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some of the books we posted on our channel today
12/05/2026

some of the books we posted on our channel today

poetry in its most beautiful form.Nizar Qabbani first editions ♥️
11/05/2026

poetry in its most beautiful form.
Nizar Qabbani first editions ♥️

Dans les “récits” de la première partie du livre, l’auteur décrit la façon de vivre beyrouthine des années 40 à 50, les ...
06/05/2026

Dans les “récits” de la première partie du livre, l’auteur décrit la façon de vivre beyrouthine des années 40 à 50, les habitudes de tous les jours, la vie à Gemmayzé et dans les souks de Beyrouth. Il parcourt l’année en décrivant les traditions ainsi que les habitudes culinaires propres à chaque fête, dont les “recettes” constituent la seconde moitié du livre.

Récits Et Recettes/ Walid Mouzannar
Illustrations: Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui

🖋️Première édition—2010
🗒186 Pages
📌signed and inscribed by the author, Walid Mouzannar

Ni tout à fait le même, ni tout à fait un autre, le centre-ville de Beyrouth se prête aux réminiscences de chacun. Au gr...
06/05/2026

Ni tout à fait le même, ni tout à fait un autre, le centre-ville de Beyrouth se prête aux réminiscences de chacun. Au gré d’une promenade à travers les rues familières, Gabriel Rayes nous restitue ses repères d’autrefois. Tirés d’un long sommeil, bâtiments, boutiques, cinémas, restaurants, semblent s’animer à la manière d’une boîte à musique qui se met en mouvement dès que l’on en soulève le couvercle.

BEYROUTH: Le centre-ville de mon père/ Gabriel Rayes- Tania Rayes Ingea

🖋️Première édition—2011
🗒211 pages

We decided to leave this without a caption. A rare gem, very well preserved.
29/04/2026

We decided to leave this without a caption. A rare gem, very well preserved.

“The Castle lay still as always… The longer K. looked, the less he could see; the outlines began to dissolve.”Early read...
29/04/2026

“The Castle lay still as always… The longer K. looked, the less he could see; the outlines began to dissolve.”

Early readers were nonplussed by its strange, baffling, and nightmarish manner—its seemingly aimless rigmarole and elusive logic. Opaque, inscrutable, and enduring, it tells the story of K., a land surveyor whose endlessly thwarted quest for access to the Castle unfolds in a world that hovers between dream and meaninglessness.

Written in 1922 (a key year of European modernism, alongside Eliot’s The Waste Land and Joyce’s Ulysses), The Castle was Franz Kafka’s last full-length work and remained unfinished. It was also the first of his major works to be translated into English (1930).

Born in Prague, then part of the crumbling Habsburg Empire, Kafka (1883–1924) worked as a junior clerk in an insurance firm and was even a partner in the city’s first asbestos factory. His life was marked by illness, troubled relationships, and a compulsive drive to write, despite his reluctance to publish.

A Czech-German-Jewish storyteller, Kafka is best known for The Metamorphosis (1915), in which a man wakes to find himself transformed into a giant insect. Remarkably, all three of his full-length novels—America, The Trial, and The Castle—remain unfinished, a fact that has only deepened their influence. His works continue to define the modern world nearly a century after his death.

As one critic put it, The Castle is “like a mad cartoon,” or even “a crossword without clues”—a fitting description of its endlessly enduring ambiguity.

THE CASTLE/ adapted from the original novel by Franz Kafka
Adapted by David Zane Mairowitz
Illustrated by Jaromír 99

🖋️First edition—2013

Un dictionnaire riche et complet qui explore tout l’univers de la psychanalyse.Inspiré des travaux de Sigmund Freud, il ...
23/04/2026

Un dictionnaire riche et complet qui explore tout l’univers de la psychanalyse.

Inspiré des travaux de Sigmund Freud, il ne se limite pas à de simples définitions : il rassemble les concepts, les figures clés, les écoles, et l’histoire de cette discipline à travers le monde.

Entre théorie, biographie et évolution des idées, cet ouvrage permet de mieux comprendre comment la psychanalyse s’est construite et transformée au fil du temps.

DICTIONNAIRE DE LA PSYCHANALYSE/ Elizabeth Roudinesco et Michel Plon

🖋️édition—1997
🗒1191 pages

For the first time, here is the true story of Princess Diana, complete with revelations that will shock the world.Diana:...
21/04/2026

For the first time, here is the true story of Princess Diana, complete with revelations that will shock the world.

