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Arabic Stories
by Hezi Brosh Lutfi MansurArabic Stories for Language Learners—a language learning experience for beginner to intermediate students. The traditional stories of a country are invaluable at providing insight into understanding the culture, history and language of a people. The sixty-six stories found in Arabic Stories for Language Learners present the vocabulary and grammar used everyday in Arabic-speaking countries. Pulled from a wide variety of sources that have been edited and simplified for learning purposes, these stories are presented in parallel Arabic and English, facilitating language learning in the classroom and via self-study. Each story is followed by a series of questions in Arabic and English to test comprehension and encourage discussion. Arabic Stories for Language Learners brings Arab culture to life in a colorful and immediate way. Regardless of whether or not you have a working knowledge of Arabic, this book gives readers a tantalizing introduction to the wisdom and humor of these ancient desert-dwelling peoples. An audio CD in Arabic and English helps students of Arabic improve their pronunciation and inflection, and immerses non-students into the uniquely Arabic storytelling style.
Arabistik: Eine literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Einführung
by Yvonne Albers Ines Braune Christian Junge Felix Lang Friederike PannewickDie Umbrüche in der arabischen Welt seit Beginn des Arabischen Frühlings verlangen Veränderungen in der arabistischen Forschung und Lehre. Diese Einführung plädiert für eine Öffnung des Faches für kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Fragestellungen und konzentriert sich auf Moderne und Gegenwart (19.–21. Jh.). Der Band stellt die wichtigsten künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen vor: Literatur, Theater, Kunst, Musik und Film. Der Analyse dieser Kunstformen als soziale und kulturelle Praxis ist ein eigenes Kapitel gewidmet. Ein weiterer Teil beschreibt verschiedene Konzepte wie Geschlecht, postkoloniale Identität und Raum. Zudem vermittelt der Band interdisziplinäre Methoden, wie Interviewführung, Feldforschung und betont die Problematisierung der eigenen wissenschaftlichen (Macht-)Position für die Forschungs- und Lehrpraxis einer zeitgemäßen Arabistik.
Arabizi as a Learning and Teaching Resource: A Linguistic Study of Arabic in a Foreign Language Classroom
by Zinnia ShweiryThis book is the first of its genre to explore the use of Arabizi, the Romanized script of the Arabic language that is used online or in chat apps, in the Arabic as a Foreign Language (AFL) classroom. It fills a noticeable, and glaring, gap in teaching a non-Romanized language through Romanized representation by observing and studying Arabizi as a resource that is yet to be acknowledged. As such, the author aptly, and concurrently, addresses concerns and problems that arise in AFL learning. An essential resource for studies in language acquisition, the author carves a new niche in the study of phonology, and phonetics, particularly so in L1 and L2 studies, with succinct and up-to-date examples. Relevant to applied linguistics and language educators in Arabic, it also draws comparisons between Chinese and Arabic alphabets in analyzing L1 and L2 purposes, making it a unique linguistic comparative contribution to the study of languages in classroom settings.
Arabs, Politics, and Performance (ISSN)
by Samer Al-Saber Roaa Ali George PotterThis book is a ground-breaking collection on contemporary Arab theatre.Through three sections discussing occupation and resistance, diaspora, migration, and refugees, and nationalism and belonging, this study provides nuanced responses to the contested points of intersection between Arab culture and the West, as well as many of the major concerns within contemporary Arab theatre. The collection draws together scholars from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and the United States who write about Arab theatre and the representation of Arabs on European and American stages. It introduces concerns in contemporary Arab theatre, the regions in which Arab theatre is performed, and the issues with representations of Arabs onstage.This volume will be of great significance for those interested in expanding the range of global, postcolonial, African, Asian, or diasporic theatre that they study, teach, or stage.
