World History/Politics/Current Affairs
Wizard of the Nile, The
The Hunt for Africa’s Most WantedMatthew Green
Matthew Green journeys up the White Nile in order to answer what seemed at first a simple question: "How could one maniac leading an army of abducted children hold half a country hostage for twenty years?" His quest is complicated not only by his plunge into a war zone to find the notoriously elusive Kony, but because the conflict itself continues to resist his, and our, attempts to understand it.
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World Travel
Ancient Egypt Guide, The
William J. Murnane; revised by Aidan Dodson, with contributions by Nicholas Warner
The finest, most scholarly and most readable guide to the glories of Ancient Egypt ever written “By far the best-informed book on the monuments of Egypt...”
—The Guardian
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Café Life London
An Insider's Guide to the City's Neighborhood CafésJennie Milsom; photography by Hannah Moushabeck and Harry Hall
Café Life London is a celebration of London’s flourishing café scene. Whether you live in London or are visiting for the first time, this book will take you on a culinary adventure around 35 independent cafés in popular shopping streets and neighborhoods you may never knew existed.
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World Travel/Cadogan Guides USA
Languedoc-Roussillon (3rd ed.)
(Cadogan Guides USA)Dana Facaros
Discover the vibrant cities of Montpellier, Perpignan and Narbonne, the medieval splendor of Carcassonne, lagoons full of oysters and flamingos, medieval Catalan villages in quiet Pyrenean valleys and houseboats lazing down the Canal du Midi, all punctuated by Roman ruins, Cathar castles and Gothic cathedrals.
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Illustrated Gift Books
Art of Hajj, The
Venetia Porter
A visual treasury that explores the artistic wealth surrounding the Hajj pilgrimage, its rituals and sacred sites more »
International Cookbooks
The Viennese Kitchen
Tante Hertha's Book of Family RecipesMonica Meehan and Maria von Baich
This beautiful book, based on original notebook and recipe journal of a 1900s baroness, takes readers on a journey through
fin de siècle Viennese high society. With over 100 original tested and updated recipes, it is not only a wonderful collection of recipes but also a fascinating look at the life of a Viennese family.
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Biographies & Memoirs
Born in Jerusalem, Born Palestinian
A MemoirJacob J. Nammar, Salim Tamari
In this heartwarming memoir, Jacob paints a vivid portrait of Palestinian life—from his childhood days in pre-1948 Jerusalem, the struggles of the Palestinian community under Israeli rule, to his ultimate decision to leave for America at age 23. It is a relevant and deeply personal tale of a man struggling to hold his world together...
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Bye Bye Babylon
Beirut 1975-1979Lamia Ziadé; translated by Olivia Snaije
Part artist’s sketchbook, part travel notebook and part family album,
Bye Bye Babylon is a unique graphic memoir, and an important visual record of a terrible war. Looking back on the golden days before the war, and its immediate, devastating effects,
Bye Bye Babylon positions an elegiac and shocking narrative next to a child’s perspective of the years 1975–79.
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World Fiction
Always Coca-Cola
Alexandra Chreiteh; translated from the Arabic by Michelle Hartman
Always Coca-Cola is the story of three very different young women attending university in Beirut: Abeer, Jana, and Yasmine. The narrator, Abeer Ward (fragrant rose, in Arabic), daughter of a conservative family, admits wryly that her name is also the name of her father’s flower shop. First-time novelist Alexandra Chreiteh asks us to see, with wonder, humor, and dismay, how inextricably confused are naming and desire, identity and branding.
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Sarmada
Fadi Azzam; translated from the Arabic by Adam Talib
“With Sarmada, Fadi Azzam proves to us that there are still undiscovered gems in Arabic literature… beautiful writing, long stifled by dictatorship, has just begun to free itself from the grips of censorship. Sarmada and its women dance in front of us with all their senses; they take us by the hand and escort us into their village homes, where the events of this great novel take place.”—Rafik Schami author of
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Poetry
Flawed Landscape
Poems 1987-2008Sharif S. Elmusa
"These are an exile's poems, marked by loss but offered with a generous spirit. Through them, the landscape transforms-revealing, through Elmusa's vision, its difficult beauty. This is not grounds for despair, then. But ground to work from. That is hope, indeed."
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Language & Reference
World Textiles
A SourcebookD. Waller, S. Weir, S. Paine, G. Corrigan, A. Hecht, C. Sayer, C. Spring, J. Hudson, J. Gillow
The essential textile and design source book packed full of vibrant color combinations and magnificent patterns from around the worldmore »
Children's Picture Books
