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The Principles of Sufism
$19.00 Add to cart‘A’ishah al-Ba’uniyyah of Damascus was one of the great women scholars in Islamic history. Born into a prominent family of pious scholars and Sufi devotees, ‘A’ishah received a thorough religious educ
- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #4
- Author: Al-B???niyyah, ???ishah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: March 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1479829242
- Language: English
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Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family
$30.00 Add to cartAn unforgettable journey from seventh-grade dropout to celebrated professor
Her family was white, but not the right kind of white. They were five star white trash. They borrowed money and tried to bu- Author: Davis, Georgiann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1479840394
- Language: English
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Fate the Hunter: Early Arabic Hunting Poems
$15.00 Add to cartA rich anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry on the beauties and perils of the hunt
In the poems of Fate the Hunter, many of them translated into English for the first time, trained cheeta- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #100
- Author: Montgomery, James E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1479834254
- Language: English
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Children of a Troubled Time: Growing Up with Racism in Trump’s America
$27.95 Add to cartProvides a child’s-eye perspective on how the culture wars are playing out in our nation’s schools
Kids are at the center of today’s “culture wars”–pundits, politicians, and parents alike are debatin- Author: Hagerman, Margaret A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 147981511X
- Language: English
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Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War
$53.33 Add to cartHow American symbols inspired enslaved people and their allies to fight for true freedom
In the early United States, anthems, flags, holidays, monuments, and memorials were powerful symbols of an Amer- Author: Clavin, Matthew J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1479823244
- Language: English
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Conscience Incorporated: Pursue Profits While Protecting Human Rights
$50.00 Add to cartA guide for business leaders working to create socially conscious, sustainable companies–while pursuing profits
Amid growing international concerns about income inequality, labor abuses, racial injus- Author: Posner, Michael H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1479825107
- Language: English
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Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara
$41.67 Read moreA lyrical portrait of a young Irish woman reinventing herself at the turn of the twentieth century in America
Ellen O’Hara was a young immigrant from Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century who,- Series: The Glucksman Irish Diaspora #6
- Author: Groarke, Vona
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1479817511
- Language: English
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Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature
$37.00 Add to cartWinner, 2021 Reference & Bibliography Award in the ‘Reference’ Section, given by the Association of Jewish Libraries
An unprecedented treasury of Yiddish children’s stories and poems enhanced with ori- Author: Udel, Miriam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1479874132
- Language: English
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Conformity: The Power of Social Influences
$15.00 Add to cartBestselling author Cass R. Sunstein reveals the appeal and the danger of conformity
We live in an era of tribalism, polarization, and intense social division–separating people along lines of religio- Author: Sunstein, Cass R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1479810177
- Language: English
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The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience
$45.00 Add to cartCelebrates the resilience of American cultural institutions in the face of national crises and challenges
On an afternoon in January 1865, a roaring fire swept through the Smithsonian Institution. Daz- Author: Redman, Samuel J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1479809330
- Language: English
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First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role
$39.58 Add to cartHow the three inaugural First Ladies defined the role for future generations, and carved a space for women in America
America’s first First Ladies–Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison-- Author: Abrams, Jeanne E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: November 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1479890502
- Language: English
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The Peer Effect: How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become
$31.00 Add to cartHow the power of peers and peer culture shapes individual behavior and future success
For decades, parents across America have asked their kids, “If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?” The a- Author: Ali, Syed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1479805041
- Language: English
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Leg Over Leg: Volumes One and Two
$24.00 Add to cartThe life, birth, and early years of ‘the Fariyaq’–the alter ego of the Arab intellectual Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq
Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of “the Fariyaq,” alter ego o- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #1
- Author: Al-Shidy?q, A?mad F?ris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1479800724
- Language: English
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The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century
$17.00 Add to cartQuestions and answers from two great philosophers
Why is laughter contagious? Why do mountains exist? Why do we long for the past, even if it is scarred by suffering? Spanning a vast array of subjects- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #72
- Author: Al-Taw??d?, Ab? ?ayy?n
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1479806358
- Language: English
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Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli
$22.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity from the Jewish Book Council
The history of an iconic food in Jewish American culture For much of the twentieth century,- Author: Merwin, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1479872555
- Language: English
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War Songs
$17.00 Add to cartPoems of love and battle by Arabia’s legendary warrior
From the sixth-century highlands of Najd in the Arabian peninsula, on the eve of the advent of Islam, come the strident cries of a legendary war- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #41
- Author: Shadd?d, ?antarah Ibn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 147985879X
- Language: English
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The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms
$20.00 Add to cartA user’s guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States
Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relating to their free speech freedoms. What are libel law- Author: Rosenberg, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1479825913
- Language: English
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What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know
$22.00 Add to cartUp-beat, pragmatic, and chock full of advice, What Works for Women at Work is an indispensable guide for working women.
An essential resource for any working woman, What Works for Women at Work is a- Author: Williams, Joan C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 394
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1479814318
- Language: English
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Love, Death, Fame: Poetry and Lore from the Emirati Oral Tradition
$17.00 Add to cartPoems and tales of a literary forefather of the United Arab Emirates
Love, Death, Fame features the poetry of al-Māyidī ibn Ẓāhir, who has been embraced as the earliest poet in w- Series: Library of Arabic Literature
- Author: ??hir, Al-M?yid? Ibn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1479825808
- Language: English
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Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook
$18.00 Add to cartDelectable recipes from the medieval Middle East
This popular thirteenth-century Syrian cookbook is an ode to what its anonymous author calls the “greater part of the pleasure of this life,” namely th- Series: Library of Arabic Literature #63
- Author: Perry, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1479800813
- Language: English
