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Arabic
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This volume contains a collection of twelve stories by contemporary masters from Morocco to Iraq. In addition to works by writers already well-known in the West such as Idwar al-Kharrat, Fuad al-Takarli and Nobel Prize-winning Naguib Mahfouz, key authors whose fame has hitherto been restricted to the Middle East are also included. The collection features stories in both English and Arabic, prefaced by a brief author biography plus notes on context...
3) [Alziz]
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"Cicada is overworked, under appreciated, and generally discriminated against--but after seventeen years he gets to return to the forest, and laugh at the humans"--Provided by publisher.
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"Billie is forced to leave the only home she's ever known when her mother decides they should move to a new house in a small town. Musty furniture and odd belongings fill the old, dilapidated building, the ghostly remains of its previous tenants--including two small glass figures, one boy and one girl. The neighbours and local community are hiding something, Billie can tell--a secret about the house, a secret of its past. Then Billie notices that...
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By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
6) [Algharim]
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"A strange beast attacks the townspeople of Mariefred at night. Brothers Viggo and Alrik must stop it before it hurts others. Could it be a werewolf? How do you fight something like that? They turn to the secret library for information. They also ask Damir for advice, but can they trust him?"--Provided by publisher.
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"When Sunny meets Cirrus, he can't believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakenly thinks Sunny plays guitar, he accidentally winds up telling her he's the front man of a rock band. Before he knows it, Sunny is knee-deep in the lie: He gets his best friends to form a fake band with him and starts dressing like a rock star. But no way can he trick this amazing girl into thinking he's cool, right? Just when Sunny is about to come clean,...
11) [Alhayim]
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"It's December and it's almost St. Lucia's Day. The townspeople of Mariefred have no idea how terrifying the celebration will be this year. A harmless game will have dangerous and unexpected consequences. A door gets opened to the great beyond and three terrifying ghosts begin to haunt the area. Alrik and Viggo must find help. Good thing Viggo has the idea of a century!"--Amazon.com.
13) [Alsalaaba]
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"Alrik is the chief suspect in a string of robberies because the townspeople are convinced it's either him or Viggo. What they don't know is the actual culprit is a witch so evil she has created a messenger of evil. Her wicked plans are slowly taking her desired effect on Mariefred..."--Amazon.com.
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"Berta dreams of being an artist, but as a girl growing up in a small Swedish farming village in the 1920s, she has little hope. She finds solace in nature and in making art for her mother, the only person who seems to truly understand her. But when her mother dies. Berta feels alone, in despair and burdened by farm work. Can she find the courage to defy her father and fly free?"--Back cover.
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This gripping, comi-tragic fictional-factual saga takes place in the environs of Jerusalem, from late Ottoman times to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. With the colorful strokes of his pen, Ibrahim Nasrallah paints a vivid picture of Palestinian villagers' preoccupations and aspirations-their ties to their land, to their animals, and to one another. Through the experiences of Hajj Mahmud, chief elder of al-Hadiya, his son Khalid and...