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Practices eBook Series

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  • Riding

    by Pardis Mahdavi ...
    Series series Practices
    In Riding, Pardis Mahdavi meditates on the lessons learned over a lifetime of horseback riding and the falling, failing, and joy it brings. At once a history of Caspian horses, an exploration of Mahdavi’s Iranian-American identity and family history, and a consideration of the capacity for self-reflection and self-compassion through human-animal relationships, Riding offers a roadmap for learning ... Read more

    R233,09

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    by Haruhi Tono, Ai Hasukawa ...
    In his young life, Takeyuki has never really known hardship. The youngest son of a wealthy family, he has never had any difficulty getting anything he desired. Now, though, Takeyuki is enjoying his last month of freedom before he begins working at his father’s import company in Tokyo, and he has decided to spend that time with his brother and his sister-in-law in Cassina, a small country in the ... Read more

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  • The Bruising of Qilwa

    by Naseem Jamnia ...
    I loved this gorgeous book about blood magic, chosen family and refugees in a hostile city. Naseem Jamnia has created a rich, complex world.Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky[STARRED REVIEW] A delight to read. Highly recommended.Library JournalIn this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonb... ... Read more

    R164,78

  • The Clothesline Swing

    by Ahmad Danny Ramadan ...
    The Clothesline Swing is a journey through the troublesome aftermath of the Arab Spring. A former Syrian refugee himself, Ramadan unveils an enthralling tale of courage that weaves through the mountains of Syria, the valleys of Lebanon, the encircling seas of Turkey, the heat of Egypt and finally, the hope of a new home in Canada.Inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, The Clothesline Swing tells ... Read more

    R204,46 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Palace in the Old Village

    by Tahar Ben Jelloun ...
    From 'Morocco's greatest living author' (The Guardian) comes a heartbreaking novel about parents and children, the powerful pull of home and the yearning for tradition and family. Mohammed has spent the past 40 years working in France. As he approaches retirement, he takes stock of his life - his devotion to Islam and to his assimilated children - and decides to return to Morocco, where he spends ... Read more

    R170,65

  • The Kites Are Flying!

    by Sir Michael Morpurgo, Jeremy Bowen ...
    Illustrated by Laura Carlin ...
    A most moving tale celebrating the bright light of humanity surviving even in the darkest conflict.Travelling to the West Bank to witness first hand what life is like for Palestinians and Jews living in the shadow of a dividing wall, journalist Max strikes up a friendship with an enigmatic Palestinian boy, Said. Together the two sit under an ancient olive tree while Said makes another of his kites ... Read more

    R122,46

  • Disquiet

    A Novel

    Translated by Brendan Freely ...
    by Zülfü Livaneli ...
    **World Literature Today: Notable Translation of the YearPopMatters: Best Book of the YearFrom the internationally bestselling author of Serenade for Nadia, a powerful story of love and faith amidst the atrocities committed by ISIS against the Yazidi people.**Disquiet transports the reader to the contemporary Middle East through the stories of Meleknaz, a Yazidi Syrian refugee,and Hussein, a young ... Read more

    R219,06

  • Don't Tell Me You're Afraid

    by Giuseppe Catozzella ...
    Translated by Anne Milano Appel ...
    Based on a remarkable true story, Don't Tell Me You're Afraid is a moving, inspiring novel of a life lived in hope.Samia Omar grows up in war-torn Somalia, dreaming of being a world-class sprinter. She sleeps with a photo of Mo Farah by her bed and trains hard. After achieving a place on the national team to compete in the Beijing Olympics, she sets her sights on the 2012 games in London. But with ... Read more

    R175,02

  • Earth and Ashes

    by Atiq Rahimi ...
    Earth and Ashes is a story of such spareness and power it leaves the reader reeling. Set during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, it is a fable about war, family, home and tradition. An old man and his grandson sit in a deserted landscape of dusty roads and looming mountains. What are they waiting for? As we watch them we learn their story...Atiq Rahimi has managed to condense centuries of ... Read more

    R239,42

  • Blood Feast

    The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf

    by Malika Moustadraf ...
    Translated by Alice Guthrie ...
    A cult classic by Morocco’s foremost writer of life on the margins.Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006) is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Africa.Blood Feast is the complete collection of Moustadraf’s published short fiction: haunting, visceral stories by a master of the genre. A teenage girl suffers through a ... Read more

    R233,09 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When Stars Are Scattered

    A Tor.com Original

    by Spencer Ellsworth ...
    Ahmed is a doctor working in a far flung outpost of humanity. His way was paid for by the leaders of his faith and his atheism is a guarded secret. His encounters with the "kite people" will cause him to doubt his whole worldview however when the aliens start dying and escalating tensions between religious extremists threatens to destroy the colony's peace. Spencer Ellsworth's WHEN STARS ARE ... Read more

    R30,87

  • The Wild Fox of Yemen

    Poems

    by Threa Almontaser ...
    **Longlisted for the National Book Award for PoetryWinner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets, selected by Harryette Mullen**By turns aggressively reckless and fiercely protective, always guided by faith and ancestry, Threa Almontaser’s incendiary debut asks how mistranslation can be a form of self-knowledge and survival. A love letter to the country and people of Yemen, a ... Read more

    R163,75