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recognition Author's name: Leo Tolstoy In 1879, Tolstoy—the great Russian writer, one of the world's most famous, and author of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"—was fifty-one years old at the height of his fame when he suddenly asked himself: What, after all I...

Love, freedom, and isolation Author's name: Osho How to reconcile freedom, love, and solitude? Guidelines from Osho Have you ever wondered how to reconcile our need for freedom with our longing for intimate relationships? Renowned spiritual leader Osho answers this question in a unique...

I die to be me Author's name: Anita Moorjani Anita was in a deep coma surrounded by her loved ones and a medical team monitoring her last breath at any moment. However, she was given the opportunity to return to her cancer-ravaged body, defying...

The Old Man and the Sea Author's name: Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, translated by Ali Al-Qassemi, has been published by the Arab Cultural Center as part of a distinguished collection of translated novels that includes other works...

I let you go Author Name: Claire Mackintosh I Let You Go is a wonderful psychological novel full of breathtaking surprises, characterized by rare power, written by a former female commander in the British police, and immediately upon its publication it made her a...

How to benefit from your enemies Author's name: Plutarch ‎ Human nature is one, constant across eras and places. This is proven by these two texts by Plutarch, the Greek thinker who, since his time, sensed the need to help his contemporaries "benefit from...

Easy Author's name: Ahmed Hammadi These papers were written in a period, for one purpose… It wasn't a project, it was a salvation. Written not to be read, But to breathe with it when everything is tight. I kept it under my pillow, like...

Red Flag Green Flag Author's name: Ali Finik Do you feel stuck in daily situations that drain you emotionally and are unable to escape? Do you want to identify toxic relationships and protect yourself before it's too late? From annoying emotions and controlling parents...

The way back to you Author Name: Ian Morgan Crone, Susan Stabile Ignorance can be comforting… except when it comes to self-awareness. What you don’t know about yourself can hurt you, impact your relationships, and even keep you away from a deeper spiritual connection...

Lord of Fire Author's name: Ibrahim Ahmed Issa The final part of the epic "Hills of the Sun" by Ibrahim Ahmed Issa. When swords are drawn, destinies are scattered, and dreams are extinguished... For hundreds of years, people have been making their way to...

My Diary in Women's Prison Author's name: Nawal El Saadawi Because I was born in this time, it was not surprising that I went to prison. I committed all the crimes... I wrote stories, novels, and poetry. I have published scientific and literary research,...

Runaway horses Author's name: Yukio Mishima “Runaway Horses” is a complete and self-contained novel, yet it is strongly linked with its three other sister novels, “Spring Snow,” “The Temple of Dawn,” and “The Fall of the Angel,” to form Mishima’s masterpiece, a rare example...

Ghost Island Author's name: Max Siebeck Having lost control of her actions, Helsinki police detective Jessica chooses to withdraw from her world for a while. A short vacation, away from work and friends, perhaps she could find a way to live with the hallucinations...

shared intelligence Living and Working with Artificial Intelligence Author Name: Ethan Mollick 🤖 Shared Intelligence is a book that explains how we can cooperate with artificial intelligence instead of fearing it. 📚 Ethan Mollick reveals how intelligent models like GPT-4 outperform humans in tests...

Warrior of the Valley of the Ostriches Author's name: Ahmed Battah Deep in the valley of the Ostrich, along the desert, stands a brave warrior with a supernatural strength unlike any other. He is the Ostrich Man, whose people and tribe were wiped out...

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition Summary Author's name: Anwar Al Hammadi The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is a classification of mental disorders based on criteria designed to facilitate and make diagnosis...

Chip war Author Name: Chris Miller The book consists of an introduction and a conclusion, and in between are 54 short chapters divided into eight sections. In these sections, author Dr. Chris Miller provides detailed coverage of the invention and development of microchips during...

Song of the Songbirds and Snakes Author Name: Suzanne Collins It is harvest morning, the day the tenth annual Hunger Games will begin. In the Capitol Building, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow prepares for his chance to become a mentor in the Games. In recent years,...

Shoe genie Author Name: Phil Knight This book is based on a fundamental idea: the connection between life success and family and nurturing it, and society in its emergence and historical transformation. It is impossible to isolate the individual from his cultural context, especially...

Shadow government Author's name: Munther Al-Qabbani The novel takes place across two time periods: 1908, in the late reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and the present, through a Saudi businessman who experiences a mysterious incident during a business visit outside Saudi Arabia. The...

Life is not always rosy Author's name: Rasha Adly “There was a French painter who left Paris for Cairo. It was one of the winter days of the year 1867. This was the beginning... the beginning of the novel (Life Is Not Always Roses)....

Hanna Diab's room Author's name: Shahla Al-Ajili In her new novel, "Hanna Diab's Room," Shahla Al-Ujaili revives Aleppo's cultural heritage, its architecture, and its timeless stories etched in collective memory, marking a distinctive milestone in her creative journey. In this novel, she engages all...

Endings Author's name: Abdul Rahman Munif The world of endings is made up of events that move in parallel lines, where facts and symbols intersect. On a factual level, they take you back to the experience of the people of Taybeh, their belonging to...

Trees and the assassination of Marzouq Author's name: Abdul Rahman Munif Mansour has been hungry, exiled, and tired, and now he's running after a morsel of bread. Yes, after a morsel of bread that has turned into something resembling a mirage. As for those...

At the Existentialist Cafe Author's Name: Sarah Bakewell From the author of How to Live, a lively and insightful book about one of the most important intellectual movements of the twentieth century and the revolutionary thinkers who launched it. Paris, 1933. Three young friends...

Circumambulating the palm tree Author's name: Khaled Al-Nasrallah A child imagined the river as a green carpet... so he fell into it. From that moment, Tarafa begins his life's journey, pursued by a passion for discovery. In an abandoned date press, a four-year-old boy...

Satan's remorse Author's name: Rashid Al-Daif After Adam was expelled from Paradise, Satan repented and went to him, apologizing and promising to assign a jinn to each human to care for them until their death. However, Satan's descendants, the jinn lineage, rebelled and disagreed....

Existence and morality before good and evil Author's name: Shaye' Al-Waqian This book addresses the problem of the ontological foundation of ethical principles. The aim of this research is to base the ethical imperative on a new conception of existence that is not dependent...

Do the right thing, do it now. Author Name: Ryan Holiday The most striking evidence of justice's supremacy among virtues is what happens when it is absent. The widespread pervasiveness of injustice renders any virtuous act worthless... and may even negatively impact the perpetrator....

The Shocking Midnight Dog Incident Author Name: Mark Haddon Christopher, a smart, autistic boy, finds his neighbor's dog, Wellington, mysteriously murdered in Mrs. Shears' garden. The police misunderstand his actions and he finds himself unwittingly accused, so he decides to start his own investigation...