Araceli
by Elsa MorantePREMIO MÉDICIS ÉTRANGER La gran obra de madurez de Elsa Morante, ganadora del Premio Strega y admirada por Elena Ferrante («Es hechizante. Fue mi maestra»). «Majestuosa, siniestra, agónica y con una voz muy poderosa. [...] Inolvidable».Kirkus Review «Una maravilla de novela que ofrece todos los placeres de la ficción».Saturday Review Manuele es un hombre de unos cuarenta años que cultiva con esmero la infelicidad. Peculiar, misántropo y homosexual, vive con el recuerdo siempre presente de la mujer que le dio la vida y que murió cuando él era un niño: la bella y rebelde Araceli. En busca de sus raíces, Manuele decide dejar Milán y aventurarse hasta un pueblo perdido de Almería, de donde procede la familia materna. Este viaje, que imaginó como un reencuentro, pronto se convierte en una pesadilla en la quese difumina la antigua imagen de Araceli y triunfan los fantasmas del narrador. Aparece también su tío, un soldado que combatió en la Guerra Civil, y el padre, un noble piamontés y eterno rival de Manuele, y finalmente se impone el lamento de un hombre que no creció y que prefiere llorar los amores perdidos a las muertes reales. Oscura y cautivadora, Araceli es la última novela que escribió Elsa Morante, ganadora del Premio Médicis Étranger y considerada por la crítica su testamento literario: una mirada a la España abandonada del desierto almeriense en los estertores del franquismo y uno de los retratos femeninos más desgarradores que haya dado la literatura contemporánea. Reseñas:«Majestuosa, siniestra, agónica y con una voz muy poderosa. [...] Es como si Leopardi hubiera reescrito a Proust. [...] Inolvidable».Kirkus Review «Elsa Morante fue mi maestra. [...] Es hechizante. He intentado aprender de sus libros, pero me parecen insuperables».Elena Ferrante «Una escritora hechizante».The New Yorker Review of Books «Este mundo nuestro se cae a pedazos... Solo tú, Elsa, consigues darle forma y dignidad».Italo Calvino «Una de las escritoras italianas más importantes del siglo xx».Winston Manrique Sabogal, El País «Una escritora que deslumbra y sorprende».Lourdes Ventura, El Cultural «La primera vez que leí Araceli me pareció perturbadora e impactante. Confieso que me lo sigue pareciendo, pero ahora la admiro, tal vez porque es oscura y se resiste a cualquier intento de clasificarla».Lily Tuck «Araceli merece ser reconocida como una gran obra de literatura existencial, junto con Los cuadernos de Malte Laurid Brigge de Maria Rainer Rilke. [...] Morante escribe de maravilla sobre la desintegración y destrucción del cuerpo y la men, y aunque el camino que toma es oscuro, la conclusión es siempre extática».Kate Zambreno, Believer «Una maravilla de novela que ofrece todos los placeres de la ficción».Saturday Review «Las novelas de Elsa Morante no son difíciles, pero tampoco fáciles: violentas, emocionalmente enredadas, escritas de manera exuberante».Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books
Arachne Spins Her Web
by Jesse TiseWhy do spiders spin their webs? According to the ancient Greeks, it can be traced back to the myth of an arrogant young woman who angered the gods.
Arachne the Weaver
by Rebecca Grudzina Niki Leonidou Lori O'DeaThe goddess Athena challenges Arachne to a weaving contest and ends up a sore loser.
Arachnid the King of Spiders: Series 2 Book 5 (Beast Quest #11)
by Adam BladeBattle fearsome beasts and fight evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up. The Evil Wizard Malvel has stolen the magical suit of golden armour and scattered it throughout Avantia. Tom vows to find the pieces - but they are guarded by six terrifying new Beasts! In the caves of Avantia lurks Arachnid the King of Spiders. Massive and terrifying, Arachnid preys on the local townspeople and guards a piece of the magical golden armour. Can Tom defeat the Beast and save the kingdom from destruction?There are SIX thrilling adventures to collect in the Beast Quest: The Golden Armour series: Zepha the Monster Squid; Claw the Giant Monkey; Soltra the Stone Charmer; Vipero the Snake Man; Arachnid the King of Spiders; Trillion the Three-Headed Lion.If you like Beast Quest, check out Adam Blade's other series: Team Hero, Sea Quest and Beast Quest: New Blood!
Arachnid the Spider King (Beast Quest, Book #11)
by Adam BladeIn the caves of Avantia lurks Arachnid, the King of Spiders. Massive and terrifying, Arachnid preys on the local townspeople and guards a piece of the magical golden armor. Can Tom defeat the Beast and save the kingdom from destruction?
Arachnid the Spider King: Arachnid the Spider King (Beast Quest #11)
by Adam BladeOne boy's journey to save his village becomes a quest to save the Kingdom.In the caves of Avantia lurks Arachnid the Spider King. Massive and terrifying, Arachnid preys on the local townspeople and guards a piece of the magical golden armor. Can Tom defeat the Beast and save the kingdom from destruction?
Arachnophobia
by Nicholas EdwardsBased on the Motion Picture, Arachnophobia, from Hollywood Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Inc.
