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في كندا القرن التاسع عشر، يفكّر طبيب نفسي ملياً في أحقيّة العفو عن قاتلة بحجة إصابتها بالجنون. مارغريت آتوود كاتبة كندية وشاعرة وناقدة أدبية وناشطة في المجال النسوي والإجتماعي، تُعتبر أحد أهم كتاب الرواية والقصص القصيرة في العصر الحديث. حازت على أكثر من 50 جائزة أدبية، و 20 درجة علمية تشريفية، وكانت ... من بين المرشحين الأوائل للحصول على جائزة بوكر خمس مرات، وفازت بها عن روايتها السفّاح الأعمى، لها أكثر من أربعين كتاباً في الرواية والقصة والشّعر.

(التجرّديّة) أو (التقشّفيّة) هي فنّ أن تعرف حدود حاجتك للأشياء. و"التجرّد الرّقمي" يطبّق هذا المفهوم على حياتنا التكنولوجية اليومية. إنه الطريق نحو حياة هادئة وذات مغزى وسط عالم يزداد إزعاجه وفوضاه يومًا عن آخر. يدفعنا المؤلف لإعادة التفكير بعلاقتنا مع وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي، وإعادة اكتشاف مسرّات عالم ال"أوفلاين"، وإحياء الاتصال بذاتنا العميقة عبر فترات متقطعة من العزلة.

ببراعته وأسلوبه الساخر القادر على أن «يُشعبن» العلوم، استطاع «الدحيح» أن يكون واحدًا من أهم الأشخاص المؤثرين في الوطن العربي. حلقات البرنامج الذي أطلقه عام 2014 على منصة «يوتيوب» سجلت أكثر من مليار مشاهدة على مستوى العالم.

 في سنوات قليلة أصبح أحدَ أكثر صُناع المحتوى العربي مُتابعةً، تم اختيارہ ضمن قائمة «روّاد الشباب العربي» التي تحتفي بإنجازات الشباب العربي ممن حققوا إنجازات إيجابية ومؤثرة في مجتمعاتهم. وأُدرِج ضمن قائمة الأشخاص الأكثر تأثيرًا في العالم العربي لعام 2018، واختير في القائمة القصيرة لجائزة IBC العالمية عام 2019 لأكثر الشباب المؤثرين في الإعلام.

 لم يعد أحمد الغندور مجرد طالب علوم تخرج في الجامعة الأمريكية يقوم بـ«روشنة» النظريات العلمية، وإنما أصبح ظاهرة تستحق الدراسة والبحث في أسباب نجاحها.

 كيف بدأ الدحيح؟ وكيف استطاع شاب في العشرين من عمرہ أن يفتح نافذة على العالم من داخل غرفته الصغيرة ليتحول خلال 7 سنوات من برنامج على اليوتيوب، إلى أحد أوجه قوة مصر الناعمة؟

 في هذا الكتاب يكشف طاهر المُعتز بالله – باعتبارہ من أوائل مَن كتبوا حلقات برنامج «الدحيح»- ما وراء الكواليس لواحدة من أشهر قصص النجاح المصرية المعاصرة وأكثرها إلهامًا.

 ولذلك، مثلما قال الراحل إبراهيم نصر: ما تيجوا نشوف؟

Ravaged by years of war and civil conflict, Britain has changed its name to Airstrip One and become part of Oceania – one of the three totalitarian blocks dominating the world – ruled by a mysterious leader called Big Brother who keeps the population in thrall through strict surveillance and brutal police repression. In a society where the individual is suppressed and turned into an “unperson” for not conforming, and where not only personal thought, but also historical record and language itself are constantly being manipulated by the ruling regime, Ministry of Truth worker Winston Smith tries to make sense of the rebellious thoughts and passions that are stirring inside him, and finds himself impotent against the inexorable machine that surrounds him and threatens to crush him at any time.

Arguably the greatest dystopian novel of all time and the most influential post-war work of fiction – which enriched the English language with words such as “Newspeak”, “doublethink” and “thoughtcrime” – Nineteen Eighty-Four is a riveting read and a groundbreaking exploration of mass surveillance, censorship and mind control, which has a deep resonance with the world we live in.

Bourne is Back.
...and in the crosshairs of every intelligence agency on the planet.

New York Congresswoman Sofia Ortiz has been assassinated – and it looks like Jason Bourne was the rogue gunman responsible.

Ortiz was about to blow the whistle on a scandal that could tie one of the most powerful tech companies in the country to Treadstone, the shadowy government agency that trained Bourne, and to something even more sinister. If he is to clear his name, Bourne is going to have to get to the bottom of the conspiracy Ortiz was killed to protect.

It won't be easy: alone, on the run, with enemies at every turn, Bourne will have to put all his skills to the test – and uncover some new ones.

Explore a magical fairyland with this enchanting book. You’ll find amazing built-in paint palettes on 16 pages, as well as over 30 gorgeous scenes to colour any way you like! Get ready to paint, colour and create!

This strange and lovely parable, written as much for adults as for children, and beautifully illustrated by the author, has become a classic of our time. The narrator, an air pilot, tells how, having made a forced landing in the Sahara Desert, he meets the little prince. The wise and enchanting stories the prince tells about the planet where he lives with three volcanoes and a haught flower, about the other planets and their rulers, and about his fight with the bad seeds, make him an entrancing, unforgettable character. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a novelist and professional air pilot. He wrote The Little Prince a year before his death in 1944. DESCRIPTION ON BACK JACKET OF THIS EDITION: When a pilot crash-lands in the Sahara Desert he meets a stranger - a little prince - who has arrived on Earth from an entirely different planet. By listening to the prince's stories and his questions about the world, it becomes clear to the pilot that truths about life can reveal themselves in the most unlikely of places. Translated into 180 languages and selling over 80 million copies, this beautiful and wise tale of childhood innocence will delight readers of all ages. This edition also includes Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's charming original illustrations.

Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us - The Way of the Samurai. This luxurious hardback edition presents the classic work The Way of the Samurai - a fascinating exploration of Japanese samurai culture and their moral code. This classic text by Inazo Nitobe reveals the beliefs and traditions within samurai culture. They were not simply warriors but an aristocratic class who practiced literary and military arts in equal measure. Nitobe explores this duality and the ways samurai principles continue to have resonance in modern Japanese society and around the globe. Essential to this way of life was the samurai's moral code and the quality of bushido , roughly translated as chivalry. The Way of the Samurai provides an intriguing exploration of bushido and other valued qualities such as rectitude or justice, courage, politeness, veracity, honour, loyalty and self-control. It also explores the Samurai's more violent traditions, such as the chilling act of hara-kiri or self-immolation. This mixture of chivalric principles with brutal warfare is fascinating. While many aspects of Samurai culture have disappeared, its principles still have resonance in modern Japanese society and around the globe. This compact edition is presented in a luxury gift format.