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Freedom Day Anniversary Edition In honor of Nelson Mandela's Election as the first black President of South Africa "Brutally and uncompromisingly honest, Sisonke's beautifully crafted storytelling enriches the already extraordinary pool of young African women writers of our time." --Graça Machel, widow of former South African president Nelson MandelaA New York Times Staff Favorite and one of The Globe's 100 Favourite BooksBorn in exile, in Zambia, to a guerrilla father and a working mother, Sisonke Msimang is constantly on the move. Her parents, talented and highly educated, travel from Zambia to Kenya and Canada and beyond with their young family.Always the outsider, and against a backdrop of racism and xenophobia, Sisonke develops her keenly perceptive view of the world. In this sparkling account of a young girl's path to womanhood, Sisonke interweaves her personal story with her political awakening in America and Africa, her euphoria at returning to the new South Africa, and her disillusionment with the new elites. Confidential and reflective, Always Another Country is a search for belonging and identity: a warm and intimate story that will move many readers.

An unflinching story about Arab masculinity and homoeroticismFurat, a Syrian in his early 20s,visits Sibki Park in Damascus, one of the city's most popular cruising areas. There he learns about the hammams, secret meeting places for gay men located throughout the old city. Inside these public baths, the air is thick with the scent of bay laurel soap, and naked men hide in the steam. Furat faces sometimes violent disapproval from all levels of society-regime, religion, the man in the street?and yet he manages to find the love he's been seeking just before his world collapses and he's forced to flee. Selamlik is the story of Furat's journey, along with that of other refugees. It's a journey in which they face physical and economic hardship, draconian migration laws, and the unwelcome grief, shame, and hatred they've carried with them from their ever more distantpasts. Despite everything, Furat remains steadfast in his pursuit of passion, pleasure, and love.

"With its tight sentences and a fast pace, Afterlight moves like detective fiction. It's a poignant novel in which a single, pregnant woman is mistreated in her conservative society; she remains resilient and determined to honor her baby's memory." -Foreword ReviewsThe young free-spirited florist Frieda grew up in a strictly Catholic environment in the 1960s. When she steps onto a frozen river on a late winter afternoon, little does she know that everything is about to change for her. On the ice she meets the married Otto. They experience a love that begins stormy and ends fatefully: Frieda becomes pregnant - a scandal in the world in which she moves. And so she must never be the mother of her secret child. For decades she kept her memories of this episode in her life to herself. But the grief for the lost child remains, despite the later marriage, despite the son she still has.At the age of eighty-one, Frieda is suddenly alone again. The silent sorrow returns with force. Only then does she dare to face her story - and to share it.With Afterlight, inspired by true events, Robben not only pulls back the veil on Frieda's story, but also shines a light on the experiences of countless women between the 1950s and 1980s. The result is an impressive story about buried female trauma, caused by society, organized religion and the dominant social mores.

LONGLISTED for the 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for TRANSLATED LITERATURE"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 WeeklyAli, 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.

In this dystopian novel about total collapse by internationally renowned author Amin Maalouf, a complete blackout hits a small island with only two solitary inhabitants, who suddenly have to depend on each other."Lebanese-born French author Maalouf delivers an elegant portrait of a dyingworld. A beguiling, lyrical work of speculative fiction by a writer ofinternational importance." -Kirkus Reviews, *Starred Review*Alec, a press artist with an impressive track record, settles on a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. He has little contact with his neighbor, a solitary woman who wrote a cult book years ago, before withdrawing from public life. That is, until a gigantic power failure cuts them off from the rest of the world, and all of a sudden they find themselves dependent on each other. The world appears to be on the brink of nuclear war and the collapse of civilization seems imminent. Just who are the mysterious friends of Empedocles, the gang of otherworldly protectors who came swooping in to interfere with the US presidency and cure all illness? Should we trust them? On the Isle of Antioch is a suspenseful novel with mythological roots, written in the dreamy language of the classics, by internationally renowned scholar Amin Maalouf.

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.

Follows Samir's search for Brahim, the father whose heart was always yearning for his homeland, Lebanon.

The risky ventures of a village full of aspiring writers and a vile publisher.

At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Gaza province of Mozambique is drowning in a torrent of war. Imani, a fifteen-year-old girl, struggles with her cultural identity as she is torn between her VaChopi roots and the occupying Portuguese. Her life becomes further fractured as her family is broken apart amid the conflict. Germano, a sergeant wrestling with guilt and grandeur, attempts to subdue one of the last African kingdoms, but meanwhile falls in love with Imani and loses himself to an infectious madness. In this vivid and enchanting novel, Mia Couto masterfully interweaves history with folklore and has managed to create a work of rare originality and imagination.

Fourteen-year old Erik and his friend Edmund spend their summer holidays by a Swedish lake, day-dreaming about Ewa, a young teacher with a stunning resemblance to the actress Kim Novak. They have a great time, until the Incident happens and everything changes. Twenty-five years later, Erik comes across the case in an article about unsolved crimes and is overwhelmed by his memories of those months. What happened back then?