Arachnosaur
by Richard JeffriesDESERT SWARM After his superior officers are killed in action, Corporal Josiah Key assumes command of the 3rd Battalion, Marine Raiders. In the tiny village of Shabhut, Yemen, while trying to put the blast on ISIS forces, an even deadlier enemy emerges: ancient, unreasoning creatures who tear into both U.S. troops and terrorists without mercy, leaving brutally dismembered corpses in their wake. They are known as the Idmonarchne Brasieri, giant prehistoric spiders roused from millennia-long slumber by power-mad terrorists. These aptly-named ‘Arachnosaurs’ are hungry. They’re angry. And they have declared war against all of humanity . . . whose days might just be numbered unless Key and his unit can stop them. ARACHNOSAUR
Aracnea
by Jean Kaczmarek Annalisa ViolaQuando viene rubata la Gemma di Fuoco di Adrion, non c'è nessun dubbio per i signori Skorpios, che Friss, la Fortezza Sentinella del Nord, sia all'origine di questo sacrificio. Isis e Mentore, viaggiatori e mercenari, si trovano allora immersi nel cuore di una questua che li trascina verso l'indicibile. Isis avrà abbastanza volontà e coraggio per salvare la sua vita, quella delle persone a lei vicine e, forse, per preservare l'umanità da questi fagi che divorano il suo mondo?
Aracoeli
by Elsa Morante William Weaver<P>Aracoeli―Elsa Morante's final novel―is the story of an aging man's attempt to recover the past and get his life on track in the process. The Aracoeli of the title is the narrator's deceased mother, who grew up in a small Spanish town before marrying an upper-class Italian navy ensign. The idyllic years she spends with her only son―Manuel, the narrator of the novel―are shattered when she contracts an incurable disease (probably syphilis) and becomes a nymphomaniac. <P>Now, at the age of 43, Manuel, an unattractive, self-loathing, recovering drug addict who works a dead-end job at a small publishing house, decides to travel to her hometown in Spain in order to look for her. Filled with dreams and remembrances the novel creates a Sebaldian landscape of memory out of this painful journey, painting a portrait that is both touching and bleak. <P>Appearing here for the first time in paperback―the hardcover was published in 1984―Aracoeli is an important, and long-neglected, work in Morante's oeuvre.
Arakawa Under the Bridge 1 (Arakawa Under the Bridge #1)
by Hikaru Nakamura&“Could you help me fall in love?&” Kou Ichinomiya, a young man born with a silver spoon in his mouth and raised with the mantra &“never owe anyone&” suddenly finds himself deeply indebted to a young homeless woman, Nino, who lives on the Arakawa river bank and claims to originally be from the planet Venus. When Nino rejects all of Kou&’s mundane offers of money or housing, Kou is at a loss for how to repay his debt, until Nino suddenly asks him to teach her about love. A daunting task, but the over-achieving Kou is determined to return Nino&’s favor. And so begins Kou&’s life under the bridge, along with a band of eccentric characters who have formed their own little community outside the boundaries of typical Tokyoite life…
Arakawa Under the Bridge 2 (Arakawa Under the Bridge #2)
by Hikaru NakamuraBest-selling mangaka Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men) makes her English language debut with this surreal comedy starring a 620-year-old water sprite, a man with a star for a head, a nun, and a samurai who runs a barber shop under Tokyo's Arakawa Bridge. Part 2 contains volumes 3 and 4 of the Japanese edition.Rec, insulted by the insinuation that he has nothing to contribute to the community under the bridge, decides to start a school. Rec&’s secretaries from his company in the outside world investigate his current situation, reports of which are sent back to his father, who then targets the river bank for redevelopment, threatening the idyllic lifestyle of the river bank denizens...
Arakawa Under the Bridge 3 (Arakawa Under the Bridge #3)
by Hikaru NakamuraBest-selling mangaka Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men) makes her English language debut with this surreal comedy starring a 620-year-old water sprite, a man with a star for a head, a nun, and a samurai who runs a barber shop under Tokyo's Arakawa Bridge. Part 3 contains volumes 5 and 6 of the Japanese edition.&“Nino, I promise that I can accept everything about you!&” Rec calls out when he discovers Nino&’s secret trove of cassette tapes. Rec and Nino are both clumsy when it comes to communication, which leads to situations both humorous and heartbreaking. Once in a while a sombre mood falls upon the river bank under the bridge... until the next absurd turn of events comes around.
