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Lateefa Buti; Illustrated by Dunia Al-Khatib; Translated by Nancy Roberts
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R205
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The Longlist (Paperback)
Yassin Adnan; Translated by Raphael Cohen; Abdelkarim Jouaiti; Translated by Mbarek Sryfi; Edited by (editors-in-chief) Samuel Shimon; …
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R242
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Things I Left Behind (Paperback)
Shada Mustafa; Translated by Nancy Roberts; Afterword by Shada Mustafa
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R305
R247
Discovery Miles 2 470
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"When you read Shada Mustafa's prose, you feel as though you're
walking through a dream. An exquisite novel, Things I Left Behind
escorts you down its magical passageways, but as you go, be on the
lookout for unexpected side doors." Jokha Alharthi, winner of the
Man Booker International Prize, with translator Marilyn Booth, for
her novel Celestial Bodies
Set in Palestine, before the creation of the state of Israel, this
lyrical and deftly written novel spans three generations living in
the small village of Hadiya. Reaching back into the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries, the immense history of this period
is brought into focus by the very human stories of Hajj Mahmoud,
his son Khaled, and grandson Naji. As the cruel hand of history
hovers above them, their destinies are shaped by outside forces -
first the crumbling Ottoman Empire, then the British Mandate, and
finally the Nakba. Nasrallah's elegant and epic tale is one of both
suffering and survival, heart-break and hope.
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Being Singular Plural (Paperback)
Jean-Luc Nancy; Translated by Robert Richardson, Anne E. O'Byrne
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R772
R719
Discovery Miles 7 190
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This book, by one of the most innovative and challenging
contemporary thinkers, consists of an extensive essay from which
the book takes its title and five shorter essays that are
internally related to "Being Singular Plural."
One of the strongest strands in Nancy's philosophy is his attempt
to rethink community and the very idea of the social in a way that
does not ground these ideas in some individual subject or
subjectivity. The fundamental argument of the book is that being is
always "being with," that "I" is not prior to "we," that existence
is essentially co-existence. Nancy thinks of this "being-with" not
as a comfortable enclosure in a pre-existing group, but as a mutual
abandonment and exposure to each other, one that would preserve the
"I" and its freedom in a mode of imagining community as neither a
"society of spectacle" nor via some form of authenticity.
The five shorter essays impressively translate the philosophical
insight of "Being Singular Plural" into sophisticated discussions
of national sovereignty, war and technology, identity politics, the
Gulf War, and the tragic plight of Sarajevo. The essay "Eulogy for
the Melee," in particular, is a brilliant discussion of identity
and hybridism that resonates with many contemporary social
concerns.
As Nancy moves through the exposition of his central concern,
being-with, he engages a number of other important issues,
including current notions of the "other" and "self" that are
relevant to psychoanalytic, political, and multicultural concepts.
He also offers astonishingly original reinterpretations of major
philosophical positions, such as Nietzsche's doctrine of "eternal
recurrence," Descartes's "cogito," and the nature of language and
meaning.
With irony and poignant teenage idealism, Butterfly draws us into
her world of adult hypocrisy, sibling rivalries, girlfriends' power
plays, unrequited love... not to mention the political tension of
life under occupation. As she observes her fragile environment with
all its conflicts, Butterfly is compelled to question everything
around her. Is her father a collaborator for the occupiers? Will
Nizar ever give her the sign she's waiting for? How will her
friendship with the activist Mays and the airhead Haya survive the
unpredictable storms ahead? And why is 'honour' such a dangerous
word, anyway?
This book, by one of the most innovative and challenging
contemporary thinkers, consists of an extensive essay from which
the book takes its title and five shorter essays that are
internally related to "Being Singular Plural."
One of the strongest strands in Nancy's philosophy is his attempt
to rethink community and the very idea of the social in a way that
does not ground these ideas in some individual subject or
subjectivity. The fundamental argument of the book is that being is
always "being with," that "I" is not prior to "we," that existence
is essentially co-existence. Nancy thinks of this "being-with" not
as a comfortable enclosure in a pre-existing group, but as a mutual
abandonment and exposure to each other, one that would preserve the
"I" and its freedom in a mode of imagining community as neither a
"society of spectacle" nor via some form of authenticity.
The five shorter essays impressively translate the philosophical
insight of "Being Singular Plural" into sophisticated discussions
of national sovereignty, war and technology, identity politics, the
Gulf War, and the tragic plight of Sarajevo. The essay "Eulogy for
the Melee," in particular, is a brilliant discussion of identity
and hybridism that resonates with many contemporary social
concerns.
