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    Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...

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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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    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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    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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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13
    Author:  Talal Hassan

    Three folktales from early Arab heritage are combined in one hardcover volume. Besides the cover story, it includes two other stories, "The Clown and the Foolish Thief," and "The Boys and the Tree of Hope."

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10
    Author:  Emily Nasrallah

    In a faraway village, the storyteller tells story of the wondrous and boy who appears when he is needed.  He has visited faraway lands and met heroes and dwarves. He leaves just as magically as he appears and no one can say where he goes, but he leaves behind a wonderful gift.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 1-2
    Author:  Fatimah Sharafeddine

    This colorful board book helps little ones learn about speed and which activties are done quickly and which must be done slowly.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10
    Author:  Maryam Saqr Qasimi

    When the peace and unity of the people in the village begins to deterioriate and they start arguing among themselves, the water seller reminds them of their town's former glory and how they used to be neighbors who were kind and caring.

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  • Language:  Arabic, English
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
    Author:  Jamila Husani

    Every child is beautiful in his or her own skin color and every skin color has a secret loving name. This bilingual story celebrates the beauty of our differences.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
    Author:  Umaymah Izzeldine

    Two boys learn to maintain their friendship even though they play on rival soccer teams.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
    Author:  Mumin Hilmi

    A candy wrapper's journey begins when it accidentally falls outside a recycling bin and is carried by the wind on the strange city roads. Sometimes it is attached to a man's shoe and sometimes it becomes part of a bird's house. Until he ends up in the city sky, he decides not to leave his fate to the winds anymore, and resolves to make it by...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Yusuf Khasumi

    Hisham lives in Morocco and wants to find a way to emigrate to Germany for a better life.  He takes advantage of the crisis of the influx of Syrian refugees entering Turkey on their way to Europe and tries to pass as a Syrian refugee. This is a harrowing story that mimics reality based on real life accounts of people who lived it.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Laura Restrepo

    A gripping detective story and devastating tale of love and insanity by the award-winning Colombian author, Laura Restrepo.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels, Historical fiction
    Author:  Ibrahim EIssa

    The Emirate of Bari was a short-lived Islamic state in Southern Italy from 847 to 871.  The third and final emir of Bari was Sawdan who came to power around 857 and ruled until 871 when Bari fell to the army of Emperor Louis II.  This exciting historic novel by Egypt's famed author tells the story of the rule of Sawdan. It was an era...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels, Historical fiction
    Author:  William Faulkner

    The classic novel by Nobel Prize laureate William Faulkner delves into American history at the end of the Civil War.  It portrays the decay of Mississippi aristocrats, the wealthy Sartoris family that lies under the shadow if its dead patriarch, Colonel John Sartoris.  This novel introduces many characters that appear in Faulkner's later works.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature
    Author:  Muhammad Qasim Zadah

    A collection of 25 Persian legends and folktales features a magical collection of stories, gathered from the rich treasury of Persian folk and fairytales, that tell of love and longing, fate and human ingenuity, loss and grace. Suspense, mayhem, and riches abound.

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