Arakawa Under the Bridge 4 (Arakawa Under the Bridge #4)
by Hikaru NakamuraBest-selling mangaka Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men) makes her English language debut with this surreal comedy starring a 620-year-old water sprite, a man with a star for a head, a nun, and a samurai who runs a barber shop under Tokyo's Arakawa Bridge. &“Let&’s go to Venus!&”And so the river bank denizens begin training that will let them go to Nino&’s extraterrestrial hometown. But do any of them have what it takes to make it in space? A trip upstream brings Rec into contact with a tribe ruled by an Amazoness, who soon sees Nino as her rival. Everyone helps build a house for the Mayor and a park for the Metal Brothers. As the cast of characters expands daily life on the river bank becomes ever more eventful…
Arakawa Under the Bridge 5 (Arakawa Under the Bridge #5)
by Hikaru NakamuraBest-selling mangaka Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men) makes her English language debut with this surreal comedy starring a 620-year-old water sprite, a man with a star for a head, a nun, and a samurai who runs a barber shop under Tokyo's Arakawa Bridge. Part 5 contains volumes 9 and 10 of the Japanese edition. The aura of craziness emanating from the Arakawa river bank keeps luring in those who want to fly their own freak flag, including, of all people, Rec&’s secretary Shimazaki. As the day of the launch to Venus, Nino&’s home planet, draws ever closer, everyone must make their preparations and say farewell to those who are earth-bound. Will the rocket, filled with the hopes of its crew, be able to make the interplanetary journey…?
Arakawa Under the Bridge 6 (Arakawa Under the Bridge #6)
by Hikaru NakamuraBest-selling mangaka Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men) makes her English language debut with this surreal comedy starring a 620-year-old water sprite, a man with a star for a head, a nun, and a samurai who runs a barber shop under Tokyo's Arakawa Bridge. Part 6 contains volumes 11 and 12 of the Japanese edition. The Venus-bound rocket successfully launched against all odds… and now Rec is back after an out-of-this-world encounter with Nino&’s folks, and even Takai had his own alien encounter that leaves him transformed. As the seasons turn, everyone&’s eccentricities spiral out and twine together, and the Mayor finds himself expecting…!
Arakawa Under the Bridge 7 (Arakawa Under the Bridge #7)
by Hikaru NakamuraBest-selling mangaka Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men) makes her English language debut with this surreal comedy starring a 620-year-old water sprite, a man with a star for a head, a nun, and a samurai who runs a barber shop under Tokyo's Arakawa Bridge. Part 7 contains volumes 13 and 14 of the Japanese edition. Under the waters of the Arakawa lies the Kapa House. Under the Kapa House is a secret room only those dubbed &“mayor&” are allowed to enter. Inside the room someone casts charms to protect the Arakawa river bank from unwanted intruders...
Arakawa Under the Bridge 8 (Arakawa Under the Bridge #8)
by Hikaru NakamuraBest-selling mangaka Hikaru Nakamura (Saint Young Men) makes her English language debut with this surreal comedy starring a 620-year-old water sprite, a man with a star for a head, a nun, and a samurai who runs a barber shop under Tokyo's Arakawa Bridge. The heartwarming romantic antics of the river bank denizens–both human and alien–draw to a close in this final volume. Shadowy incidents in the past are brought to light, and each character takes a fateful step towards the future. Nino finally ventures outside, yet is foiled by fowl... Rec goes after her, even though the risk of literal heartbreak is real. Join the gang under the bridge for one last hurrah!
Araknea
by Jean Kaczmarek Paula BerinsonQuando a Relíquia de Fogo de Adrion é furtada, para os Senhores Skorpios não há nenhuma dúvida de que Friss, a Fortaleza-Sentinela do Norte, é responsável por esse sacrilégio.Ísis e Mentor, viajantes e mercenários, se acham, pois, mergulhados no coração de uma busca que os leva até o indizível.Terá Ísis coragem e vontade bastantes para salvar a sua vida, a de seus próximos, e para talvez preservar a humanidade destes fagos que devoram seu mundo ?
Araknea: Libro 1
by Gaëlle PerinetCuando la Reliclavada de Fuego de Adrion fue robado, para los Señores Skorpios no hubo dudas, que Frieladiss, la Fortaleza de la Centinela del Norte, estába en el origen de este sacrilegio. Isis y Mentor, viajeros y mercenarios, fueron llevados por casualidad en una búsqueda que los lleva a lo indecible. ¿Tendrá Isis el valor y la voluntad suficientes para salvar su vida, la de sus amigos y, tal vez, para preservar la humanidad de los Fagos que devoran a su mundo?
Araldi del mistero: la casa di pietra
by X. F. MoixAraldi del Mistero, nati con lo scopo di trasmettere le cronache di quegli sfortunati testimoni che hanno vissuto ogni sorta di eventi tristi e impossibili. In questa serie di storie, non ci sarà spazio per ragionamenti ortodossi o speculazioni affrettate. Nessuno degli eventi narrati dai testimoni sarà abbastanza logico da aspettarsi soluzioni soddisfacenti. Preparati ad entrare in un mondo dove la realtà diffusa metterà alla prova la vostra sanità. Rimarrai impunito o diventerai un altro araldo, un fatale protagonista dell'impossibile?