As Nancy moves through the exposition of his central concern,
being-with, he engages a number of other important issues,
including current notions of the "other" and "self" that are
relevant to psychoanalytic, political, and multicultural concepts.
He also offers astonishingly original reinterpretations of major
philosophical positions, such as Nietzsche's doctrine of "eternal
recurrence," Descartes's "cogito," and the nature of language and
meaning.
This book/software package brings the tools and excitement of
modeling to pre-college teachers, to researchers involved in
curriculum development, and to software developers interested in
the pre-college market.
A ghostly tour of coastal North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Georgia; Acclaimed storyteller Nancy Roberts takes the reader on a
haunted tour of coastal North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
in this engaging new collection of thirty-three ghost stories and
legends. In North Carolina, we hear of the restless spirit who
troubles visitors to the Currituck Beach Lighthouse and the phantom
ship that, though lost in a storm at sea, sailed into Beaufort
Harbor for a final farewell. South Carolina provides the backdrop
for tales such as that of the Union soldier killed at Charleston's
Fort Sumter - more than a century later, a tourist is startled to
discover the eerie, blue-coated figure of the soldier standing next
to him. And in Georgia, we encounter ghostly pirates doomed to sail
the creeks and inlets of St. Simons Island forever without rest, as
well as rambunctious child spirits who roll pool balls down the
hallways of a Savannah bed and breakfast, just as they did when
their family lived in the house following the Civil War. These new
tales and classic legends, all collected firsthand by the author,
reveal a thrilling undercurrent to some of the southern coast's
most popular destinations.
Winner of the 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal, this novel is set in an
idyllic Egyptian village from the time it was discovered by
Muhammad Ali's mission in the early nineteenth century to the 2003
US invasion of Iraq, movingly intertwining events on the world
scene with the life dramas of its protagonists. The story opens
with the pivotal character, Mubarka Badr, now a grandmother and
matriarch, wanting to dictate a letter to God for her grandson to
send to the Almighty by email. We are then ushered back in time to
Mubarka's fiery adolescence and her painfully aborted romance with
Muntasir, son of the village's deceased but legendary strongman.
The shifting fortunes of the Deeb clan affect every aspect of its
members' lives, from their sexual vulnerabilities to the grief of
loss, the uncertainties of a changing world, and the heartaches
borne of betrayal and love unfulfilled.
Expectation is a major volume of Jean-Luc Nancy's writings on
literature, written across three decades but, for the most part,
previously unavailable in English. More substantial than literary
criticism, these essays collectively negotiate literature's
relation to philosophy. Nancy pursues such questions as
literature's claims to truth, the status of narrative, the relation
of poetry and prose, and the unity of a book or of a text, and he
addresses a number of major European writers, including Dante,
Sterne, Rousseau, Hoelderlin, Proust, Joyce, and Blanchot. The
final section offers a number of impressive pieces by Nancy that
completely merge his concerns for philosophy and literature and
philosophy-as-literature. These include a lengthy parody of
Valery's "La Jeune Parque," several original poems by Nancy, and a
beautiful prose-poetic discourse on an installation by Italian
artist Claudio Parmiggiani that incorporates the Faust theme.
Opening with a substantial Introduction by Jean-Michel Rabate that
elaborates Nancy's importance as a literary thinker, this book
constitutes the most substantial statement to date by one of
today's leading philosophers on a discipline that has been central
to his work across his career.
Set in late nineteenth-century Benghazi, Najwa Bin Shatwan's
powerful novel tells the story of Atiqa, the daughter of a slave
woman and her white master. We meet Atiqa as a grown woman, happily
married with two children and working. When her cousin Ali
unexpectedly enters her life, Atiqa learns the true identity of her
parents, both long deceased, and slowly builds a friendship with
Ali as they share stories of their past. We learn of Atiqa's
childhood, growing up in the "slave yards," a makeshift encampment
on the outskirts of Benghazi for Black Africans who were brought to
Libya as slaves. Ali narrates the tragic life of Atiqa's mother,
Tawida, a black woman enslaved to a wealthy merchant family who
finds herself the object of her master's desires. Though such
unions were common in slave-holding societies, their relationship
intensifies as both come to care deeply for each other and share a
bond that endures throughout their lives. Shortlisted for the 2017
International Prize for Arabic Ficiton, Bin Shatwan's unforgettable
novel offers a window into a dark chapter of Libyan history and
illuminates the lives of women with great pathos and humanity.
