury

    Banned from the Cairo International Book Fair (2008) and throughout the Middle East, this story of a Christian woman in 1940s Palestine alternates between dreamlike sequences and fragile states of reality.  This is the 11th novel by Elias Khoury, a Lebanese author known for using fiction to "dissolve boundaries" and give a "voice to refugees."

    $26.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Charles Dickens

    The classic Dickens tale of orphans, child labor, and petty crime has been adapted and published in many forms over the years including a musical play and an award-winning motion picture. A classic is still a classic in any language, and it is now available in Arabic!  

    $36.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Business
    Author:  Donald Trump

    From world-renowned entrepreneur to Republican nominee for American president, Donald Trump's thoughts and strategies for business success now in Arabic.  A must-have for any library collection!

    $23.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Ghadah al-'Absi

    By an Egyptian author and physician who won the 'Abd al-Quddus Prize for the Short Story in 2014.  This novel follows the lives of ordinary Egyptians from the days of the British up through the January uprising.

    $24.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Najwa Ibn Shatwan

    Winner of the Arab Capital of Culture (Khartoum) Arabic Novel award.  The author was named one of the best 39 Arab writers under age 39 by the Hay Festival of Literature at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair in 2009.  This moving novel sheds light on the untold and forgotten story of black history and the slave trade in Libya.

    $28.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 11-13
    Author:  Jeff Kinney

    As Chrismas approaches, Greg wonders about Santa Claus and if he can really see all the deeds, good and bad, that kids do.  He and his buddy Rowley also try many schemes to make money that all backfire or fail.  Poor Greg.  He just can't win.  Or can he?  This award-winning series by Jeff Kinney is now in Arabic.

    $24.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 11-13, Teen/YA
    Author:  Emily Nasrallah

    Zeeko is a pampered and loyal cat who lives in a Beirut apartment with Mona and her family.  When war comes to the city and bullets are flying, poor little Zeeko has to make some hard choices.

    $14.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5
    Author:  Fatimah Sharaf al-Din

    It is time for sleep.  All the animal mothers are trying to put their babies to bed, but naturally they are not sleepy and want to stay up just a little longer.  Fully-vowelled text help beginning readers with pronunciation.

    $14.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Atheer Abdullah al-Nashmi

    A deeply meaningful, yet tragic story of a woman who marries for a better life.  With a cheating husband, her happiness is tenuous at best until her precious baby comes along.  Life is heaven for awhile, but old habits die hard and she realizes that life is mostly about loss.

    $22.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Poetry
    Author:  Masri, Bilal

    Contemporary poetry by Lebanese poet Bilal al-Masri.

    $12.95
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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, History
    Author:  Jeremy Scahill

    Jeremy Scahill's scathing expose of deadly covert operations sanctioned by the U.S government, funded by off-the-books budgets, and performed without appropriate congressional oversight is now available in Arabic.

    $29.95
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