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An Endless War (Barefoot Gen Vol. 5) Author: Keiji Nakazawa In the fifth volume of the "Barefoot Gen" series, we witness the true political development and the social and psychological impacts after the war. "Gen" is exceptionally positive, never resting, considering what he has...

The Ripening of the Green Wheat (Barefoot Gen Vol. 4) Author: Keiji Nakazawa In the fourth volume of the Barefoot Gen series, Gen loses a lot and learns even more on his journey to find his kidnapped sister and the money needed to survive....

The Appearance of Sprouts (Barefoot Gen Vol. 3) Author: Keiji Nakazawa Volume Three tells of Gen, his mother, and his little sister's journey to find a place of rest in the aftermath of the bomb, and in the face of rejection, hunger, and humiliation,...

Tread the Wheat (Barefoot Gen Vol. 2) Author: Keiji Nakazawa The story of "Gen" is inspired by the autobiography of writer Keiji Nakazawa. He was only seven years old when the atomic bomb struck his hometown, Hiroshima. It tells of ordinary people dealing with...

The Appearance of Little Gen (Barefoot Gen Part 1) Author: Keiji Nakazawa This painful story of Hiroshima was one of a famous Japanese manga series. It is a reminder of the suffering that war brings to the innocent. Its sentiments and experiences resonate with...

Tales of the Ancestors Author Name: Hitakonanu Lakhk "Nanabush came, and the Creator had commanded him to bring the boy back to life. So he built a lodge and covered it, lit a fire, gathered twelve stones, and heated them until they glowed red....

The Plague Author: Albert Camus What they were then could not satisfy them; restless with their present, enemies of their past, and deprived of a future, they resembled those whom justice or human hatred had forced to live behind bars. The only way to...

Waiting for a Miracle Author Name: Misbah Qutb This book blends, in a flowing epic narrative and unique language, the harshest moments of human suffering with the joy of relief and salvation. It also genuinely compiles the essence of general Egyptian suffering, both in...

Queen Of Gray And Light     The Unfading Spectrum… The Legend of Lost Consciousness in a World Swinging Between Light and Shadow, Where Truth Hides Itself Behind Curtains of Illusion. Nour, a girl unlike any other, lives in a kingdom known as the...

Nervana   We unveil the journey of a woman searching for herself amidst the pain of war and the disappointments of love, caught between a loss that haunts her and an identity crisis that tears her apart. The novel's protagonist confronts profound questions about...

I believe this is an entertaining booklet. Do not expect an intellectual miracle, or Gibran's "The Prophet," or reflections gained by a Shaman priest meditating atop Mount Fuji, or the lines of the Bhagavad Gita. These are merely amusing thoughts that slipped into my...

Nawara, daughter of the great poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, says in the introduction to this enjoyable biography, full of funny and tear-jerking moments: "My father and his memories never left my mind; he was never just a memory. He was always present... I will...

The Newborn Author: Nadia Kamel     Born to an Egyptian Jewish father and an Italian Christian mother, who met in Egypt in the 1920s, married, and lived there. She was born and lived in Cairo, joined the communist movement and underground work, was...

The Open Door Author: Latifa al-Zayyat     Laila is an intelligent and vibrant girl living in a traditional society that expects nothing from women but submission and obedience. However, Laila is not prepared to surrender easily; she struggles to gain her freedom as...

The Assault Author: Harry Mulisch     During the final days of World War II, while the Netherlands was still under occupation, a group of resistance fighters killed a collaborator police officer. Mysteriously, the body ended up in front of the Steenwijk family's home....

The Pledge Subverting the traditions of stereotypical psychological thrillers... not a book for anyone who likes comfortable endings Author: Friedrich Dürrenmatt     Fascinating ((The Washington Post)) ((Mr. Dürrenmatt deftly wove perplexing moral questions into his short novel)) ((Atlantic Monthly)) A young girl is...

After the Kids Are Asleep Author: Omar Taher     "I am here because I knew no other place to hide! After I killed my wife, I fled, running until I hid in a ship I thought was abandoned. The port was busy with...

In a detective literary style, Ibrahim Eissa addresses the mysterious assassination of the president of the republic and how power was transferred to another person, circumventing and deceiving the will of the people. This novel was written in 1999. Ibrahim Eissa says that it...

Khalwat Al-Ghalban (The Poor Man's Retreat)   Author: Ibrahim Aslan     The book features a collection of interesting literary articles by the author Ibrahim Aslan, through which he captivates us with his easy and simple style. The book aims to introduce us to...

The Sergeant's Downfall   Author: Kamal Rahim     I am Adel Hassan Al-Atfi... My father was, in my eyes, a lord of the universe. It was hard for me to see him small, broken, and like a criminal in the hands of a...