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Suddenly (Paperback)
Paul Roberts, Nancy Roberts
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R639
Discovery Miles 6 390
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This book introduces the concepts contributing to healthcare
organizational excellence and is designed to
aid organizations seeking to embed a culture of excellence
through a variety of established programs. The book
focuses on identifying organizational excellence as derived
from the literature, high reliability organizations (HROs),
and nationally recognized programs, including the ANCC Magnet
Recognition Program®, ANCC Pathway to Excellence® Program,
and Accreditation programs. The authors explore concepts that are
relevant to achieving organizational excellence and provide
tools to help analyze gaps and determine steps forward in the
pursuit of organizational excellence.
Nancy Roberts's Southern Ghost Lore Revival--Exhumed and Improved
for Fearless Readers. Nancy Roberts has often been described to as
the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the Title is well
deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented
supernatural experiences and interviewed hundreds of people about
their recollections of encounters with the supernatural. This
nationally renowned writer began her undertaking in this ghostly
realm as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer. Encouraged
by Carl Sandburg, who enjoyed her stories and articles, Roberts
wrote her first book in 1958. Aptly called a "custodian of the
twilight zone" by Southern Living magazine, Roberts based her
suspenseful stories on interviews and her rich knowledge of
American folklore. Her stories were always rooted in history, which
earned her a certificate of commendation from the American
Association of State and Local History for her books on the
Carolinas and Appalachia.
'In a voice as dim as a lighthouse on a rainy night, he said,
"Beware of loving a woman who loves bridges."'
______________________ Once upon a September in Paris... Still
heartsick over the break-up of his relationship with the alluring,
elusive novelist Hayat, the narrator of The Dust of Promises finds
himself adrift in Paris, where he has come to receive a photography
award. His photograph of a traumatised war-orphan has been declared
profoundly affecting by the judges, but he knows that no picture
can ever fully capture the desolation and destruction he has
witnessed in his Algerian homeland. When he stumbles into an art
exhibition on one of the capital's side streets, he is struck by
the power of the paintings and feels impelled to learn more about
the artist - an Algerian exile whose painful longing for the
country he has lost shines out of his work. The artist is none
other than Khaled, the man who haunted the pages of Hayat's first
novel, just as the narrator was inextricably entangled in her
second. As the two men embark on a tentative friendship, a twist of
fate brings Hayat herself to France, where the destinies of all of
them will once again collide. The final novel in the international
bestselling trilogy from 'the literary phenomenon' (Elle) Ahlem
Mosteghanemi, The Dust of Promises is a haunting, elegiac story of
love, memory and betrayal - and of what it means to come home.
______________________ 'Remarkable, insightful ... The elegiac
quality is present not just in the themes, but also in the
astonishingly poetic language throughout ... I stopped and
marvelled every few pages ... This is one of the richest and most
evocative books that I have read all year' Independent 'Ahlem has
carved a place for herself as one of the most important writers of
the Arab world' Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, winner of the
Cannes Film Lifetime Achievement Award
Nancy Roberts's Southern Ghost Lore Revival--Exhumed and Improved
for Fearless Readers. Nancy Roberts has often been described to as
the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the Title is well
deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented
supernatural experiences and interviewed hundreds of people about
their recollections of encounters with the supernatural. This
nationally renowned writer began her undertaking in this ghostly
realm as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer. Encouraged
by Carl Sandburg, who enjoyed her stories and articles, Roberts
wrote her first book in 1958. Aptly called a "custodian of the
twilight zone" by Southern Living magazine, Roberts based her
suspenseful stories on interviews and her rich knowledge of
American folklore. Her stories were always rooted in history, which
earned her a certificate of commendation from the American
Association of State and Local History for her books on the
Carolinas and Appalachia.
Nancy Roberts's Southern Ghost Lore Revival--Exhumed and Improved
for Fearless Reader. Nancy Roberts has often been described to as
the "First Lady of American Folklore" and the Title is well
deserved. Throughout her decades-long career, Roberts documented
supernatural experiences and interviewed hundreds of people about
their recollections of encounters with the supernatural. This
nationally renowned writer began her undertaking in this ghostly
realm as a freelance writer for the Charlotte Observer. Encouraged
by Carl Sandburg, who enjoyed her stories and articles, Roberts
wrote her first book in 1958. Aptly called a "custodian of the
twilight zone" by Southern Living magazine, Roberts based her
suspenseful stories on interviews and her rich knowledge of
American folklore. Her stories were always rooted in history, which
earned her a certificate of commendation from the American
Association of State and Local History for her books on the
Carolinas and Appalachia.
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