On the State of Egypt: A Novelist's Provocative Reflections
By: Jonathan Wright , Alaa Al Aswany
3.46
Format: 103 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of he Yacaoubian Building and hicago turns his attention to current affairs …
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1. Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World
By: Shereen El Feki
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
** Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)** If you really want to know a people, start by looking in… read more
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2. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
By: Hannah Arendt
4.20
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more
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"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
3. The Egg
By: Andy Weir
3.41
Format: None pages, ebook
A short story about the universe. read more
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4. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit.… read more
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5. On the State of Egypt: A Novelist's Provocative Reflections
By: Jonathan Wright , Alaa Al Aswany
3.46
Format: 103 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of he Yacaoubian Building and hicago turns his attention to current affairs … read more
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6. Kafka on the Shore
By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel
4.13
Format: 467 pages, Paperback
Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable character… read more
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"In dreams begins responsiblities."-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
"I don’t know what it means to live."-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
"Artists are those who can evade the verbose."-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
"It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore."-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
7. Animal Liberation
By: Peter Singer
3.80
Format: 220 pages,
The Book That Started A Revolution Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work… read more
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8. أولاد حارتنا
By: Naguib Mahfouz , نجيب محفوظ
4.09
Format: 600 pages, Paperback
رواية يجلس الجبلاوي في بيته الكبير المحاط بالحدائق واﻷسوار العالية ومن حوله أحفاده الذين يتنازعو… read more
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"لكن آفة حارتنا النسيان."-Naguib Mahfouz, أولاد حارتنا
"الناس يعبدون القوة، حتى ضحاياها!"-Naguib Mahfouz, أولاد حارتنا
"انه ينكر الحياة و لكنه لا يستحق الموت"-Naguib Mahfouz, أولاد حارتنا
"للحياة أطواراً لا يخبرها المرء إلا يوماً بيوم"-Naguib Mahfouz, أولاد حارتنا
9. The Attack
By: Yasmina Khadra , John T. Cullen
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Dr. Amin Jaafari, an Arab-Israeli citizen, is a surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. Dedicated to his… read more
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10. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race
By: Reni Eddo-Lodge
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Hardcover
'One of the most important books of 2017' Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant A powerful an… read more
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11. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
By: Cornel West , Angela Y. Davis , Frank Barat
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Ange… read more
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12. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more
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"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
13. Homegoing
By: Yaa Gyasi
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and alon… read more
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14. My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route
By: Sally Hayden
4.48
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devast… read more
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15. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
By: Zoulfa Katouh
4.50
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had h… read more
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"Bury me before I bury you" I did."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"There are enough people hurting you,"-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"He bites his lip. “Please take of yourself."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
"I’ll make it as soon as I’m done with this."-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
16. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more
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"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
17. Beyrouth-sur-Seine
By: Sabyl Ghoussoub
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Lorsque le narrateur décide de questionner ses parents sur leur pays d'origine, le Liban, il ne sai… read more
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18. Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
By: Zahra Hankir
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homeland… read more
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19. Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
By: Bradley Hope
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of t… read more
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20. We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
By: Eliot Higgins
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The page-turning inside account of the organization solving international mysteries and wielding th… read more
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21. The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice
By: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and… read more
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22. Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi
By: Ulf Laessing
3.69
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
An account of what has happened to Libya since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi by a Reuters corresponde… read more
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23. The Middle East Crisis Factory: Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance
By: Iyad El-Baghdadi
4.30
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Why is the Middle East a crisis factory, and how can it be fixed? What does the future look like fo… read more
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24. Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly
By: Safwan M. Masri
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The Arab Spring began and ended with Tunisia. In a region beset by brutal repression, humanitarian … read more
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25. Shatter the Nations: ISIS and the War for the Caliphate
By: Mike Giglio
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Unflinching dispatches of an embedded war reporter covering ISIS and the unlikely alliance of force… read more
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