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  • Culture
    arabic

    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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  • The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ulitmately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student...

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

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  • The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...

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  • The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...

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  • Taxi
    persian

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

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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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  • H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...

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  • George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...

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  • It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...

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  • When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...

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  • Gueros
    spanish

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

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  • A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright.  Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...

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  • Victoria
    german

    This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...

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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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  • 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.

    $31.95
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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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  • Language:  Somali
    Subject:  Education
    Author:  Youssuf H. Abdullahi Hassan

    A Somali language text/workbook for acquiring greater proficiency in the language. 

    $27.95
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