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  • The Nightmare Sequence

    by Omar Skar ...
    An extraordinary collaboration by an award-winning duo—poet Omar Sakr and visual artist Safdar Ahmed–that bears witness to the genocide in Gaza.The Nightmare Sequence is a searing response to the atrocities in Gaza and beyond since October 2023. Heartbreaking and humane, it is a necessary portrait of the violence committed by Israel and its Western allies. Through poetry and visual art, Omar Sakr ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Adiós Muchachos

    A Memoir of the Sandinista Revolution

    by Sergio Ramírez ...
    Translated by Stacey Alba D. Skar ...
    Series series American encounters/global interactions
    Adiós Muchachos is a candid insider’s account of the leftist Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. During the 1970s, Sergio Ramírez led prominent intellectuals, priests, and business leaders to support the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), against Anastasio Somoza’s dictatorship. After the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza regime in 1979, Ramírez served as vice-president under Daniel ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Lives in Motion

    Celebrating Dance in Thailand

    Edited by Pornrat Damrhung, Lowell Skar ...
    Series series Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific
    Lives in Motion celebrates dance in Thailand, focusing on the diversity of Thailand’s dance cultures and their place in today’s world. Giving voice to eminent artists and scholars on the complex roles that Thailand is pursuing for artful movement at home and abroad, the book provides key perspectives on Thai dance traditions and practitioners. It explores the many forms and meanings in ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Rhythms of the Pachakuti

    Indigenous Uprising and State Power in Bolivia

    by Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar ...
    Translated by Stacey Alba D. Skar ...
    Series series New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century
    In the indigenous Andean language of Aymara, pachakuti refers to the subversion and transformation of social relations. Between 2000 and 2005, Bolivia was radically transformed by a series of popular indigenous uprisings against the country's neoliberal and antidemocratic policies. In Rhythms of the Pachakuti, Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar documents these mass collective actions, tracing the internal ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Mouth of Truth

    by Roberto Skar ...
    Finding inspiration is his travels, everyday events, and distilling long recurrent themes into snapshots, Roberto Skar presents us with his unique perspective on life, employing brevity akin to the Japanese Haiku, but without the rules of the form. Each poem a short meditation. ... Read more

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  • Out of Pocket

    What Parents and Counselors Need to Know About College Financial Aid and the New FAFSA

    by Cam Cruickshank, Gregory A. Guzman, Dean Skarlis ...
    Out of Pocket: What Parents and Counselors Need to Know About College Financial Aid and the New FAFSA serves as an indispensable resource for families navigating the complexities of financing higher education. In Part 1, the book underscores the pivotal role of financial aid, providing a comprehensive overview of the diverse forms and sources available to students. Part 2 describes the intricate ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Perfect Victims

    And the Politics of Appeal

    by Mohammed El-Kurd ...
    PALESTINE BOOK AWARD WINNERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLERUSA TODAYBESTSELLER“Mohammed El-Kurd has written a new Discourse on Colonialism for the twenty-first century.”**—Robin D. G. KelleyPerfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal―an ode to the steadfastnes... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Happiness of Blond People

    A Personal Meditation on the Dangers of Identity

    by Elif Shafak ...
    Series series Penguin Specials
    The Happiness of Blond People by bestselling, multi-award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, author of The Bastard of Istanbul, is a powerful essay on immigration, multiculturalism and the experience of Muslims in Europe - available only as a Penguin Short."You know, I never understand. How come their children are so quiet and well disciplined?""Yeah," said the distressed father, his voice suddenly ... Read more

    $4.01 USD

  • Notes on a Foreign Country

    An American Abroad in a Post-American World

    by Suzy Hansen ...
    Pulitzer Prize Finalist: "Hansen's principal injunction to Americans to understand how others view them and their country's policies is timely and urgent." — The Washington PostWinner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan AwardA New York Times Notable BookNamed a Best Book of the Year by New York Magazine and The ProgressiveIn the wake of the September 11 attacks and th... ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear

    Poems from Gaza

    by Mosab Abu Toha ...
    Winner of the American Book Award, the Palestine Book Award and Arrowsmith Press's 2023 Derek Walcott Poetry PrizeNational Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Finalist“Written from his native Gaza, Abu Toha’s accomplished debut contrasts scenes of political violence with natural beauty."—The New York TimesIn this poetry debut Mosab Abu Toha writes about his life under siege in Gaza, first as a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Summer of Unrest: Tahrir - 18 Days of Grace

    by Nariman Youssef ...
    On 25th January this year 50,000 people descended on Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against president Hosni Mubarak. What followed was an extraordinary 18 days when the square became the focal point for the hopes and fears of Egypt's people, in a situation often joyous but also intense, as the military moved in and Mubarak supporters began to infiltrate the area.Nariman Youssef was in Tahrir ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Rifqa

    by Mohammed El-Kurd ...
    Each day after school, Mohammed El-Kurd’s grandmother welcomed him at the door of his home with a bouquet of jasmine. Her name was Rifqa—she was older than Israel itself and an icon of Palestinian resilience.With razor-sharp wit and glistening moral clarity, El-Kurd lays bare the brutality of Israeli settler colonialism. His poems trace Rifqa’s exile from Haifa to his family’s current ... Read more

    $12.99 USD