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“هذه ليست حربًا لكنها تدانيها في الخطورة والأهمية. الهدف الاستراتيجي واضح جلي، لكنه يحتاج إلى مبرر أخلاقي وتاريخي. الوسيلة لن تكون نظيفة تمامًا لكن الغاية مبررة ومحترمة. القليل من الماكيافيللية لن يضر أحدًا… كلهم من العرب المقيمين في الولايات، قال لهم: – أريد تاريخًا مزيفًا!”

حلم واحد كان يلاحق مكرم؛ الأستاذ في جامعة هارفارد، أن يلتقي كل عرب المهجر في موضع واحد. كان يحلم بدولة واحدة يجتمع فيها العرب بعدما تشتتوا في العالم، هناك لن يضطهدهم أحد ولن يخيفهم أحد. سوف تكون دولة قوية لأنها ستمزج بين ما تعلموه في كل الحضارات.

بأسلوبه المتفرد، يصطحبنا د. أحمد خالد توفيق في روايته الجديدة ” شآبيب” إلى رحلة ممتعة مليئة بالإثارة من النرويج إلى الولايات المتحدة، مرورا بليبيريا ومصر وأستراليا، قبل أن يستقر عند خط الاستواء. يطرح العديد من الأفكار الجريئة ليظل السؤال: هل يمكن لرجل واحد أن يُصلح العالم، حتى لو كان يؤمن بأنه الشخص المناسب الذي جاء في الزمن المناسب ليقوم بالمهمة المناسبة؟

لا تحكي هذه الرواية فقط قصة ارتباط وزواج غير معروفة بين أديب مصري بارز وفتاة مكسيكية؛ هي ابنة شهيرة لدييجو ريفيرا أهم فناني الجداريات في القرن العشرين، ولكنها أيضا تروي لنا سنوات الخمسينيات المبكرة في مصر والعالم، بكل صراعاتها وأحداثها وتأثيراتها.

تنتقل الرواية ما بين القاهرة وفيينا والمكسيك؛ لنرى زمنًا وأمكنة ونسق حياة مغايرًا لم يعد له وجود في حياتنا المعاصرة.

يختار المؤلف استخدام شخصيات رواية "البيضاء" الشهيرة التي نشرها يوسف إدريس في نهاية الخمسينيات، فيبعثها للحياة من جديد ولكن في أحداث تمزج بين الواقع والخيال، فيفاجئنا وجود أسماء حقيقية لسياسيين وفنانين مصريين وعرب وعالميين. ولعل الاكتشاف الأكبر هو قصة حب وزواج "يحيى مصطفى طه"؛ ذلك الاسم الذي اختاره لنفسه يوسف إدريس في "البيضاء".

تنبعث قصة "يحيى ورُوث" عبر صوتيْهما على صفحات الرواية. صراعًا بين ثقافتيْن مختلفتيْن، وطموحيْن مشروعيْن، وجانبيْن من المشاعر. حب وغيرة وطموح وفن. أجواء سياسية قلقة في مصر، ومأساة تعصف بعائلة "رُوث" في المكسيك. كل هذا في إطار عامَي 1953 و 1954 بأجوائهما: الصراع بين الديمقراطية والدكتاتورية، والاختيار بين حرية الصحافة ومصادرة الرأي الآخر، وحيرة المثقفين المتوزعين بين التأييد والمعارضة. هي بحق رواية عن الثورة والمستقبل العالم الذي كان.

In her second compilation of published writing, Brianna Wiest explores pursuing purpose over passion, embracing negative thinking, seeing the wisdom in daily routine, and becoming aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. This book contains never before seen pieces as well as some of Brianna’s most popular essays, all of which just might leave you thinking: this idea changed my life.

(2018) To build a successful business, you need to stop doing random acts of marketing and start following a reliable plan for rapid business growth. Traditionally, creating a marketing plan has been a difficult and time-consuming process, which is why it often doesn’t get done. In The 1-Page Marketing Plan, serial entrepreneur and rebellious marketer Allan Dib reveals a marketing implementation breakthrough that makes creating a marketing plan simple and fast. It’s literally a single page, divided up into nine squares. With it, you’ll be able to map out your own sophisticated marketing plan and go from zero to marketing hero. Whether you’re just starting out or are an experienced entrepreneur, The 1-Page Marketing Plan is the easiest and fastest way to create a marketing plan that will propel your business growth. In this groundbreaking new book you’ll discover: * How to get new customers, clients or patients and how to make more profit from existing ones. * Why “big business” style marketing could kill your business and strategies that actually work for small and medium-sized businesses. * How to close sales without being pushy, needy, or obnoxious while turning the tables and having prospects begging you to take their money. * A simple step-by-step process for creating your own personalized marketing plan that is literally one page. Simply follow along and fill in each of the nine squares that make up your own 1-Page Marketing Plan. * How to annihilate competitors and make yourself the only logical choice. * How to get amazing results on a small budget using the secrets of direct response marketing. * How to charge high prices for your products and services and have customers actually thank you for it.

