**A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. • With a new foreword by Ussama Makdisi"Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times**In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which ...

On an early autumn morning in 1988, on the outskirts of an unnamed Algerian city, a shepherd stumbles upon the lifeless body of Zaza Zaghouani, a stunning nightclub singer who left her hometown seeking a brighter future.The story is set in 1988 Algeria. It takes place in just forty days, ending as mass protests erupt in the country. In a small town on the edge of the desert, plagued by a locust infestation and a food shortage, teetering on the brink of uprising, th...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two kids and a mystical tyger must save a divided world on the brink of destruction in this thrilling fantasy with the epic sweep and imaginative wonder of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARThere are three doors that I may show you. You will find a different kind of power behind each one...Adam has found s...

**This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever. • With a new foreword by Saree Makdisi"A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis"Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope that understanding will provide a better chance of survival." —The New York Times Book Review**With the rigorous scholarship he brought to his influen...

**A landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. • With new foreword by Hari Kunzru"Grandly conceived . . . urgently written and urgently needed. . . . No one studying the relations between the metropolitan West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work.' --The New York Times Book Review**In the nineteenth a...

رحلة وثائقية داخل حياة الكائن الأكثر غموضاً في الليل.يكشف هذا الكتاب كيف تبيض البومة وتعتني بصغارها، ولماذا لا يُسمع لجناحيها صوت أثناء الطيران، وما السر وراء ريشها الفريد.ستعرف أين تعيش البومات حول العالم، وكيف تستطيع تدوير رأسها بزاوية مذهلة دون أن تتأذى، وغيرها من الحقائق العلمية المدهشة التي تجعل البومة مهندساً بيولوجياً لا مثيل له.كتاب موثق بالمعلومة، مكتوب بلغة واضحة لكل محبي الطبيعة.

The second adventure in the life of the extraordinary Mesopotamian Blue, Varjak Paw: kung fu for cats!Having saved the city cats from a fate worse than death, Varjak Paw finds himself the elected and popular leader of a new gang - a gang that supports freedom and kindness for all. But will the pressure take its toll on this brave yet sometimes naive cat?Soon the city erupts in an all-out gang war as the evil Sally Bones attempts to control the lives of all cats. Horrified a...

From the author of The Girl from the Golden Horn, a novel of the enduring love between childhood friends divided by war & their separate cultures.First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet. Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two peopl...

An assassin, accused of heinous acts of terror, begins his testimony by claiming responsibility for the murder of the Nobel Prize winning physicist, Salim Agha. To explain his motive, he begins by telling Salim’s story and the tragic relationship he had with his beloved nation, Pureland. Full of fascinating mysticism, Salim's life commences with a prophecy from a levitating saint. But he is born into poverty in a feudal village and the prophecy begins to fade, yet his life takes a turn whe...

How [not] to keep it together when your world falls apart.Freia Lockhart has the essentials for an awesome summer: great new friends, a hot boyfriend, plans for New Year’s Eve (which don’t include her parents) and no school. When her mum reveals she has cancer, Freia’s plans are crushed. Now she’s trying to keep things together at home and salvage her holidays, but it’s not easy when you’ve got secrets to keep and a nosy gran who won’t stay out of your business.

SAID’s 99 Psalms are poems of praise and lament, of questioning and wondering. In the tradition of the Hebrew psalmist, they find their voice in exile, in this case one that is both existential and geographical. His decision to include 99 in this collection recalls the ancient Muslim tradition that ascribes 99 names to Allah, though the “lord” whom this psalmist addresses is not bounded by this or any other religious tradition. As psalms that turn to the “lord” with a lover’s vulnerability, t...

**WINNER OF THE NEW YORKER BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION • From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this memoir he rediscovers the lost Arab world of his early years in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt."Engrossing. . . . [Said has] an almost ...