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Candlewick Press
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Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories, helping the children understand what has become of their lives and what it means to be free.
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This authoritative volume examines the two main faiths, Confucianism and Daoism, that developed before China had meaningful contact with the rest of the world. Aspects of Buddhism later joined features of these faiths to form elements of Chinese ideology and, with the beliefs in immortals and the worship of ancestors, they led to a popular religion. The narrative describes the gods and goddesses that dominated China's mythology and folk culture, roughly...
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"Para comprender lo que dice san Benito, se debe ante todo tener en cuenta lo que llena su espíritu y su corazón: la Palabra de Dios, la Escritura... Con Benito, no se debe preferir nada a Cristo, que habla en el Antiguo Testamento y en el Nuevo... La Regla requiere una lectura paciente. No todo es interesante a primera vista. En un texto antiguo como éste, muchas cosas no nos dicen nada aparentemente. Es necesario saber esperar, prestar atención...
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India is home to the world's oldest religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, as well as Jainism. All three evolved from shared beliefs and traditions, such as reincarnation, karma, and liberation and achieving nirvana. These beliefs and traditions evolved in the Indus River Valley around 3500 BCE. This volume explores the religions of ancient India, including rituals practiced and deities worshipped, to provide students with an understanding of the beliefs...
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Publisher Annotation: Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this tale of intergenerational trauma and love is an ode to the fragile bonds of family, the hidden secrets of history, and all the beautiful moments that make us who we are today.
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El Mulá Nasrudín, el sabio tonto del folklore oriental, ocupa un lugar especial en los estudios Sufis.
Los Sufis, quienes creen que la intuición profunda es la única guía real hacia el conocimiento, utilizan los cuentos humorísticos de Nasrudín prácticamente como ejercicios. Ellos te invitan a que elijas algunos que te resulten especialmente atractivos y que reflexiones sobre ellos, haciéndolos tuyos.
Los maestros Sufis dicen que de esta...
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On June 5, 1967, The Israeli airforce attacked Arab bases and Israeli tanks overran their enemies with total surprise. The Israeli plan was called Strike Zion! and it nearly immobilized opposition air power and destroyed enemy forces in one of the most important battles in history. This historic film was created for Canadian television shortly after the Six Day War.
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Arabic
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The film traces how the most wanted man on the planet managed to slip through the US Military net and how his allies are still operating openly across Pakistan. In this incredible film the filmmakers were able to obtain astounding information and footage through filmed interviews with Pakistani government and religious figures and with the use of footage filmed with a hidden camera.
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"Dans les conditions intellectuelles o se trouve actuellement le monde occidental, la métaphysique y est chose oubliée, ignorée en général, perdue à peu près entièrement, tandis que en Orient, elle est toujours l'objet d'une connaissance effective. Si l'on veut savoir ce qu'est la métaphysique, c'est donc à l'Orient qu'il faut s'adresser"
Retranscrit à partir d'une conférence donnée à La Sorbonne en 1925, cet essai vise à clarifier...
12) Just a hat
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Action-packed, humorous, and bittersweet, this 1970s-era coming-of-age novel is more relevant than ever-exploring how a second-generation immigrant kid in a new hometown must navigate bullying, unexpected friendships, and the struggle of keeping both feet firmly planted in two very different cultures.
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2022.
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Eighteen-year-old Salama Kassab, a pharmacy student volunteering at the hospital in Homs, is desperate to find passage on a refugee boat for herself and her pregnant best friend, but first she must learn to see the events around her for what they are--not a war, but a revolution.
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Little, Brown and Company
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2023.
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English
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The unlikely friendship between Syrian American boxer Khadija and Syrian refugee Leene reveals the pressures and expectations of the perfect Syrian daughter and the repercussions of the Syrian Revolution both at home and abroad.
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Wednesday Books
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2022.
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English
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After lying on her college admissions, seventeen-year-old Jasmine needs to win her senior class election, but the Iran Hostage Crisis explodes across the nightly news and her opponent begins to stir up anti-Iranian hysteria at school causing Jasmine to reconcile with her identity in way she never has before.
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The Poet X meets A Very Large Expanse of Sea in a bold novel-in-verse starring a Persian American teen navigating his first crush, his family's post-9/11 dynamics, and the role of language in defining who we are.
"A dazzling story with a whole lot of heart. Read it."-Michael L. Printz Award winner Daniel Nayeri, author of Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Funny on one page, poignant on the next, and often both at the same time, this beautiful tale of a...
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