Winners don't different things, they do things differently

A practical, common-sense guide that will lead you from ancient wisdom to modern-day thinking, You Can Win will help you to establish new goals, develop a renewed sense of purpose, and generate fresh and exciting ideas about yourself and your future.

Shiv Khera guarantees, as the title suggests, a lifetime of success. The book enables you to translate positive thinking into attitude, ambition and action, all of which combine to give you the winning edge.

This book will help you to:

· Build confidence by mastering the seven steps to positive thinking;
· Be successful by turning weaknesses into strengths;
· Gain credibility by doing the right things for the right reasons;
· Take charge by controlling things instead of letting them control you;
· Build trust by developing mutual respect with the people around you; and
· Accomplish more by removing the barriers to effectiveness.

As ideological ferment grips Russia, a small group of revolutionaries, led by Pyotr Verkhovensky and inspired by Nikolai Stavrogin, plan to spread destruction and anarchy throughout the country. Morally bankrupt, they are prepared to use whatever means necessary to achieve their goal, including murder and incitement to suicide. But when they are forced to test the limits of their doctrine and kill one of their own to secure the secrecy of their mission, the ragtag group breaks up in mutual recrimination.
Devils is at once a compelling political statement and a study of atheism and its calamitous effect on a country that is teetering on the edge of an abyss. Seen as Dostoevsky's most powerful indictment of man's propensity to violence, this darkly humorous work, shot through with grotesque comedy, is presented here in Roger Cockrell's masterful new translation.

After the Lady Vain is shipwrecked, Edward Prendick is plucked from the waves by a passing ship and deposited on a remote island. Here he is the guest of Dr Moreau, whose notorious scientific methods had caused an uproar that left him with no choice but to flee London.

Disquieted and appalled by the pained cries of suffering animals, Edward soon realizes that the Doctor is continuing and developing his depraved experiments, and that he too is in great danger.

Shocking and suffused with contemporary fears regarding the morality of the latest advances in science and their possible implications for religion, The Island of Dr Moreau is both a ruthless social satire and an exploration of human nature.

A highly illustrated, fun and easy-to-read guide to politics in the modern world.

An informative guide to political systems, elections, voting and government, and issues including feminism, human rights, freedom of speech and fake news, all explained with clear text and bright, infographic style illustrations.

Includes tips on how to argue and debate, a glossary, and links to specially selected websites with more information.

"Clearly explains the basic principles of decision-making and political representation."
The Guardian

"A brilliant resource for all ages, this book explores the big issues in both the political world today & political systems throughout history."
Just Imagine

"An exciting and informative book helping children understand everyday politics."
Hive, selected as Children's Book of the Month

- A Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week
- Winner of the Junior Design Awards

Chapters in this book include:
- What is politics?
- Who's in charge?
- What is a government?

All kinds of governments
How societies have run themselves from Ancient Athens and Rome, to China, Europe and the Birth of the United States of America

Political systems
How does democracy actually work? How do countries get things done? And what about the alternatives - dictatorship, communism and even total anarchy?

Elections and voting
Who can vote? Who can't? And is there a way to count all the votes up that's fair to everyone?

Political change
How can people influence their governments in between elections - or in countries where elections don't happen at all?

Political ideologies
What are the big ideas that politicians use to decide how to run a country? What's the difference between 'left' and 'right' in politics, and why does it matter? How can work out where YO are on the political spectrum?

Big questions
Sometimes what matters most isn't who is in charge, or what they stand for, but what they're actually going to do to fix the world's problems...

- Is there such a thing as 'human rights'?
- Can war ever be justified?
- Why are some countries poor?
- What is terrorism?
- What is prison for?
- What is freedom of speech?
- How does the media affect politics?
- What is immigration?
- Am I a feminist?
- Who's responsible for the planet?
- Is corruption inevitable?
- How to argue
- Learn to debate
- What next?