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  • A little girl walks angrily through the park dragging an old purse. Every now and then she stops and yells "Is this how it is?"  ...

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  • Elling
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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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  • Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...

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  • Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...

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  • In 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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  • Winner 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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  • By the author of the bestselling novel, A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture, this illustrated novel for young readers...

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  • The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...

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  • The delightful debut novel by Brooke Davis is now available in Arabic.  It is the story of a little red-haired girl who has lost ...

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  • American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...

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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 story o...

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  • Mandrake
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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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  • Culture
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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 Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski.  The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 11-13, Teen/YA
    Author:  Rania Hussein Amin

    Named Young Adult Book of the Year 2016 by Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature. Two friends, Louza and Romana, live in an apartment building with four apartments.  None of the residents get along and there is constant yelling and fighting among them. The two girls put their heads together to come up with a solution to establish...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Children Books:  Ages 3-5
    Author:  Crystal Beshara

    With new animal friends, fresh, clean air, and wide open spaces to play, a visit to the farm is a fun day indeed!

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Muhammad Abdelnabi

    Winner of the French 2019 Arab Literature Prize, this novel is based on a true event in Cairo in 2001 when 52 men were arrested in a police raid of a floating disco called the Queen Boat.  The men were beaten and tortured.  The book follows the main character, Hani Mahfouz during the aftermath of his arrest as he reflects on his life...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Olga Tokarczuk

    Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Man Booker International Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, this original and creative novel intertwines travel narrative with magical realism. One reviewer said it is "a cabinet of curiosities that must include itself in the cabinet".

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Culture, LifeStyle
    Author:  Osho

    In this book, Osho, who was considered one of the most provocative and inspiring spiritual teachers in the 20th century, explores the differences between intellect and intelligence and posits that intelligence is the only way we can respond creatively to the challenges we face in the world today.

    $27.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  John Berger

    Winner 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 early years of the 20th century. Author John Berger was an English art critic, painter, novelist and poet. He was also a well-known Marxist who supported liberation movements around the world.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Literature
    Author:  Youssef Ziedan

    In this work, Dr. Ziedan, Egyptian scholar and author, examines creative texts by contemporary Arab authors in the forms of the novel, story, poetry, and theater.  This stand alone text is where the sea of creativity and the sea of criticism meet.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Biography
    Author:  Naja Marie Aidt

    Naja Marie Aidt is the award-winning author of twelve collections of poetry, a novel, and three short-story collections. This memoir, that was shortlisted for the Kirkus Review Awards for Non-Fiction and longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, is a raw, sweeping, and masterful account of the first few years after her...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Dan Brown

    In 2018, this book was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for 23 weeks.  In this heartstopping mystery thriller Robert Langdon arrives in Spain to attend an event that will reveal an astonishing breakthrough into the origins of mankind, but then the man who made the discovery ends up dead.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  History, Travel
    Author:  Thorkild Hansen

    The spellbinding true story of the ill-fated Danish Arabia expedition (1761-67) led by Carsten Niebuhr.  Includes illustrations.

    $22.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Biography
    Author:  Erica Jong

    The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherhood.

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  • Language:  Somali
    Subject:  Education
    Author:  Yussuf H. Abdullaahi Hassan

    Reading and writing exercises for intermediate to advanced Somali language learners.

    $28.95
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