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Book Cover for: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Gabor Maté

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté
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This quote highlights Sheana Ochoa's review of Gabor Maté's new book, "The Myth of Normal". Read the full review here: https://t.co/3XJpm2CVK6 https://t.co/3MWAnVgDNI

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness, Shahd Alshammari

Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness

Shahd Alshammari
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Coming Friday in TMR's MADNESS issue are an excerpt from the book on "Literary Madness" by @ShahdAlshammari + a review of her new book "Head Above Water" by @MendeTugrul @SahajKohli @arablit https://t.co/3bhchSxDjF

Paperback, 2023

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Seasons of Purgatory, Shahriar Mandanipour

Seasons of Purgatory

Shahriar Mandanipour
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Shahriar Mandanipour & Sara Khalili’s "Seasons of Purgatory" is longlisted for the Nat'l Book Award from @nationalbook https://t.co/J6WKTK9iJo @GuernicaMag @LAReviewofBooks @jenniferlcroft

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Animals in Our Days: A Book of Stories, Mohamed Makhzangi

Animals in Our Days: A Book of Stories

Mohamed Makhzangi
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Saliha Haddad reviews the new translation of Mohamed Makhzangi's stories "Animals in Our Days": https://t.co/NnJjHKmfCc @arablit @lithub @BronxZoo

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: If This Makes You Nervous, Elena Karina Byrne

If This Makes You Nervous

Elena Karina Byrne
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I just uploaded “Elena Karina Byrne for Poetry Markaz on her new book "If This Makes You Nervous."” to #Vimeo: https://t.co/JPbx9exAx7

Paperback, 2021

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Enter Ghost, Isabella Hammad

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad
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We're reading young novelist Isabella Hammad's second gem this month, "Enter Ghost"; join us to discuss on 4 June! https://t.co/5nsYQEsJQA @bookfabulous @lithub @arablit @LeilaFadel https://t.co/1dq8Qeb67f

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Nedjma, Kateb Yacine

Nedjma

Kateb Yacine
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Speaking of #Algeria, we're curious: how many of you have read Kateb Yacine's NEDJMA? Tell us about it in your retweet. https://t.co/cLZzDiCaTO @melissachemam @arablit @bookfabulous @lithub

Paperback, 1991

$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: This Arab Life: A Generation's Journey into Silence, Amal Ghandour

This Arab Life: A Generation's Journey into Silence

Amal Ghandour
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Amal Ghandour, author of "This Arab Life," casts her penetrating gaze on the burdens of Lebanon, including the economic meltdown and political gridlock. Read more: https://t.co/wUAI6tV76O https://t.co/OQmOiI6ZPT

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid
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Register to join the conversation with us in two weeks about Mohsin Hamid’s inventive new novel, "The Last White Man." Learn more about the book and the event here: https://t.co/DyzjSdC6v3 https://t.co/J7O6KHV6lC

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Homeland Elegies, Ayad Akhtar

Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar
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"Homeland Elegies" by @ayadakhtar has made the year's 10 BEST BOOKS list in both the @nytimes & @washingtonpost The author talks about his novel with The Markaz Review: https://t.co/PL6QX8DjqK @LorraineAli @holdengraber

Paperback, 2021

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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