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  • Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...

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    Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...

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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 tales&n...

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  • Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...

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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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    Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010.  In a courageous a...

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    Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Biography
    Author:  Patrick Modiano

    By the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWII Paris who runs away from the Catholic boarding school that had been her hiding place.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History, Reference
    Author:  Sa'ad Salloum

    Provides a detailed look at minority groups in Iraq, which are divided by ethnicity, religion, identity, doctrine, and even language. Explains the basis of regional conflicts, human rights protections, if any, provided by the Iraqi Constitution, and what this all means for the country today. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Fu'ad Takarli

    The author was a prominent Iraqi novelist and writer and one of only a few that was able to openly criticize the Iraqi government without repercussions. He was awarded the Owais Prize for Arabi Language Novels in 2000.  This is a lyrical novel of human existence written with a degree tendernness that is only found in Arabic poetry.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture
    Author:  Milton Cross

    Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciation.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Teen/YA
    Author:  Mansour Alawi

    Winner of the Emirates Novel Award 2016, this is the story of a pathetic, reckless young man who is always in trouble.  Suddenly unemployed and at risk of displacement, he must make hard decisions for his very salvation.

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  • Language:  Spanish
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
    Author:  Lorena Marin

    A collection of fables and short stories about animals for children.

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  • Language:  German
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5
    Author:  Helme Heine

    Three barnyard friends, a rooster, a pig, and a mouse, set off to explore the world in search of adventure because life on the farm is so boring.

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  • Language:  German
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
    Author:  Marcus Pfister

    Lina is a little duck who would love to play outside, but she is too sick and weak and not allowed out.  Her friend Fredi the frog visits her often, but then goes off to romp in the pond with the other frogs.  Lina dreams of being able to play that way, too.  But when Fredi gets into trouble, Lina finds a way to come to his rescue.

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  • Language:  German
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10, Ages 11-13
    Author:  Ali Mitgutsch

    This book features the art of the well-known and beloved German artist, Ali Mitgutsch. He is famous for his "wimmelbilder" books, which show everyday scenes in a single painting across both pages.  In this book, young pirate enthusiasts will discover the daily lives of adventurous pirates on the high seas.  On board pages.

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  • Language:  German
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10
    Author:  Rafik Schami

    All the animals admire the beautiful peacock, except the little raven.  He thinks the peacock is arrogant and finds her cartwheels boring so he shows them his special talent: beak standing!

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  • Language:  German
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5, Ages 6-10
    Author:  VĂ©ronique Caplain

    Who is afraid of the big, bad wolf? Oskar and Wilma love scary stories, especially about the big, bad wolf.  But in the middle of a story their papa is reading to them, they hear eerie noises outside.  Is it a wolf? "There are no wolves outside the house," said Papa.  Really?

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  • Language:  German
    Children Books:  Ages 6-10
    Author:  Andrea Weisbrod

    Queen Louise wakes up from a delicious dreams of cakes and candy apples.  She wakes her husband, King Friedrich Wilhelm III, and together they disguise themselves to go the town market to buy some goodies.

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