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The bestselling author of The Crusades Through Arab Eyes traces how civilizations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century and now lack the solidarity to address global threats to humankind. "Maalouf is a thoughtful, humane and passionate interlocutor." -- The New York Times Book Review The United States is losing its moral credibility. The European Union is breaking apart. Africa, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean are becoming battlefields for various regional and global powers. Extreme forms of nationalism are on the rise. Thus divided, humanity is unable to address global threats to the environment and our health. How did we get here and what is yet to come? World-renowned scholar and bestselling author Amin Maalouf seeks to raise awareness and pursue a new human solidarity. In Adrift, Maalouf traces how civilizations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century, mixing personal narrative and historical analysis to provide a warning signal for the future.

A 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATURE FINALISTBy the Colombian author of The Bitch, a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and PEN Awards Winner"An eight-year-old girl takes in a series of troubling events in this luminous and transfixing account of fractured family life from Colombian writer Quintana (The Bitch). Readers will be dazzled." -Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEWClaudia is an impressionable eight-year-old girl, trying to understand the world through the eyes of the adults around her. But her hardworking father hardly speaks a word, while her unhappy mother spends her days reading celebrity lifestyle magazines, tending to her enormous collection of plants, and filling Claudia's head with stories about women who end their lives in tragic ways. Then an interloper arrives, disturbing the delicate balance of family life, and Claudia's world starts falling apart. In this strikingly vivid portrait of Cali, Colombia, Claudia's acute observations remind us that children are capable of discerning extremely complex realities even if they cannot fully understand them. In Abyss, Quintana leads us brilliantly into the lonely heart of the child we have all once been, driven by fear of abandonment.

In this new novel by Syria's most prominent writer of the National Book Award Finalist Planet of Clay, a wounded nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian Army remembers his life lived in the traditional Alawite way. "The potent latest from Yazbek (Planet of Clay) weighs the consequences of the Syrian civil war after a 19-year-old soldier, Ali, survives his patrol station's 2013 bombing in the Lattakia mountains.This slim novel packs a punch." -Publishers Weekly Ali, a nineteen-year-old soldier in the Syrian army, lies on the ground beneath a tree. He sees a body being lowered into a hole?is this his funeral? There was that sudden explosion, wasn't there ... While trying to understand the extend of the damage, Ali works his way closer to the tree. His ultimate desire is to fly up to one of its branches, to safety. Through rich vignettes of Ali's memories, we uncover the hardships of his traditional Syrian Alawite village, but also the richness and beauty of its cultural and religious heritage. Yazbek here explores the secrets of the Alawite faith and its relationship to nature and the elements in a tight poetic novel dense with life and hope and love.

IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN HAVING FUN AND LEARNING AT THE SAME TIME, THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!Coloring books are real educational tools through which children approach the first forms of learning. There are many benefits that can be obtained by coloring:1. Hand-eye coordination: by coloring the figures and being careful to respect the edges, children refine hand-eye coordination. They learn to hold the pencil well and also to choose the right color for each figure.2. Development of concentration: while coloring, they fully engage in their activity, learning to focus on a single task.3. Development of self-esteem: being able to complete a task greatly gratifies the child. This helps them believe in their abilities and improve their self-esteem.4. Stimulation of creativity: coloring is a journey into the imagination. The child first creates the image in his imagination and then proposes it on the sheet. For this, in addition to coloring albums, let the child experiment with a blank sheet too.5. Refinement of motor skills: by holding crayons or pencils, children improve the ability to manipulate small objects.6. Relaxation: spending an afternoon coloring drawings and figures helps children relax and relieve stress. Coloring is also a therapeutic activity !!!7. Expression of emotions: in addition to relaxing, coloring the children brings out their emotions, beautiful and ugly. It is their way of expressing joys or worries, just like in the game.BUY IT NOW AND LET YOUR LITTLE CUSTOMERS GET ADDICTED TO THIS AMAZING BOOK.

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