Helen Plum Library

"What Sin Caused her to Die? is a call to return to philosophy, goodness and beauty in the fight against ugly distortions of human nature. Despite her divorce, Raheel is determined to remain hopeful. Having always found refuge in reading Sartre and Le Beauvoir, and contemplating the worlds of music, philosophy and human freedom, she determines to reengage with the world and resist depression through music. Her mother had tried to do the same through...

"This book is not about weight loss, but it will help you lose weight if you want to do this. It is not a diet book, but it will take your hands and tell you the philosophy and idea of the diet and how it works so that you can deal with your body. This book is not about healthy eating, but about a healthy, healthy and beautiful life. You will not find advice in it, but after you read it, you will find yourself alone knowing how to calculate and understand...

"From a "brilliant, absolutely essential voice" whose "poems feel like whole worlds" (Naomi Shihab Nye), a poetry collection considering the body physical, the body politic, and the body sacred. Zeina Hashem Beck writes at the intersection of the divine and the profane, where she crafts elegant, candid poems that simultaneously exude a boundless curiosity and a deep knowingness. Formally electrifying-from lyrics and triptychs to ghazals and Zeina's...

The story of a young Bedouin girl and the other peasant women in the community whose lives are ruled by a single patriarch and his brutal mother

"Reveals how to unlock your confidence, natural ability, and personal magnetism and integrate this charisma into your daily interactions" -- Provided by distributor

"The Commandments follows the Dar Selim family in Upper Egypt through several generations, beginning in 1920s Egypt, from the time of the monarchy, the 1952 July revolution and Abdel Nasser, through to Sadat, the Naksa and the 1973 October War. The grandfather Abdel Rahman gives his grandson 10 commandments to help him endure life, enjoy its pleasures and stay away from temptations. Although he may not keep them, these commandments remain an important...