The last person Alice Shipley expected to see when she arrived in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the horrific accident at Bennington, the two friends - once inseparable roommates - haven't spoken in over a year. But Lucy is standi
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's We
The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other “emerging markets” have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom
Meg Belviso Who Was Nelson Mandela?-纳尔逊·曼德拉是谁?
As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new So
Imbolo Mbue How Beautiful We Were-我们是多么的美丽
From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, comes a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an America oil company.
"We should have known the end was near."
So begin
"We should have known the end was near."
So begin
John Grisham Sooley-苏利
New York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams...and even bigger challenges off the court.
In the summ
In the summ
Albert Memmi The Colonizer and the Colonized-殖民者与被殖民者
Albert Memmi's classic work stands as one of the most powerful and psychologically penetrating studies of colonial oppression ever written. Dissecting the minds of both the oppressor and the oppressed, Memmi reveals truths about the colonial situatio
Megan Stine Where Is the Congo?(Where is...?)-刚果在哪里?
Discover what lives and grows in the Congo Basin in Central Africa, one of the planet's most remarkable regions.
Running through six countries in the middle of Africa, the Congo Basin contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world.
Running through six countries in the middle of Africa, the Congo Basin contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world.
Nico Medina Where Is the Serengeti?(Where is...?)-塞伦盖蒂酒店在哪里?
If you've never known what a wildebeest is, you'll find out now in this latest Where? Is title about the Serengeti.
Each year, over 1.5 million wildebeest make a harrowing journey (more than one thousand miles!) between Tanzania and Kenya. Th
Each year, over 1.5 million wildebeest make a harrowing journey (more than one thousand miles!) between Tanzania and Kenya. Th
Naguib Mahfouz Voices from the Other World: Ancient Egyptian Tales-来自另一个世界的声音:古埃及故事
The forces of law and order disturb a district's too-perfect peace at the dawn of Egyptian civilization. A wise and popular pharaoh is betrayed by his own son, and by his dearest friends - then makes a most peculiar decision. A mummy returns to life
Naguib Mahfouz The Time and the Place:and Other Stories-时间、地点:其他故事
Selected and translated by the distinguished scholar Denys Johnson-Daivies, these stories have all the celebrated and distinctive characters and qualities found in Mahfouz's novels: The denizens of the dark, narrow alleyways of Cairo, who struggle t
Naguib Mahfouz The Thief and the Dogs-小偷和狗
Naguib Mahfouz's haunting novella of post-revolutionary Egypt combines a vivid pychological portrait of an anguished man with the suspense and rapid pace of a detective story.
After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges
After four years in prison, the skilled young thief Said Mahran emerges
Naguib Mahfouz The Seventh Heaven: Supernatural Tales-第七天堂:超自然故事
Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz draws on his homeland’s rich engagement with the afterlife–and his own near-death experience at the hands of a would-be assassin–in these newly translated, brilliantly mysterious stories of the supernatural.
Amon
Amon
Naguib Mahfouz The Mummy Awakens-木乃伊觉醒
A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection
By the Arab world’s foremost novelist, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, famous for The Cairo Trilogy—the masterwork in which Mahfouz sets down life in middle class Cairo during the interwar years. From Mahf
By the Arab world’s foremost novelist, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, famous for The Cairo Trilogy—the masterwork in which Mahfouz sets down life in middle class Cairo during the interwar years. From Mahf
The Meaning of Civilisation: Essays on Culture, Religion and Politics-文明的意义
When Naguib Mahfouz left his job as a civil servant in 1971, a Nobel Prize in literature was nowhere on the horizon, nor was his global recognition as the central figure of Arab literature. He was just beginning a new job on the editorial staff of the Egy
Naguib Mahfouz The Journey of Ibn Fattouma-伊本·法图马之旅
In this pithy, powerful parable, the masterly Naguib Mahfouz explores life's secrets and the mysterious maze of the human heart--a mystical and lyrical Pilgrim's Progress set in a mythical, timeless Middle East.
Naguib Mahfouz The Harafish-哈拉鱼
"The Harafish begins with the tale of Ashur al-Nagi, a man who grows from humble beginnings to become a great leader, a legend among his people. Generation after generation, however, Ashur's descendants grow further from his legendary example. T
Naguib Mahfouz The Final Hour: A Modern Arabic Novel-最后一小时:现代阿拉伯小说
A novel of Egypts changing times and their effects on the lives of three generations of one family
The Early Novels of Naguib Mahfouz: Images of Modern Egypt
"An invaluable contribution to our understanding of Mahfouz and a full, descriptive survey of novels by the Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning writer. It bridges the gap for non-Arabists, and in detail gives a vivid portrait of each novel, its subject mat
The Early Mubarak Years 1982–1988: The Non-Fiction Writing of Naguib Mahfouz, Volume III
In these essays Naguib Mahfouz comments on Egyptian politics, the role of Parliament, and the institutional changes that took place in Egypt after Honsi Mubarak became President in 1981.
Naguib Mahfouz The Quarter-四分之一
Meet the people of Cairo’s Gamaliya quarter. There is Nabqa, son of Adam the waterseller who can only speak truths; the beautiful and talented Tawhida who does not age with time; Ali Zaidan, the gambler, late to love; and Boss Saqr who stashes his money a
Naguib Mahfouz The Day the Leader Was Killed-领袖被杀的那天
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From the Nobel Prize laureate and author of the acclaimed Cairo Trilogy, a beguiling and artfully compact novel set in Sadat's Egypt.
The time is 1981, Anwar al-Sadat is president, and Egypt is lurching into the mod
From the Nobel Prize laureate and author of the acclaimed Cairo Trilogy, a beguiling and artfully compact novel set in Sadat's Egypt.
The time is 1981, Anwar al-Sadat is president, and Egypt is lurching into the mod
Naguib Mahfouz The Beginning and the End-开始和结束
First published in 1956, this is a powerful portrayal of a middle-class Egyptian family confronted by material, moral, and spiritual problems during World War II.
Naguib Mahfouz: Three Novels of Ancient Egypt(The Egyptian Trilogy #1-3)
Mahfouz reaches back thousands of years to bring us tales from his homeland's majestic early history—tales of the Egyptian nobility and of war, star-crossed love, and the divine rule of the pharoahs. In Khufu's Wisdom, the legendary Fourth Dynas
Naguib Mahfouz Thebes at War(The Egyptian Trilogy #3)-底比斯战争
Known and loved throughout Egypt as a work that celebrates the national character, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz’s Thebes at War tells of a high point in Egyptian history–ancient Egypt’s defeat of Asiatic foreigners who had dominated northern Egypt for tw
Naguib Mahfouz Rhadopis of Nubia(The Egyptian Trilogy #2)-努比亚
Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz mines the riches of his homeland’s ancient past in Rhadopis of Nubia, an unforgettable love story set against the high politics of Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty.
While the ravishing courtesan Rhadopis is bathing, a falcon lifts on
While the ravishing courtesan Rhadopis is bathing, a falcon lifts on