Diana: Her True Story is a unique royal biography. It is based on facts that are published here for the first time and includes private photographs made available exclusively for this book. The author has had the cooperation and support of members of Diana’s family and her closest friends. They have all spoken freely of Diana’s life, her problems, and how she has tried to solve them. Andrew Morton has painted a shocking portrait that will be front-page news all over the world.

Diana, Princess of Wales, is one of the best-loved women in the world. Since her storybook marriage to Prince Charles, she has captured the admiring eyes of the public. We have watched her blossom into a great beauty, raise a young family, and campaign for a long list of charities. Her world seems perfect. But behind this image of perfection lies a disturbing truth. Here, Andrew Morton reveals that truth.

In Diana: Her True Story, we learn that Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles has been unhappy from the very beginning. In fact, Diana has described her wedding day as the “most emotionally confusing day” of her life.

Behind Diana’s elegant, smiling face is a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who has suffered from chronic illness and loneliness, and who has gone to the depths of despair where recovery seemed impossible.

Yet she has courageously struggled to create a new life for herself.

This is a stunning book because it tells the truth. It tells the story of a girl who became a princess before she became a woman, and the story of a woman who found herself through adversity.

DIANA: Her true story/ Andrew Morton

🖋️edition—1992
🗒167 pages

The first volume, Caucasian Rugs by Ian Bennett, explores the bold beauty of Caucasian carpets with their warm natural c...
17/04/2026

The first volume, Caucasian Rugs by Ian Bennett, explores the bold beauty of Caucasian carpets with their warm natural colours and strong geometric designs. It focuses on real pieces found in auctions and dealers’ shops, helping collectors understand colour, quality, and origin through many illustrations and practical explanations.

The second volume, Persian Rugs by Erich Aschenbrenner, presents the elegance and richness of Persian carpets, from finely woven town pieces to more rustic village rugs. It explains patterns, techniques, and regional styles in a clear and simple way, helping readers identify and appreciate different qualities across a wide range of examples.

Volume 3: The Carpets of Afghanistan by R. D. Parsons, not available
Volume 4: Turkish by C. Fritzsche and K. Zipper, not available
Volume 5: Turkoman by Uwe Jourdan, not available

Only volumes 1 and 2 are available in this series.

🖋️edition—1993

Une des entreprises les plus impressionnantes de l’histoire humaine. Que l’on y réfléchisse. Les membres d’une tribu rid...
16/04/2026

Une des entreprises les plus impressionnantes de l’histoire humaine. Que l’on y réfléchisse. Les membres d’une tribu ridiculement petite au nom des leurs nids doivent être sur les îles et les rochers, se lancèrent dans des expéditions auxquelles pas un de leurs voisins n’aurait songé. À bord de bateaux gros comme des coquilles de noix, ils cinglèrent au large sur des eaux dont les deux millions et demi de kilomètres carrés leur étaient plus inconnus que la surface de la lune pour nous. Ils ne savaient ni où cette mer finirait, ni quelle était sa profondeur, ni quels dangers elle recélait. S’ils considéraient l’univers — ce qui est probable — comme un œuf ouvert, ils devaient craindre d’arriver à un moment donné à la limite de la terre, et ce qui pouvait les attendre là, ils n’en avaient aucune idée.

Pourtant, ils ont fait voile vers le grand large.

Qu’est-ce qui les poussait donc à affronter de tels périls ? L’appât du gain ? Il paraît inconcevable que tout un peuple se fût engagé à fond pour ce seul but.

Il devait s’y ajouter autre chose : humeur vagabonde héritée des Bédouins, goût de la découverte, de l’aventure, du risque. Quels qu’aient été les bénéfices rapportés aux marchands par ces expéditions, ceux qui les entreprenaient étaient certainement plus que de simples commerçants. Ces hommes devaient avoir le désir ardent de s’accomplir et de s’affirmer.

C’est pourquoi il convient de considérer l’exploration de la Méditerranée comme une œuvre culturelle de grande valeur, même si aucun Homère sémitique ne s’est trouvé là pour la chanter.

LES PHENICIENS”L’antique royaume de la pourpre”/ Gerhard Herm

🖋️édition française—1976
🗒351 pages

عاشق من فلسطين/ محمود درويش🖋️الطبعة الثانية—1969(دار الآداب)🗒141 pages
16/04/2026

عاشق من فلسطين/ محمود درويش

🖋️الطبعة الثانية—1969(دار الآداب)
🗒141 pages

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