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frenchA 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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Cilmiga Ciqaabta
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Elling
arabicTranslated 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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Dora Bruder
arabicBy the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWI...
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arabicA 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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Culture and the ..
arabicTerry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
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Notes: Clan War ..
somaliThe 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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Taxi
persianInternationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
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There but for th..
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One thousand and..
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Culture
arabicTerry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
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Decent one
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Xorriyadda iyo D..
somaliA 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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Gueros
spanishEver since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
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